The "Ottoman Clock" in Mexico City is the only Ottoman trace in Mexico. The "Ottoman Clock" stands at the intersection of Venustiano Carranza and Bolivar streets at the Zocalo square in downtown Mexico City. The clock tower is decorated with ceramics. On the tower is a label that reads "To Mexico from the Ottomans-September 1910" in Spanish language.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has met with Google Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt to discuss cooperation between the government and the world's number one Internet and software company with regards to a major education project that requires the procurement of millions of tablet PCs.
According to Britain-based The Art Newspaper, Turkey is refusing to lend artifacts to leading British and American museums until the issue of disputed antiquities is resolved. The ban means Turkey will not lend artifacts to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and London’s British Museum and Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), reported The Art Newspaper.
Entrepreneur Hakan Ilhan owns a total of 21 successful fast casual eateries and gourmet markets in the Washington area including Gelato Dolce Vita in Georgetown, three Cafe Cantinas, three Einstein Bros. Bagels shops, nine Pizza Autenticas, City Wok at Dulles and the National Airport Grill. The Turkish native, who was educated in London before relocating to the USA in 1990, is now turning his sights to open a sleek, modern Italian restaurant in his own neighborhood of Northwest DC, La Forchetta at 3201 New Mexico Avenue, 20016. 
