SPARKS, Nev., February 5, 2013 – Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) Chief Executive Officer Fatih Ozmen and President and Chief Financial Officer Eren Ozmen were inducted as “Living Legends of Aviation” at the 10th Annual Living Legends of Aviation Awards, on January 18, 2013 in Beverly Hills, Calif. "When the Living Legends of Aviation lost Legends Neil Armstrong and Carroll Shelby last year, the group looked to the future and thought of Fatih Ozmen and his quest to go to space and Eren Ozmen who put her company, Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) on the 'fast track' to growth going from 20 to 2,500 employees in record time," said Danny Clisham, co-emcee of this year's Living Legends of Aviation Awards.
Taipei, Feb. 11 (CNA) Taiwan will use Mexico and Turkey as gateways to stepping up trade with the United States and the European Union, so as to reduce the impact of the free trade agreements (FTAs) between South Korea and the two major economies, according to the country's main trade promotion body. The Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) said in a recent document that it will not only set up business centers in Mexico City and Istanbul, but also hold seminars and lead delegations to the two markets to further trade ties.
Kanter came off the bench and scored 17 points (one off his season high), tied his season high with 9 rebounds, while getting a career-best 5 blocked shots in just 17 minutes to help Jazz past Bucks in Energy Solutions Arena on Wednesday. Utah Jazz 100 - Milwaukee Bucks 86. 
ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--3M (NYSE: MMM) announced today that the Board of Directors elected Muhtar Kent, 60, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, The Coca-Cola Company, to the Board of Directors, effective April 1, 2013. “He is a talented and proven global business leader, and will bring valuable insight and management experience to the board and our company.”
The family of an American woman murdered while on a photography trip in Turkey is selling her photos to help pay for funeral costs. Sarai Sierra, 33, was found bludgeoned to death near a highway in Istanbul on Saturday. Her iPhone and iPad, the tools she used to share her photos with her thousands of Instagram followers were reportedly missing. 
Comodo Internet Security is once again at the top of the charts in the Matousec Proactive Security Challenge 64. As of January 18, 2013, the independent tester of security software ranked Comodo Internet Security 2013 Premium (v6) number 1 in tests of 38 internet security suite. Comodo was the only suite to receive a rating of “Excellent” and only one of three products that Matousec rated as “Recommended”! 
A man in Turkey was reportedly granted a trademark for 'Steve Jobs' in the country for a line of clothing, it has emerged. As Digital Spy said citing Patently Apple, a businessman named Kamil Kürekçi lodged an application to trademark the name of the late Apple co-founder in 2011 with the Turkish Trademark Office. The 'STEVE JOBS' trademark was filed in October 2011 - the month that Jobs passed away - and specifically related to a textile brand. 
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently announced the much anticipated provisional unlawful presence waiver rule, which will reduce the time U.S. citizens are separated from their qualified immediate relatives, who are in the process of getting their green cards. The final rule establishes a process that allows qualified relatives of U.S. citizens to apply for a provisional unlawful presence waiver before they depart the U.S. to attend immigrant visa interviews to obtain their green cards in their countries of origin. This was not possible under the previous rule, where the applicant must file for an unlawful presence waiver at the U.S. Embassy abroad and only after departing the U.S. 
Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry Istanbul Directorate announced that number of tourists arriving Istanbul in December 2012. A total of 652.790 tourists arrived Istanbul in December 2012, 19 per cent more compare to December 2011. The number of international tourist arrivals between January and December in 2012 and 2011 were 9.381.670 and 8.057.879 respectively. In 2012, more than 1 million tourists visited Istanbul in contrast to the number of arrivals in 2011. It accounts an increase of 16.4 per cent.
Turkish American Heritage Political Action Committee (TurkishPAC), a Texas-based and U.S.A. Federal Election Committee (FEC) registered nonprofit political organization, raised more than $55,000 through multiple fundraising events. TurkishPAC had close to 60 donors contributing from $10 to $10,000. It had contributors challenging us to raise money in order to provide matching funds. Setting aside the matching contributions, the average donation was about $400. The highest donation amount excluding the matching contributions was $4,000. TurkishPAC announced the report of End of 2011-2012 Election Cycle:
