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US President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke on Thursday about the violence in Syria. “The two leaders underscored the urgency of the situation, reiterated their deep concern about the Syrian government’s use of violence against civilians and their belief that the Syrian people’s legitimate demands …

Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to visit Bulgaria in September 2011. Erdogan will hold talks with Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, President Georgi Purvanov and other top officials, the reports said. On the agenda will be bilateral relations and the Nabucco energy project.

Egypt’s newly appointed Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr is going to make his first visit abroad to Turkey to discuss developments in the region and bilateral relations. The foreign minister is scheduled to

Kazakhstan’s Foreign Minister Yerzhan Kazykhanov has signed two deals with Turkish officials to further improve diplomatic relations and strengthen cultural ties

The very first meeting of a high-level strategic council between Ankara and Baku will be held in Turkey, announced Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday during an official visit to the Azerbaijani capital. Erdoğan and Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev held a two-hour meeting upon the Turkish prime minster’s …

Turkish Cypriot leader Derviş Eroğlu and Greek Cypriot leader Dimitris Christofias have met to discuss issues of administration and power-sharing — another step toward finding a way to reunify Cyprus — an issue that has

NATO may avoid sharing ballistic missiles intelligence with Turkey if the nation decides to buy Chinese or Russian systems for its missile defense program. Ankara would have to operate without NATO’s intelligence information on incoming ballistic missiles if it chooses to buy Chinese or Russian systems for its

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will pay a visit on Wednesday to Baku, Azerbaijan. Erdoğan’s visit comes days after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s visit to İstanbul in mid-July. During talks with Turkey’s leaders, Clinton reportedly called for ratification of

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s harsh criticism of Greek Cyprus and the European Union in regards to the course of affairs in the resolution of the Cyprus issue

As first Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu and then Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced that relations would freeze with the EU during the Greek Cypriot presidency in the latter part of 2012 unless