A recent report has revealed that Akdeniz University Hospital in southern Turkey has conducted the world’s first triple limb surgery which included two arms and one right leg. Dr. Omer Ozkan, who led the surgery, revealed that they have to remove the leg as tissues were not matching with the recipient’s part.

The Persian Gulf markets are in a fluctuating state at the moment. There is no assurance, if the shares will go up or simply fall down. The Dubai Financial Market General Index showed a growth of 4.3% and Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul All Share Index rose by 0.2 percent.

Within days of lifting its 30-month ban on Google’s popular video-sharing site YouTube, Turkey Tuesday blocked access to the site again; with visitors to the site encountering a blank screen with a message that the site was blocked as part of a May 2008 court order.

Having found a parcel at the city's main airport, six US Soldiers and a Turk who had been quarantined and placed under supervision at a hospital have now been discharged. The suspicious powder which was found after examination came out to be harmless, which led to the discharge of these seven men.

The Medical Council of India (MCI) is reported to be in process to track the identities of 200-odd doctors who recently went on a trip to Istanbul sponsored by two pharmaceutical giants namely Piramal Healthcare and Dr Reddy's Laboratories.

Ankara - US President Barack Obama was set to meet religious leaders in Istanbul on Tuesday on the second day of a visit to Turkey coloured by attempts to repair frayed ties with both Turkey and the wider Muslim world.

A major focus of the trip is to undo some of the damage incurred on those relations by the policies of the George W Bush administration.

Ankara  - US President Barack Obama was beginning his visit to Turkey Monday by paying his respects at the Ankara mausoleum of the founder of the modern Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, before meeting President Abdullah Gul and addressing parliament.

Ankara  - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived in Ankara Saturday morning for talks with Turkish leaders aimed at improving ties between the two NATO allies - strained following the US invasion of Iraq in 2003.

Washington  - US President Barack Obama spoke Monday with Turkish President Abdullah Gul and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in separate telephone calls, the White House said.

Ankara - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas appealed for the quick dispatch of aid to people suffering in the Gaza Strip saying that Israel was holding up the vast majority of aid sent to the region.

Speaking after talks in Ankara with President Abdullah Gul, Abbas asked rhetorically what will the world do if Israel refuses to allow aid into the devastated region.