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Turkish EU Minister Bozk?r said that if it was his own daughter in place of Özgecan Aslan, he might feel the wish to 'take arms and seek retribution,' but added that 'the state should not react in this way' as aggravated life imprisonment would be the appropriate sentence for such criminals.

Aggravated life imprisonment would be the appropriate sentence for criminals such as those who brutally murdered university student Özgecan Aslan in an attempted rape on a public minibus, Turkish EU Minister Volkan Bozk?r said on Feb. 16, amid heated debates over reinstating the death penalty.

Turkish EU Minister Volkan Bozk?r met with his German counterpart Michael Roth at the EU Office in Istanbul's Ortaköy district on Feb. 13.

As an ally and a fellow, Germany is one of the most important countries that support Turkey's EU membership negotiations, Bozk?r told reporters.

Turkey stands to lose roughly $5 billion per year in direct losses alone if it is not included in a final free trade agreement between the EU and the U.S., Turkey's minister for EU Affairs said late on Feb. 5.

In case anyone feared the Eurovision song contest had lost a little of its sequined luster in recent years, then despair no more - Turkey is coming back.
        
Absent from the glitzy competition for the last three years, Turkey will rejoin Eurovision for the 2016 edition of the contest, the country's public broadcaster said on Feb. 6. 
     

Turkish EU Minister Volkan Bozk?r has reacted against the letter sent by 89 U.S. Congressmen urging Turkey to respect freedom of speech and criticizing the fact that 28 journalists are currently in prison for their journalistic activities.  
 

EU Minister Volkan Bozk?r is traveling to Washington where he will hold talks with U.S. officials on negotiations on the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the European Union and the United States.

Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has gathered with leading figures of Turkey?s business world at a dinner on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos.

Cüneyt Zapsu, the head of Cuneyd Zapsu Consultancy Inc., and Fettah Tamince, owner of the Rixos hotels chain, hosted the dinner in honor of Davuto?lu.