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Iraq plans new Kirkuk-Ceyhan oil pipeline

Iraq has invited companies to submit statements of interest in building a new pipeline from the northern city of Kirkuk to Turkey's Mediterranean port of Ceyhan. The state-run Oil Projects Company said Sunday the 350-kilometer pipeline will carry up to one million barrels a day. It says...

Turkey to rename UAE Embassy's street in Ankara

The name of the street where the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Embassy is located in the Turkish capital, Ankara will be changed, the capital's municipality announced Saturday. The street will be renamed as Fahreddin Pasha Street -- after the Ottoman governor of Medina from 1916-1919,...

3 Turks arrested in East Jerusalem released on bail

Three Turkish citizens, who were arrested at Al-Aqsa Mosque on Friday, have been released on bail by an Israeli court on Saturday evening. Two of the Turkish citizens-- Abdullah Kizilirmak and Mehmet Kargili -- are accused of "battering Israeli police and resistance". The third...