AKP Interim Chairperson Numan Kurtulmuş received representatives from Turkey's major Assyrian Christian associations on the matter of improving the living conditions of roughly 400 Assyrian Christians who fled from the civil war in Syria.

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François Molins, the prosecutor in charge of 3 slain Kurdish women case, said they strongly believed the murder suspect - who was detained over the weekend - could be one of the perpetrators.

Hundred of people gathered this morning in Paris to say adieu to 3 slain Kurdish female politicians whose bodies were sent to Turkey for funeral.

The bodies of 3 slain Kurdish female politicians in Paris are expected to be transported to Turkey by Wednesday, Firat News Agency said.

Thousands of people gathered in Paris on Saturday to condemn the killings of 3 Kurdish politicians, demanding the police investigation to find the murderers immediately.

2 journalists from NBC crossed the Turkish border after being kept as hostage for the past 6 days.

An unexpected vote occurred at the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) in Dubai last night, which may lead to greater regulatory control over Internet governance. Turkey said it voted in favor of the regulation.

An artillery shell fired by the Syrian Army during a military operation against the Free Syrian Army hit Ceylanpınar District in Turkey. UN warned that the number of Syrian refugees fleeing to Turkey is surging rapidly.

The “Middle East Conference” organized by the People’s Democratic Congress (HDK) at Istanbul’s Bosphorus University ended with a 13 point declaration calling for the unity of the peoples in the region. The panelists covered a range of topics from the ongoing conflict in Syria to Palestine and the latest developments in Turkey.

Turkish air force jets forced a Syrian passenger plane en route from Moscow to land while it was bound for Damascus over Turkish air space on Oct. 11. Turkish officials also ordered another Armenian passenger plane bound for Aleppo to land in the northeastern province of Erzurum today. Such moves are legal but hostile acts that are not in conformity with regular aviatian practices, according to Assistant Prof. Volkan Günel.

With more cross-border shellings taking place between Turkey and Syria over the weekend, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta voiced concern about a possible broadening of the conflict. Prime Minister Erdoğan, on the other hand, Friday struck a more worrying note and said they were “neither warmongers nor too far removed from war.”