Turkey

US will continue to keep Patriot missiles in Turkey

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says the US will continue to provide two Patriot missile batteries in Turkey for another year as part of that country’s air defenses while the civil war rages on in Syria. Pentagon spokesman Carl Woog says Hagel met with Turkey’s foreign minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, on Monday …

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Erdogan urges PKK to lay down arms

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged the militants of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to lay down arms, Sabah newspaper wrote on Monday. According to Erdogan, 2014 will be a year of political normalization and stability in Turkey.

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Turkish PM to visit Russia

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will pay a two-day visit to Russia next week to discuss the ongoing crisis in Syria. The Turkish prime minister is set to attend the fourth meeting of the High Level Cooperation

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Azerbaijan, Turkey sign bilateral agreements

A ceremony to sign Azerbaijan-Turkey documents has today been held in Ankara as part of President Ilham Aliyev’s official visit to the country. President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed a declaration on results of the Azerbaijan-Turkey High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council.

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Turkish PM optimistic on Kurdish peace

Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has expressed hope that an upcoming meeting with Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani in Diyarbakır over the weekend will be a historic occasion that crowns an ongoing resolution process in the country.

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Turkey, Azerbaijan Presidents discuss Nagorno-Karabakh situation

Turkey and Azerbaijan discussed issue of Nagorno-Karabakh during the official talks between Turkish President Abdullah Gul and visiting Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in the Turkish capital of Ankara, Gul said on Tuesday. “We discussed territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and liberating the occupied lands, issues which we also consider national

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