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As the world watches the obliteration of the Syrian city of Homs and the crisis spills into neighboring Lebanon, it is time to ask what separates great powers from small powers.

TEHRAN Informed sources in Tehran say that Iranian experts have observed malfunctions in the tracking system of NATO's early warning radar in Turkey, although NATO has announced that it has successfully tested the radar system, the Irannuc.ir reported on Monday.

Cyprus has launched a second licensing round for offshore exploratory drilling as hopes grow that potential fossil fuel deposit discoveries will buoy the eurozone country's sagging economy, even though the efforts are raising tensions with Turkey.

An Israeli test on the Arrow missile defense system on Feb. 10 was conducted with information supplied by a U.S. radar system hosted at the eastern Anatolian province of Malatya's KA1 4recik military base, according to the DEBKAfile website, daily HA1 4rriyet reported.

Set high among pine-tree-covered hills above the harbour in Fethiye, the stone-built Villa Carmina has uninterrupted views over the surrounding 12 islands beyond.

Tunya Celasin, Sr Communications Officer in the World Bank Ankara Office, offers this story.The grants are relatively small, only around $4,000 to a primary school, up to $30,000 for a high school.

Intergovernmental agreement on the trans-Anatolia pipeline expected during Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's planned visit to Baku.

Anadolu Agency, Turkey Feb 12 2012 French Presidential Candidate Willing To Rehabilitate Relations With Turkey If Elected Sunday, 12 February 2012 15:53 . The strongest candidate of upcoming presidential elections in France gave a message on Sunday that he wanted to rehabilitate relations with Turkey in case he was elected.

A diamond-shaped UFO was spotted over the country of Turkey yesterday. This unidentified flying object was recorded on video.

An investigation has revealed that cut-price airlines are loading fares with high charges for suitcases which go in the plane's baggage hold.

In this Jan. 9, 2012 file photo, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan seen outside his office in Ankara, Turkey.

ANKARA, Turkey -; Turkey's military says warplanes have bombed suspected Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq.

Bravo Two Zero Not only a breathtaking account of the Special Forces raid on Iraqi scuds during the Gulf War, this... Now R74.95 buy now Ankara - Turkish warplanes carried out air strikes on suspected Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq overnight, Turkey's general staff said on Sunday.

*Does the failure of the Senate to endorse your nomination to Baku tell us that the Armenian issue will always hijack the United States' ties with Ankara and Baku?* Most definitely not.

'SEVAG WAS KILLED BECAUSE HE WAS ARMENIAN' Today's Zaman Feb 10 2012 Turkey Pvt.

"The idea of establishing a commission could perhaps be in time but we first should consider the situation in Turkey.

FRENCH PRESIDENT RENEWS CALL ON TURKEY TO FACE ITS HISTORY Today's Zaman Feb 9 2012 Turkey French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who late last year drew angry reactions from Ankara after he called on Turkey to face its history and recognize the 1915 killing of Armenians as genocide, has renewed his call, saying this would be a source of pride for ... (more)

ANKARA, Turkey &#8212 Freezing temperatures and heavy snow in Turkey are making life miserable for the more than 140,000 residents who were left homeless by the nation's devastating earthquake four months ago and who are still living in tents or temporary shelters.

Turkey's state prosecution service has removed a prosecutor responsible for summoning the head of the spy agency from the case, state media said on Saturday, in an apparent attempt to resolve a row between the government and the judiciary.

The U.S. is supporting a leading role for Turkey in organizing international pressure on Syria, as the two allies seek to build a coalition able to back the Syrian opposition movement and help broker an end to the violence.