Bulgarian government passed a decision to close down its honorary consulate in the Turkish city of Bursa and to dismiss honorary consul Hayati Korkmaz. Korkmaz’s activity is terminated over the compromising of its position of an honorary consul of Bulgaria to Turkey.
Read More »Turkey ready to help forming a new government in Bosnia
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told politicians in Sarajevo on Saturday (January 29th) that his country is ready to help the various communities overcome differences that prevent them from forming a government following general elections in October. The region needs the three constituent peoples in BiH to co-exisit, he said, …
Read More »UN sees progress in talks to reunify Cyprus
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday (January 26th) there is progress in talks to reunify the divided island of Cyprus. “It is clear that the two leaders
Read More »France supports Greece on border fence to stop illegal immigration
France’s interior minister said Thursday his government supports plans by Greece to build a fence along part of its border with Turkey to combat the EU member country’s illegal immigration crisis. “We support the creation of obstacles to counter immigration pressure,” Brice Hortefeux said. “Of course this cannot be compared …
Read More »Turkish President has addressed PACE
Turkish President Abdullah Gul told participants in the winter session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on Tuesday (January 25th) that Turkey will never accept allegations it committed genocide. “If we live with the past, nobody in Europe will be able
Read More »Mevlut Cavusoglu was re-elected as PACE president
Turkish lawmaker Mevlut Cavusoglu was re-elected on Monday (January 24th) as president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). Thus, Cavusoglu, a member of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party, will head the organisation for another year.
Read More »Turkey suspects EU’s will of Greece-Bulgaria walls
Greece’s and Bulgaria’s plan to build a fence along the Turkish border is widely perceived as EU’s hidden intention to build a wall to mark its borders. Chairman of Turkish Center for International Relations and Strategic Analysis, Sinan Ogan, says Greece’s and Bulgaria’s intention to build a fence along the …
Read More »Turkish PM to visit Kyrgyzstan
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will pay an official visit to Kyrgyzstan at the beginning of February to discuss bilateral economic cooperation. A business forum Turkey-Kyrgyzstan will be held during the visit.
Read More »Turkey and Greece to hold new talks in Ankara on Wednesday
Turkey and Greece will hold a new round of exploratory talks, Turkey’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced. The 49th round of exploratory talks between the two countries will take place in Ankara on Wednesday.
Read More »EU wants to stop illegal immigration via Turkey
The European Union (EU) is aiming at preventing illegal immigration passage through the land border of Turkey and Greece, with a technical delegation from EU Commission examining the border between Turkey and Greece on Friday. Stefano Manservisi, the commission’s director-general for home affairs, told local media that he had held …
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