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By Fatima Abu Sbitan

JERUSALEM - Scores of Israeli settlers on Monday entered East Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque complex to mark the third day of the Jewish Passover holiday. “As many as 244 settlers swarmed into the site via the Al-Maghariba Gate, which has remained under strict Israeli control since the city’s occupation in 1967,” read a statement issued by the Jordan-run agency responsible for the upkeep of East Jerusalem’s Muslim and Christian holy

sites. According to the statement, settlers -- accompanied by Israeli police and Special Forces -- performed silent prayers and Talmudic rituals along the eastern side of the Al-Aqsa compound. Meanwhile, police reportedly prevented Firas al-Dibs, a Palestinian representative of the agency, from entering the site. “Police told me that I’m banned from the area until further notice,” al-Dibs said in a press statement, going on to...

By Emre Gurkan Abay

MOSCOW - The construction of Turkey’s first nuclear power plant, Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) is on schedule, said Russia’s energy minister on Monday.“Our company was waiting for a construction license and now we have received information that permission will be given,” Alexander Novak told Anadolu Agency one day before the groundbreaking ceremony.The groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday in Turkey’s southern Mersin province will see the participation of Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin via video conference from Ankara.Novak hailed the importance of the project for his country, and said, “We thank our Turkish partners for giving strategic investment status to the project.”He also commended the involvement of Turkish investors during the construction and for the future operation of the project.“We are in talks with Turkish companies and are expecting positive results,” Novak said.

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GAZIANTEP - Turkey has granted scholarships to 20,000 Syrian students, a senior representative of a Turkish education institution told Anadolu Agency.Sayit Yusuf, deputy head of the Presidency for Turks Abroad and Related Communities (YTB), said: “We have awarded scholarships to 20,000 Syrian university students. Approximately 4,500 of these are full bursary as part of Turkey’s

scholarships.”Yusuf said his country is training Syrians for reconstruction of their country in the future.The trained Syrians will contribute to the reconstruction of Syria, Yusuf said, adding the scholars will return to their country as “friends of Turkey.”Yusuf said the YTB is trying to help people in need...

Turkey grants scholarships to 20,000 Syrian students

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By Kubra Chohan

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday said Turkey wants to become one of the top democracies and economies in the world.Speaking at an opening ceremony of 80 schools and 59 school gymnasiums in Istanbul, Erdogan said: “Our dream is to make Turkey one of the top 10 countries

in terms of democracy and economy.“As Turkey grows, develops and strengthens, the nature and the size of the problems we encounter changes accordingly. Our work is not easy.”The president also said 3,872 terrorists had been “neutralized” since the launch of Operation Olive Branch in Syria’s...

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