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The number of the Syrians forced to leave their native country and seek shelter in refugee camps in Turkey has exceeded 200,000 people. Taking into account the people living outside these camps the figure is over half a million.
Read More »Turkish ambassador will return to Egypt
Turkey’s ambassador is due to return to Egypt on Wednesday after he was recalled last month over the bloody crackdown on supporters of the country’s ousted Islamist president, a foreign ministry diplomat said.
Read More »Georgian PM calls for strengthening of relations with neighbor states
Georgian Prime Minister says his country needs to strengthen bilateral political and economic cooperation with Armenia, Turkey and Azerbaijan. Addressing the annual 3-day meeting with the heads of diplomatic missions to Georgia that kicked off Monday, Sept 2, Mr. Bidzina Ivanishvili reminded
Read More »Turkey says decision on Syria action to come after G-20 meeting
Turkish Minister of European Union (EU) Affairs and Chief Negotiator, Egemen Bagis, said that the decision on a possible international military attack against Syria would be concretised after the G-20 summit in Saint Petersburg on September 5-6. “It is possible for the efforts of the leaders of the G-20 countries …
Read More »Turkey backs any action which could stop war in Syria
Until the world community takes decisive action against Syria, Bashar Al-Assad’s regime will continue mass murders, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday. “Worldwide decisions are in the hands of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, and it is – anti-democratic,” he said.
Read More »Turkish consulate vehicles attacked in Iraq
A roadside bomb exploded when a Turkish convoy of 4 vehicles carrying embassy officials was passing en route to Irbil.
Read More »Georgian PM calls for boosting relations with Azerbaijan, Turkey and Armenia
Georgia must turn into a space designed for implementation of mutually beneficial political and economic relations for its neighbors, PM Bidzina Ivanishvili said.
Read More »Turkish Deputy PM says Syria should be punished
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister and government spokesperson Bulent Arinc has said that Syria should be punished. Bulent Arinc announced that the Syria issue would be discussed in details at today’s meeting of the Turkish government.
Read More »Turkish PM calls for Kosovo-like intervention
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said the U.S. statement on a “limited” military action against Syria will not be enough to satisfy Ankara, pleading for an intervention similar to the one in Kosovo in 1999.
Read More »Turkey is certain that Assad’s is responsible for chemical attack
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Friday intelligence gathered by Ankara left no doubt that the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad were responsible for a poison gas attack near Damascus last week.
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