What does AA stand for?

Anadolu Ajansi reported Monday that Turkish Minister for Foreign Trade Zafer Caglayan told participants at the Turkish-Iranian Business Council in Istanbul that that the global crisis devastated the global economies and that Turkey has been negatively impacted by the recession and continues to be affected.

The members of the association are Anadolu Ajansi (Turkey), AzerTac (Azerbaijan), Kazinform (Kazakhstan), Kabar (Kyrgyzstan), Turkmenpres (Turkmenistan), UZA (Uzbekistan), TAK (Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus-TRNC), QHA (Crimea), BASHINFORM (Bashkortostan) and Tatar-Inform (Tatarstan).

Anadolu Ajansi reported Monday that Turkey's Minister for Energy Taner Yildiz told reporters that a giant offshore oil platform would set off from Norway later in October and it was expected to arrive on Turkey's northern Black Sea coast in mid-December, adding that the platform would be used to explore for oil exploration in Black Sea as part of joint venture cooperation between Turkey's state-owned energy firm Turkiye Petrolleri Anonim Ortakligi (Turkish Petroleum Corporation -- TPAO) and Brazil's Petroleo Brasileiro S.