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ANKARA, Jul 8 (NNN-ANADOLU) – A Turkish soldier was killed and three others injured, in the south-eastern province of Mardin, in cross-border gunfire from northern Syria, it was reported yesterday.

The gunfire hit a Turkish military vehicle patrolling near the border town of Senyurt, the report said.

The driver, identified as Cihan Ciftcibasi from the infantry, was shot and died later in hospital.

Three others were injured when Ciftcibasi lost control of the vehicle, which overturned later.

08 July 2021; MEMO: Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar and his US counterpart Lloyd Austin met yesterday to discuss a plan for Ankara to operate and guard Afghanistan's Kabul airport after NATO forces withdrawal from the country, Reuters reported.

08 July 2021; MEMO: Turkey is one of Russia's main competitors in the manufacture of armoured vehicles for the foreign market, Igor Zarakhovich, chief designer of the Russian company AO Remdizel (JSC), said in an interview with Sputnik.

"Today, the situation has emerged that in whatever country we would like to promote our vehicles, there are already Turkish enterprises which have managed to make friends there and provided everyone with their vehicles for trial drives," he said.

03 July 2021; MEMO: The Higher Administrative Committee of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, headed by acting Guide of the group Ibrahim Munir, has dissolved the administrative bureau in Turkey and postponed the elections slated for this month, Arabi21 reported on Saturday.

03 July 2021; MEMO: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Friday that his country is present in Libya, Azerbaijan, Syria and the Eastern Mediterranean and will remain in these areas.

This came in a speech delivered by Erdogan on Friday, during his inspection of the tank track factory in the north-western Turkish state of Sakarya.

02 July 2021; MEMO: Turkey saw record high exports in both June and the first half of 2021, the trade minister announced today.

Turkish exports reached $19.8 billion in June, up 47 per cent compared to the same month last year, Mehmet Mus said, citing preliminary foreign trade figures.

Surging 40 per cent year-on-year, Turkey's exports hit $105 billion in the first six months of the year, Mus added.

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s defense minister said Friday that negotiations over his country’s proposal to operate and secure the key international airport in Afghanistan are taking place.

Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said Turkey was discussing the plan with several countries. “There must be some political decisions at the United Nations and NATO, and an agreement must be reached with the Afghan government,” he said, adding that Turkey was seeking political, financial and logistical support from various countries.

ANKARA, July 1 (Reuters) - Turkey's withdrawal on Thursday from an international treaty to prevent violence against women is not a step backwards, President Tayyip Erdogan said, defending a move which has drawn condemnation from many Turks and Western allies.

"Some circles are trying to portray our withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention as a step backwards in our battle with violence against women," he told an action plan meeting in Ankara.

ISTANBUL, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Turkey on Thursday started to inoculate healthcare workers and people aged 50 and above with the third dose of COVID-19 jabs as part of the ongoing nationwide vaccination campaign.

Health Minister Fahrettin Koca announced the previous day that people who fit this criterion could make appointments for their third vaccination.

"There is no restriction or priority about which vaccine type the third dose would be," Koca said at a televised speech after a Coronavirus Scientific Advisory Committee meeting.

29 June 2021; MEMO: Turkey will work with Italy to achieve a stable peace and a political process that will yield results in Libya, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said yesterday during his visit to Rome to participate in the anti-Daesh coalition meeting.