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Turkish president Abdullah Gul is set to begin a two-day visit to Bosnia amid growing resentment among Bosnian Serbs over his country’s increased diplomatic influence in the Western Balkans. He is scheduled to meet with members of Bosnia’s tripartite presidency and visit the southern town of Mostar on Thursday.

Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik accused Turkey Monday of interfering in Bosnia’s internal political affairs and Ancara of acting in favor of Bosnian Muslims. “We resent the fact that Turkey wants a unified and centralized Bosnia, favoring only

Turkey — Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew celebrated an Orthodox mass on Sunday (August 15th) to mark the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The mass, at the Panagia Sumela Monastery in northeast Turkey, was the

President Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu held another round of talks Tuesday (August 10th) aimed at reunifying the divided island. They focused this time on the property issue. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s special adviser on Cyprus, Alexander Downer, described the discussions as “good” and said they will …

Cypriot President Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu held a meeting Wednesday (August 4th) as part of the ongoing talks to reunify the divided island. The leaders continued discussions on the

The start of the EU-sponsored gas transit pipeline Nabucco should be given with the construction of of a gas network connection between Bulgaria and Turkey within one year, according to Bulgarian Economy Minister Traikov.

President Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu met on Wednesday (July 28th) as part of ongoing talks to reunify the divided island. The two officials discussed the issue of property, involving numerous complex claims between the two sides concerning property seized decades ago. The UN Secretary-General’s special adviser …

Cyprus marked the 36th anniversary of the Turkish Army’s intervention on the island Tuesday, a move that effectively divided the island into Greek-dominated south and Turkish-dominated north. Eight years later, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus was declared, which is only recognised by Ankara. In a joint declaration to mark …

Despite rising political tensions due to terror attacks, Turkey’s government seems to be standing firm on its democratic initiative aimed at boosting the rights of the Kurdish minority. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen named former Turkish presidential advisor Huseyin Dirioz as the organisation’s deputy secretary-general in charge of defence and planning on Friday (July 16th). The move came following a promise Rasmussen made when he took the post in 2009 to appoint a Turkish citizen as his deputy.