Turkey | Caucasus

9 May 2016 15:08

EU-Turkey visa deal on brink as Erdoğan refuses to change terror laws

A visa-free travel deal between the EU and Turkey was on the brink of collapse on Friday night, after Turkey’s president insisted he would not change his country’s anti-terrorism laws, a key condition ...

9 Apr 2016 15:46

Iran, Turkey Stress Closer Ties

Senior officials from Iran and Turkey called for stronger cooperation in a range of fields, with both urging the expansion of economic relations via facilitated trade and joint investment. Iran's Minister of Communications ...

19 May 2012 20:02

TURKEY VETOES ISRAELI PARTICIPATION IN NATO SUMMIT

Monday’s Radikal daily newspaper says that Turkey vetoed the participation of Israeli in the NATO summit to be held in Chicago on May 20-21. Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu informed NATO colleagues about ...

18 May 2012 12:00

TENSIONS BETWEEN ANKARA AND BAGHDAD HEAT UP

Saturday’s Cumhuriyet daily newspaper reviews the developments which led to escalation of tensions between Ankara and Baghdad. The paper says that the attitudes of AKP government brought ties between Turkey ...

17 May 2012 20:31

BIR: ERBAKAN RESIGNED ON HIS OWN

Former Deputy Chief of the General Staff Çevik Bir told the prosecutor that he had just implemented the orders of the government, the National Security Council (MGK) and the Prime Minister, Hürriyet ...

6 May 2012 10:12

US GIANTS TO MAKE NEW INVESTMENTS IN TURKEY

Sabah daily newspaper says that five US giants decided to make investments in Turkey as the Turkish government announced new incentives for investors. The paper says that Economy Minister Zafer Çağlayan ...

27 Apr 2012 22:46

TURKISH JOURNALISTS STILL MISSING IN SYRIA

Syrian foreign ministry spokesman Jihad Makdissi is reported by Sabah daily newspaper as saying that the Syrian authorities were working to find two missing Turkish journalists. Makdissi has rejected media reports ...

26 Apr 2012 22:46

FAILURE TO ACQUIRE FULL EU MEMBERSHIP WILL NOT BE THE END OF THE WORLD

Parliament Speaker Cemil Çiçek said Turkey’s failure to become member of the EU would not be “the end of the world.” Yesterday Çiçek held a meeting with Finnish Prime Minister ...

25 Apr 2012 22:44

ERDOĞAN HOLDS PRESS CONFERENCE WITH FINNISH COUNTERPART

In a press conference with Finnish Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan expressed support for Annan’s plan in Syria, Sabah daily newspaper reports. He noted that the Syran regime ...

24 Apr 2012 22:44

ISRAELI ARMY COMMANDER ACCUSED OF RAIDING MAVI MARMARA SHIP

Istanbul prosecutor has managed to identify the Israeli officials who participated in a deadly flotilla raid on a Turkish-owned aid ship in international waters in 2010, Sabah daily newspaper says. Activists who ...

23 Apr 2012 23:16

FIVE PEOPLE KILLED IN STORMS

Today’s papers give extensive front-page coverage to storms that ripped through Turkey yesterday.Hürriyet daily newspaper reports that electric poles and trees were uprooted by the strong wind. The winds ...

22 Apr 2012 11:08

BARZANI COMES TO TURKEY

Massoud Barzani, president of the autonomous Kurdish region in Northern Iraq, comes to Turkey today. Hürriyet daily newspaper reports that during his visit Barzani was going to hold meetings with President ...

Erdoğan supports Syrian people's right to self-defense

Turkish military: Technical failure behind Afghanistan helicopter crash