The bridge planned to be built over the strait between Lapseki and Gelibolu will be the longest in Turkey with 3 thousand 623 meters.
Tensions between Iran and the West are at a boiling point.
The government in Poland signed an international copyright treaty to prevent illegal trading of online content. Polish people, who hold the view that the agreement would hamper internet usage, organized a protest march.
A "red light" warning has been installed against people intending to commit a crime in the United States.
Turkmenistan has increased the quantity of natural gas sold to Iran and China.
World number one Novak Djokovic fought off what appeared to be breathing problems and fatigue to advance to the final of the Australian Open following an epic five-set semi-final victory over Britain's Andy Murray.
Croatians went to the polls for a referendum on January 22, 2012 for EU membership.
The death of Denktaş who committed almost all his life to the Cyprus issue saddened Turkey as well just as it did the Turkish Cypriot community.
Nearly 15 months have passed since October 3, 2010 when the general elections in Bosnia Herzegovina were held and it has almost just been possible for the sides to reach a compromise for the formation of a new government.
Turkey has become the world politics and diplomacy hub in the past one week.
This week we are going to visit Syria, Iran, Lebanon and Iraq that seem like the most important stops in the Middle East that has an active agenda nowadays.
There are some warnings that the Balkan countries' economies are likely to worsen in 2012 because of the debt crisis in the Euro zone.
Military rivalry and tensions in the Middle East continue to heighten.
There were uprisings, new civil wars, international intervention, revolutions, elections, military exercises and new threats of war in the Middle East through 2011.
2011 was an economically tough year for the Balkan countries. Besides Greece, which grabbed headlines with the money crunch it suffered and the related difficulties of a sharp economic downfall, financial woes and the social ills they triggered remained topical.