Ankara

Egyptian artist Gala el-Hadidi has taken the leading role in the Ankara State Opera and Ballet’s (ADOB) presentation of the blockbuster opera “Carmen.”

El-Hadidi, who has a Turkish grandmother, said she came to Turkey for the first time at the age of 15 for a contest and has also scouted in the country.

A top prosecutor’s office in the Turkish capital Ankara has finally completed an investigation into the illegal wiretapping of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, charging 13 suspects with “political espionage.”

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has drafted the indictment in the investigation, the semi-official Anadolu Agency reported on Nov. 18

Turkey's intel chief has married off his son in an unannounced ceremony in which President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was among the marriage witnesses.

A number of high profile guests, including Deputy Prime Minister Yalçın Akdoğan, attended the wedding of the National Intelligence Agency (MÄ°T) chief Hakan Fidan's son at Ankara Chamber of Commerce's (ATO) Congresium Hall on Nov. 14. 

The jihadist threat is the key issue facing the US and Turkey, John Bass says, stressing the importance of relations between Ankara and Washington The United States regards the threat posed by the extremist jihadists in both Iraq and Syria as the most “acute” challenge and is focusing its efforts on defeating them, the new American envoy to Ankara has told the Hürriyet Daily News, stressi

Construction at the controversial new presidential complex in Ankara has still yet to be completed, as a new residence for the president with an estimated 250 rooms will also be built in addition to the 1,000-room palace, the Ankara branch of the Chamber of Architects has stated.

The Santa Claus Museum in the southern province of Antalya’s Demre district was visited by more than half a million people in the first 10 months of the year, according to new figures released by the Culture and Tourism Ministry.

The museum and its surroundings is the most visited and profitable site in Antalya.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will have talks in Turkey on Nov. 21 as part of his trip including Morocco and Ukraine, according to diplomatic sources.

The vice president will meet with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu and a number of nongovernmental representatives.

Turkey’s Chamber of Architects has penned a letter to Pope Francis, calling on him not to attend a ceremony set to be held at the country’s new presidential palace during his upcoming visit as the guest of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Pope Francis is set to be the first house guest at the Presidential Palace, colloquially known as the Ak Saray (White Palace), on Nov. 28.

The Culture Ministry has announced that a total of 20,269,000 people visited Turkish museums and historic sites in the first eight months of 2014. The total number throughout the whole of 2013 was 29,481,000. Here is the list of the top 10 most visited museums in Turkey, according to the latest figures:
1) Topkapı Palace, Istanbul: 3,760,548 visitors

Pope Francis is set to be the first house guest at Turkey's new presidential palace during a visit to Turkey at the end of the month.