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Iran says ready for nuclear talks with world powers

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Tehran is ready to continue nuclear diplomacy with world powers before or after the June presidential election in Iran, its chief negotiator said on Thursday. Full story

Turks see art as good investment but also path to prestige

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's contemporary art scene is buzzing. Collectors pay millions for the hottest works at exclusive auctions, high-end galleries are springing up by the dozen, and more and more Turkish artists are holding exhibitions abroad. Full story

The Benghazi blame game

  Shibley Telhami, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, talks with MSNBC’s Craig Melvin about the Benghazi investigations.

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Turkey uncovers alleged plot to kill Orthodox patriarch

Turkey in talks with LSE, Nasdaq on bourse partnership

Tokyo governor apologizes for remarks on Muslims, Istanbul

Factbox: Turkey moves towards peace with PKK militant group

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Kerry says doubling U.S. non-lethal aid to Syrian opposition

Syrian rebel officer rules out negotiations with Assad

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  Kurdish rebel calls for peace with Turkey

"Let guns be silent and politics dominate" those are the words that could signal the end of the near 30-year campaign of violence by Kurdish PKK rebels in Turkey. Their leader, Abdullah Ocalan, has been in solitary confinement on an island off Istanbul since being captured in 1999. He has sent a mes

  Mom of woman slain in Turkey: Her sons don’t know

Sarai Sierra, 33, arrived in Istanbul last month on a solo trip, her first abroad. Turkish authorities discovered her body nearly two weeks after she disappeared on Jan. 22, reportedly killed by a blow to the head. NBC’s Richard Engel reports and her mother, Betsy Jimenez, speaks about her loss.

  NYC mom found dead in Turkey

Sarai Sierra, an amateur photographer, took her first trip abroad to Turkey – alone. She was found dead in Istanbul’s historic district. NBC’s Michelle Franzen reports.

  American woman missing in Turkey found dead

Sarai Sierra, 33, who traveled from Staten Island to Turkey on Jan. 7, disappeared on Jan. 21, the day she was supposed to travel home. Police found her body in Istanbul last night and are reportedly questioning 15 people in her death. NBC’s Richard Engel reports.

  New York mom found dead in Turkey

Sarai Sierra, a 33-year-old mother of two from Staten Island was found dead, apparently murdered, in Istanbul on Saturday, according to local news reports. NBC’s Lester Holt has more.

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