Koc Holding AS, the joint venture partner of Ford Motor Co. ( F ) in Kocaeli, Turkey, announced that it will invest 6.5 billion liras ($3.4 billion) in 2012. The investment will beThe investment will be focused both on Ford's joint venture, Ford Otosan, and TuprasThe prices of new properties in Turkey have been increasing steadily over the last 12 months and experts expect them to continue doing so in 2012.A breakdown at a power station in northwest Turkey caused power cuts on Saturday in the country’s largest city, Istanbul, and several others. Subway lines and trams stopped working in Istanbul, a city of 17 million, causing traffic jams on the main roads.Ankara has given formal permission to issue visas to six Ukrainian citizens, crew members of the Nemo cargo ship, arrested in Turkey. The issue of the return of the Ukrainians to their homeland is being settled, the press service of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry reported on Thursday.Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day Highlights: Ventas, Guess?, Ford Motor, Toyota Motor and Honda MotorA Turkish state-run news agency says a power outage has left millions without electricity in Istanbul and five other cities.A technical failure has left most of Istanbul and north-western Turkey without electric power, reports CNN Turk Saturday. Millions in the central part of Istanbul, Turkey's most populous city (pop. 9 M), have been left in the dark. ...When Ghana declared independence in 1957, the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to do so, this made it a model for other African peoples, said President Abdullah Gul yesterday. He made the remarks in an address to Ghana’s Parliament, on Turkey’s first-ever presidential visit to the country.ISTANBUL (AP) — A Turkish state-run news agency says a power outage has left millions without electricity in Istanbul and five other cities.