Ankara - Controversy erupted in Turkey on Tuesday after a science institute withdrew a planned cover story about evolution theory founder Charles Darwin from its magazine and sacked the publication's editor who had approved the article.

The television news channel CNN Turk, on its website, accused the state-run Turkish Science and Research Institute (TUBITAK) of "unbelievable censorship" in removing the planned cover story marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of the the British scientist.

Ankara - Turkish President Abdullah Gul warned Tehran on Tuesday to review its political stance, ahead of setting off on a diplomatic visit to Iran.

Gul said the arrival of US President Barack Obama in the White House had been very important and that "all countries must rethink their policies," just prior to departing for neighbouring Iran.

The Turkish president also suggested a meeting in Tehran of the Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO).

Istanbul - Turkish investigators have found bones, potentially the remains of victims of illegal executions, as part of a major search of a group of wells in south-eastern Turkey, newspapers reported Tuesday.

The search has opened up a group of so-called "death wells" where a secret unit within the Turkish police force is believed to have thrown the corpses of "disappeared" militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).

Work began on Monday on unsealing the wells, and bones, plus the underwear of a man, have been found.

Ankara (Turkey) Mar. 8 : US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that President Obama will fulfill his promise of visiting a Muslim nation within 100 days of joining the office by traveling to Turkey in the "next month or so."

At a news conference with Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan, Clinton said Obama had asked her to deliver the message that he would visit the country soon to discuss the safest, most effective way to withdraw US forces from Iraq, Fox News reports..

Ankara  - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's visit to Turkey on the weekend not only dealt with the tough regional policy issues such as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Iraq and the fight against terrorism but was also an attempt by the US to mend relations that nosedived after its invasion of Iraq in 2003.