ANKARA (A.A) – August 16, 2011 – Two of three Turkish citizens, who were kidnapped in Afghanistan in the end of June, were rescued on Tuesday.

ANKARA (A.A) - August 16, 2011 - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday called Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on the phone and discussed developments regarding Syria.

CANAKKALE (A.A) – August 16, 2011 – Archaeologists unearthed a 1,800-year-old house in Apollo Smintheus Temple in the northwestern province of Canakkale.

CANAKKALE (A.A) – August 16, 2011 – Archaeologists unearthed a 1,800-year-old house in Apollo Smintheus Temple in the northwestern province of Canakkale.

IZMIR (A.A) – August 16, 2011 – Police detained three people on Tuesday in connection with the fires which broke out in forested areas in western Izmir province on Sunday.

ANKARA (A.A) - August 16, 2011 - Turkey will live an historic day on Wednesday as the country's first national earth observation satellite, RASAT, will be launched to space.

ANKARA (A.A) - August 16, 2011 - Turkey plans to make investments of $28 billion in Istanbul which bids to host the 2020 Olympic Games. 

THE HAGUE (A.A) - August 16, 2011- Turkish Ambassador in The Hague Ugur Dogan has said that the 400th anniversary of Turkey-Netherlands relations would be celebrated with a series of events next ye

ANKARA (A.A) - August 16, 2011 - Turkey has condemned attacks in several Iraqi cities which killed 66 people and wounded 230 others. 

ANKARA (A.A) - August 16, 2011 - These are some of the major headlines and their summaries in Turkish press on August 16, 2011.