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European foreign ministers criticised Turkey on Tuesday for failing to deal normally with Cyprus and opted to keep the brakes on Ankara's attempt to join the European Union.
Turkey has again defended its treatment of jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan saying it has invited a European anti-torture group to visit his new prison cell, the foreign ministry said.
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he is willing to serve as a diplomatic channel to the Iranian leadership after President Barack Obama pressed him yesterday for more support to curb Iran’s nuclear program.
(RTTNews) - At least five soldiers were killed Monday when unidentified gunmen ambushed a military unit in northern Turkey, said officials and local news reports.
As Obama mulls sanctions over Iran's nuclear program, he meets Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House today. Ankara's rising economic ties with Tehran could undercut sanctions.
ISTANBUL -(Dow Jones)- The overall net profit of Turkey's banking sector rose 45.9% on the year to 17.392 billion Turkish lira ($11.5 billion) in the first 10 months of the year, Turkish banking regulator BDDK said Monday, the Ihlas News Agency, or IHA, reports.
Brussels - Turkey should open its ports to Cypriot vessels in a bid to make talks over re-unifying the island easier, European Union foreign ministers said Monday. EU member states have frozen Turkey's bid to join the bloc because of its refusal to a...
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, who left for the United States on Sunday to meet President Barack Obama, said Turkey would not contribute additional troops to Afghanistan.
Attackers raked a military vehicle with automatic weapon fire on Monday, killing at least seven Turkish soldiers in an ambush in foggy weather in central Turkey, authorities said.
An official in Turkey says attackers have killed at least five Turkish soldiers and wounded several others in an ambush in foggy weather in central Turkey.
World Council of Churches - News Release Contact: +41 22 791 6153 +41 79 507 6363 media@wcc-coe.org For immediate release - 08/12/2009 09:49:51 CHURCHES ADVOCATE FOR RELIGIOUS MINORITIES' RIGHTS IN TURKEY An international ecumenical delegation visiting Turkey at the end of November has encouraged the country's authorities to improve the situation of religious minorities.
In the May 2009 cabinet reshuffle, Turkey's prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, made some surprising choices. One such choice was that of Ahmet Davutoglu — a non parliamentarian — for the post of foreign minister. Soli Ozel discusses the impact this choice will have on Turkey's foreign relations.
President Barack Obama is looking for help in Afghanistan from Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan even as tensions simmer between the two NATO allies on Iranand the Middle East.
WASHINGTON — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday met with President Barack Obama at the White House, demonstrating a comfortable relationship that worries some Armenian-American activists.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit to the White House on Monday comes at an awkward moment in U.S.-Turkey relations.
President Obama rebuked the Turkish prime minister for belligerent anti-Israel rhetoric, saying it was harming Turkey’s profile.
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