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Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan became angry because the main opposition leader had called the Middle East a quagmire. “That’s insulting,” the prime minister said. Before a court bans using the words “Middle East” and “quagmire” in the same sentence, this columnist volunteers to call the peaceful, wealthy, healthy and happy region as “the Eden of the Middle East.”

POZAREVAC - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic announced the start of the 54th cycling race through Serbia in Pozarevac on Thursday, noting that the competition under the slogan "Along the paths of freedom of our ancestors" offers an opportunity to learn more about the tradition of the Serbian army, which made a significant contribution to the Allies' victory in World War One.

U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Francis Ricciardone has described the verdict given by the Constitutional Court on the Balyoz (Sledgehammer) coup plot case, which paves the way for the retrial of a score of military officers, as “fascinating” and “remarkable,” as it was a unanimous ruling.

With the opposition’s candidate for presidency, I found out I stand no chance of being elected president in Turkey. For both my name and surname are very unusual and difficult to pronounce for Turks.

Turkey and Egypt are “two of a kind,” President Abdullah Gül said, as he likened the current political environment in Egypt to post-coup eras in Turkey, indicating it was only a temporary situation.

The former head of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), nominated by the two major opposition parties represented at the Turkish Parliament as their joint presidential candidate on June 16, has addressed secular voters in his first interview.

Turkey’s beloved transgender singer Bülent Ersoy may not be a global star, but she nevertheless has many followers all across the world and even one impersonator: A Singaporen artist living in Berlin and known for her alias Bülent Wongsoy.

The Interior Ministry has defended the dismissal of a policeman due to his sexual orientation, on the grounds that the law stipulates “the weeding out of these kinds of public servants,” daily Milliyet reported June 16.

Vote and Beyond, a non governmental organization that oversaw the May 30 local elections in Istanbul, is now preparing to expand its campaign to other large cities in the coıunrty, says spokesperson Sercan Çelebi.

President Barack Obama said denying climate change is like arguing that the moon is made of cheese, as he issued a call for action on global warming to graduates of the University of California, Irvine.