President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy will visit on Wednesday the Turkish capital, Ankara. Rompuy will meet with to Turkish
Read More »Turkey closes border gates with Syria for one month
Turkey’s Customs and Trade Minister Hayati Yazıcı announced today in a written statement that Hatay’s Yayladağı Customs gate is closed for a month. “We’re closely observing and controlling the border gates between Syria and Turkey. We’ve closed Yayladağı border gate after the sad event in
Read More »Turkey and Bosnia to discuss bilateral cooperation
Political consultations between the foreign ministries of Turkey and Bosnia and Herzegovina focusing on bilateral ties and cooperation between the two with regard to regional issues are starting in İstanbul on Wednesday.
Read More »Countries adopt joint declaration on Nabucco
The governments of Austria, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey adopted Tuesday a joint declaration stressing the potential of Nabucco to supply the energy markets of the Western Balkans and the Visegrad group countries (Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Hungary) at the fifth Nabucco Committee meeting in Bucharest.
Read More »Bulgaria and Turkey to discuss border crossing problems
The governments of Bulgaria and Turkey will start this week negotiations for an agreement regarding the freight traffic between the two countries, said Bulgarian Minister of Transport Kristian Krastev Sunday. Krastev will meet Turkish counterpart Binali
Read More »Turksih PM sees opportunity for Cyprus agreement
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, speaking in Washington after talks with President Barack Obama, has said that he
Read More »Turkish PM meets with US President in Washington
A key meeting between Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington has started.
Read More »Balkans summit kicks off in Turkey
Turkish President Abdullah Gul hosts President of Serbia Tomislav Nikolic and Bosnia Herzegovina (BiH) presidency members Bakir Izetbegovic (Bosniak), Nebojsa Radmanovic (Serbian), and Zeljko Komsic (Croatian) at the historical summit on May 14-15 in Turkish capital Ankara, which has significant importance as political relations between BiH and Serbia are in …
Read More »OSCE PA to discuss conflicts in Caucasus and Moldova
The 22nd Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly will be held in Istanbul, Turkey from June 29 to July 3. Nagorno Karabakh settlement will be discussed by the Committee on Political Affairs and Security. The issue will also be included
Read More »Turkey believes Syria was behind car bombings in Reyhanli on Saturday
Turkey believes fighters loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad were behind two car bombings that killed 46 people in a Turkish border town where thousands of Syrian refugees live, officials said on Sunday.
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