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Former NBA star Allen Iverson injured his right ankle playing with his Turkish team and will have an MRI exam Thursday.

American basketball star Diana Taurasi has had her contract terminated by Turkish club Fenerbahce after her "B" sample tested positive for doping. The Istanbul club says the decision was made Thursday following the results announcement by the Turkish Basketball Federation. Taurasi faces a ban of up to two years, putting in jeopardy her chances of playing for the United States at the 2012 London Olympics.

Former NBA All-Star Allen Iverson has scored 15 points in his debut for Besiktas Cola Turka but failed to carry his team to victory against Hemofarm Stada.

The United States won their first world championship title in 16 years after beating hosts Turkey 81-64 in the final thanks to a majestic performance by 21-year-old forward Kevin Durant.

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Turks voted on Sunday on whether to amend the constitution in a referendum seen as a tussle between a government led by conservative Muslims and its secular opponents for influence over the EU candidate country's future.

A man took hostages in the Turkish Embassy in Tel Aviv on Tuesday after shots were fired outside, Israeli police and a Foreign Ministry official said.  Security officers reportedly shot the man but it was unclear if he was dead or just injured.

"Israel will never apologize for defending its citizens," a high-ranking Israeli government official told CNN on Monday, after Turkey reportedly demanded an apology or an inquiry into an Israeli raid on an aid ship that killed nine Turkish citizens.

Turkey has recently asserted a new approach in the Middle East, its words and methods as likely to provoke Washington as to advance its own interests.

Luigi Padovese, the apostolic vicar of Anatolia, or the Vatican’s representative to eastern Turkey, was found dead outside his home in the Mediterranean port Iskenderun, officials said.

Iran to ship its uranium to Turkey in nuclear deal mediated by Brazil and Turkey.