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Turkish and Israeli reconciliation talks have resumed off camera in Rome in an attempt to end diplomatic dysfunction between Ankara and Tel Aviv. Director General of the Israeli Foreign Ministry Dore Gold and Turkish Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Feridun Sinirlioğlu, who is responsible for ties with Israel in the government, met in Rome for secret talks. […]
“The uncertainty should not last long to make sure investments and our international relations are not disrupted. A government should be formed as soon as possible” said President Erdogan on his way from Azerbaijan to Turkey. He said if the two political parties that won the majority in the parliamentary elections fail to form a […]
June 7 parliamentary elections will remain as a milestone in the history of Turkey as AKP (Justice and Development party) of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has lost majority in the parliament and consequently the possibility to form a single party cabinet that could have enabled Erdoğan to implement his powerful presidential system project. AKP registered […]
Turkish authorities have announced on Wednesday to keep their commitment for aid support to Gaza after the World Bank irritated Ankara for failing to fulfil its commitment made during the Cairo Conference in 2014. Turkish foreign Minister’s spokesman, Tanju Bilgic indicated on Wednesday that his country has already planned $75.6 million aid to Gaza in […]
President Erdoğan has stated that Egyptian death row prisoner Mohammed Morsi is still the president of Egypt as far as he is concerned. The Turkish president based his stance on democratic principles and criticized the international community for being silent. Erdoğan’s latest attack must have been provoked by the decision of an Egyptian court that […]
Morocco and the Netherlands have been unanimously elected co-chairs of the Global Counter Terrorism Forum (GCTF) taking over from the US and Turkey which had chaired the forum set up in 2011. The election took place during the GCTF Coordination Committee 7th session held in Qatar’s capital Doha last week. The election of Morocco as […]
Ahead of his two-day visit to Kuwait that will begin on Monday, President Erdogan said ties between the two countries are “strengthened by their common culture and by sharing the same religion” as he pointed out that their stability, prosperity and peace are interrelated. The Turkish president is hoping to boost commercial relations between them […]
Three political parties namely the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party), the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and the opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) have signed a joint declaration stating that the resolution voted by the European parliament for Turkey to recognize that it committed genocide on the Armenians as an “inappropriate and […]
The ceremony for the launching of the construction of Turkey’s first nuclear power plant was held on Tuesday and Energy Minister Taner Yildiz hailed the importance of the multimillion dollar project saying that “development cannot happen in a country without nuclear energy.” The plant will be built in Akkuyu in Mersin province on the shores […]
Tunisia has announced that it is mending its diplomatic ties with Syria after more than a three year break but that of Turkey could soon become sour after Foreign Minister Taieb Baccouche accused Ankara of facilitating the transit of fighters bound for neighboring Syria and Iraq, where thousands of its citizens have joined the ranks […]