Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the Egyptian capital Cairo on Wednesday.

“Call those behind piece of paper to account,” read the headline of Hürriyet daily’s top story on June 27, the day after Gen. Başbuğ termed Col. Çiçek’s plot “a piece of paper.”

Retired Gen. Çetin Doğan was arrested last week after a six-hour interrogation on charges of attempting to destroy the government and establishing and leading an armed terrorist organization.

The United States has expressed concern over reports that the Sudanese army launched offensives against rebels in Darfur after signing a peace deal with the main rebel group there last week.

Turkish and Greek Cypriot leaders will meet on Thursday within the scope negotiations that aim at finding a solution to the Cyprus issue.

A Turkish lawmaker said that the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee's debating a resolution on Armenian allegations related to the incidents of 1915 could harm normalization process between Turkey and Armenia.

Turkish Parliament Speaker Mehmet Ali Sahin left for Italy on Wednesday upon a formal invitation by Gianfranco Fini, the president of Italian House of Representatives.

Former Labour Party leader Michael Foot has died, aged 96.

Turkish State Minister for foreign trade Zafer Caglayan met with Macedonian Transportation Minister Mile Janakieski in Ankara on Wednesday.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Wednesday addressed a meeting of the foreign ministers of the member countries in the Arab League in Cairo.

Turkish Airlines (THY) signed a sponsorship agreement with Greek basketball club Maroussi on Wednesday.

Two senior US diplomats have begun meetings with Chinese officials over a wide range of issues, amid a series of high-profile disagreements.

The Turkish prime minister defined on Wednesday associating Islam and Muslim with terrorism as mala fides.

Although world-renowned Turkish pop star Tarkan Tevetoğlu, who goes by his first name in the entertainment world, was released late Monday, the special treatment he was given during his detention is still being debated.

Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) Deputy President Kadir Özbek Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) Deputy President Kadir Özbek

A court in East Timor has sentenced 24 rebels to up to 16 years in prison for the attempted assassinations of the country's president and prime minister in 2008.

At least 29 people have been killed and 42 more wounded after three powerful co-ordinated suicide attacks in the central Iraqi city of Baquba.

The Erzurum 2nd High Criminal Court has accepted an indictment into Erzincan Public Prosecutor İlhan Cihaner, who is accused of starting to implement a military plot against religious individuals.

Turkish Interior Minister Besir Atalay will pay a formal visit to Oman.

Dubai, with its glamour and glitz, is often described as Las Vegas without the gambling.

Apple has taken legal action against phone maker HTC, alleging it has infringed patented technology.

A radar experiment aboard India's Chandrayaan-1 lunar spacecraft has identified thick deposits of water-ice near the Moon's north pole.

Inscribed ostrich shell fragments found in South Africa are among the earliest examples of the use of symbolism by modern humans, scientists say.

Guatemala's chief of national police and the country's top anti-drugs official have been arrested over alleged links to drug trafficking.

Government ministers in Greece are due to meet to agree a third round of tax rises and spending cuts intended to ease the country's financial crisis.

The mother of murdered toddler James Bulger has said killer Jon Venables is "where he belongs", in her first reaction to his return to custody.

Kevin Martin and Aaron Brooks scored 28 points each in three quarters as Houston rolled to a 116-92 win over struggling Toronto.

The Trabzon Black Sea Storm, without a league title since 1984, are currently placed sixth in the 17-team Turkcell Super League with only 39 points from 23 outings.

“This house was really a school for me,” says Şerife, who married into the family that owns the Asmazlar Evi, when talking about the home where she first came to live as a young bride.

The Turkish film “Bal” (Honey) won the Golden Bear for Best Film on Feb. 20 at the 60th annual Berlin International Film Festival, receiving extensive coverage in the foreign press.

Turkey performed relatively well during the recent global economic crisis and showed a quick pace of recovery, though unemployment, plaguing even the wealthiest of nations, also hit Turkey hard, rising to a high of 14 percent in 2009 with an ever-increasi

Tekel workers are seen removing tents used during protests following a court decision which ruled that the workers remain on the payroll for an additional eight months.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said an earlier statement addressed to media bosses regarding how they handle their columnists has been twisted in ways he had not meant.

Following several clashes in northern and southern Yemen, Turkey has sent a special envoy to the country, voicing support for its territorial integrity.

Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has praised Turkey’s role in the Middle East, saying Ankara’s increasing clout is a result of its democratization and growing economic might.

Ankara does not expect US President Barack Obama to intervene to block a vote on a “genocide” resolution at the Foreign Affairs Committee.

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli has called on Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to demand an accounting from the perpetrators of the Feb. 28, 1997 postmodern coup if he is sincere in his opposition to coup attempts.

These are some of the major headlines and their summaries in Turkish press on March 3, 2010.

Four people are reported to have died after an Indian naval aircraft crashed during an acrobatics display in the city of Hyderabad.

Google has said it is continuing to review the future of its China operations, almost two months after the firm said it would stop complying with Chinese government regulations requiring it to censor search results.