ANKARA (A.A) - Turkish President Abdullah Gul said on Fridaythat Turkey's becoming a non-permanent member of the United Nations SecurityCouncil for 2009-2010 period was an important success of Turkish state'sdiplomacy and something which every citizen should be proud of.

ANKARA (A.A) - 17.10.2008 Turkish General Staff said on Friday that Turkishjets hit terrorist organization PKK/KONGRA-GEL targets around Qandil in north ofIraq.

UNITED NATIONS (A.A) - Turkey became a non-permanent member ofthe United Nations (UN) Security Council on Friday.

ANKARA (A.A) - Direct international investments in Turkeyreached 1.1 billion USD in August, the Treasury Undersecretariat said on Friday.

ISTANBUL (A.A) - The Istanbul Stock Exchange (IMKB) main shareindex National-100 dropped 6.27 percent on Friday.

ANKARA (A.A) - Turkish State Minister Mustafa Said Yaziciogluheld talks with a delegation from the Assembly of Turkish-American Associations(ATAA) in capital Ankara on Friday.

ANKARA (A.A) - Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs andCooperation, Miguel Angel Moratinos, will be in Ankara on a working visit onOctober 19 and 20 upon an invitation by Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan.

ANKARA (A.A) - The Turkish parliament speaker will visitKazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, his office said on Friday.

ISTANBUL (A.A) - Turkish Minister of Energy and NaturalResources Hilmi Guler said Friday that the producers, transit countries andconsumers in the Nabucco project must act as a single chain in order to attain areal result.

BURSA (A.A) - A Turkish bureaucrat announced on Friday thatTurkey had already overtaken its overall export figure in 2007.