Turkey

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 …

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.

A roadside bomb exploded when a Turkish convoy of 4 vehicles carrying embassy officials was passing en route to Irbil. 

Georgia must turn into a space designed for implementation of mutually beneficial political and economic relations for its neighbors, PM Bidzina Ivanishvili said.

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.

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.

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.

The next meeting of Azerbaijan-Turkey High-Level Cooperation Council will be held in the second half of November, Turkey’s Ambassador to Azerbaijan Ismail Alper Coskun said.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu held a phone conversation with his British counterpart William Hague on Wednesday night.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to hold a critical and urgent meeting to evaluate the most recent situation in Syria and the possible international military operation in the country.