Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has condemned the attack outside the headquarters of the Republican Guard in Egypt’s capital.
Read More »Turkey calls for democratic elections in Egypt as soon as possible
Turkish President Abdullah Gül said today that there should be elections in Egypt as soon as possible, defining the military intervention in the country as an “interruption” to democracy.
Read More »Next round of Georgian-Russian expert talks to be held in Istanbul
International Centre for Research on Conflict and Negotiation held in Istanbul the next round of Russian-Georgian negotiations. 11 experts from Georgia and Russia came together for the tenth round of negotiations. The basis of these meetings was founded after the 2008 war, the center told Trend on Friday.
Read More »Turkey voices concern on Egypt situation
Turkey’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the removal of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi from office by the army and the suspension of the constitution have reached ‘an extremely sensitive and alarming stage’.
Read More »Turkish PM has Egypt meeting in Istanbul
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held an extraordinary meeting at his Istanbul office to assess the latest developments in
Read More »Turkey asks Egypt to respect democratic rules
Ankara has called on Egyptian authorities to respect the rule of law and the people’s will by sticking to democratic norms, in an apparent reference to the army’s possible intervention into the country’s crisis-torn political scene.
Read More »Turkey to continue EU reforms
Turkey’s minister of EU affairs and the chief negotiator Egemen Bagis said Monday that Turkey would carry on with the reforms within the framework of EU focusing more on the process rather than the outcome.
Read More »Turkey EU membership was delayed for political reasons, says minister
EU Affairs Minister Egemen Bagis said on Sunday during a press conference that Turkey’s membership in the European Union has been delayed due to political reasons. “One would wish to see that we were a member of the bloc
Read More »Turkish FM congratulates new foreign and defense ministers of Greece
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has called the new Greek foreign and defense ministers to congratulate them on their new posts. In a recent Cabinet reshuffle, Evangelos Venizelos, the leader of the Socialist Pasok party, was
Read More »UN experts visit Turkey to investigate Syria chemical weapons claims
U.N.-appointed inspectors, blocked from entering Syria, are in Turkey to gather information about possible use of chemical weapons in the civil war, officials said on Thursday. Members of the team assembled by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had
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