Turkey

Turkish FM to visit Belarus on Friday

Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmet Davutoglu will travel to Minsk on March 28 for signing of visa exemption and readmission agreements between Turkey and Belarus. Davutoglu will attend the signing ceremony in regards to visa exemption and readmission agreements between Turkey and Belarus as well as discussing bilateral relations, …

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Turkish FM visits Georgia

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will visit Georgia on Wednesday, March 27. During the visit Davutoglu will meet with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, Prime Minister and other officials. The Foreign Ministry stressed that the issues of bilateral cooperation, as well as Turkey’s assistance to Georgia on NATO integration will be …

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Turkish FM calls for UN seat to Syrian opposition

Ahmet Davutoglu attended the Arab League’s 24th Ordinary Summit in Qatar where Syria and Palestine dominated the agenda Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Tuesday attended the Arab League’s 24th Ordinary Summit in the Qatari capital of Doha where he said, “We must start working for the Interim Government (of …

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Turkey says the EU needs fairer system

The European Union must preserve its solidarity and come up with a fairer system as its economic problems are only temporary, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan said at an informal meeting of EU leaders. “What makes the EU significant for us [Turkey] are the values

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PKK leader Ocalan calls for peace in historic message

Jailed leader of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) Abdullah Öcalan called on PKK forces for a cease-fire and withdrawal from Turkey, in a long-awaited, historic announcement during celebrations of Nevruz, a spring festival, in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır on Thursday.

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