MOSCOW (A.A) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday that Russia and Turkey had similar stance on Syria.

ISTANBUL (A.A) - Chairman of the Turkish Exporters' Assembly (TIM), Mehmet Buyukeksi, said Wednesday that they planned to increase their exports by 12 percent in 2012.

MOSCOW (A.A) - Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said that Turkey had never consented targeting neighboring countries like Russia, Iran or Syria within NATO.

ANKARA (A.A) - A paradise of sea, sun and sand, Turkey, was the travel destination of 5 million Germans in 2011.

ANKARA (A.A) - Turkish economy minister said on Wednesday that Turkish contractors in Libya would get progress payments.

ISTANBUL (A.A) - Chairman of the International Transporters Association, Engin Ozmen, said Wednesday that Turkey's trade with Syria came to a halt due to certain developments "beyond our control".<

AYDIN (A.A) - Turkey has launched initiatives to take back "Seikilos Epitaph" --world's oldest surviving example of a complete musical composition.

PARIS (A.A) - January 25, 2012 - Objections are increasing in France against the bill, which criminalizes the denial of Armenian allegations on 1915 incidents and was recently adopted by French Sen

ANKARA (A.A) - Foreign investors chose to invest mostly in financial intermediary institutions in Turkey in 2011.

ANKARA (A.A) - Confidence indices for retail trade and construction sectors increased 0.6 percent and 8.1 percent respectively, while services sector decreased 0.5 percent in January 2012.