Pan-Turkism

A special collection of 122 pieces, including the personal belongings of Ottoman soldier and politician Enver Pa?a, who was a highly powerful figure in the final years of the Ottoman Empire, will be put on auction April 5 in Istanbul. 

Back by popular demand following their welcome for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, warriors supposedly representing ?the 16 Great Turkish Empires? returned on Jan. 15, indicating their intent to figure prominently from now on in all official ceremonies at Turkey?s flamboyant new presidential palace.

Actors dressed in the military costumes of 16 states founded throughout history by Turks staged a dress show as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with his counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdo?an in Ankara Turkey?s new presidential palace witnessed a "dress show" during a welcoming ceremony for a visiting head of state for the first time on Jan. 12.

Agreement signed establishing Eurasian Economic Union

ASTANA -- The presidents of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus signed an agreement on Thursday establishing the Eurasian Economic Union.

"It will will compete with the economic power of the U.S., EU, and China," said media reports.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday arrived in the Kazakh capital where he was set to sign a deal with his Kazakh and Belarussian counterparts creating a new economic union championed by Moscow.
      
Putin, Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev were due to sign the document in Astana following talks on Thursday.