Turkey | Caucasus

15 Mar 2012 03:30

Turkey takes fight to Iran over Iraqi south

Southern Iraq, especially oil-rich Basra province, is yet another battleground for Turkish-Iranian rivalry, which has mostly manifested itself in the form of a cutthroat race for trade deals and business contracts....

14 Mar 2012 21:33

Turkey to drill off gas in Cyprus, says TPAO

Turkey will begin drilling for oil or gas off Turkish Cyprus towards the end of March, having carried out seismic studies, the head of state energy company Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) said yesterday.Greek ...

14 Mar 2012 15:30

Tehran denies Davutoğlu's claim of waning Iranian support for Syria

An Iranian official has asserted that Tehran fully supports the Syrian government amid widespread anti-regime protests, denying a recent claim by Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu that Iran's support for ...

13 Mar 2012 14:55

Nicolas Sarkozy says he respects memory of killed Armenians

YEREVAN, MARCH ۱۲, ARMENPRESS. President of France Nicolas Sarkozy stated at the pre-electoral campaign in Villepinte on March ۱۱ that he respects the memory of the massacred Armenians. Citing Nouvelles d'Armenie,...

13 Mar 2012 12:18

Turkish Navy adopts new high-sea strategy

Turkey’s Naval Forces aim to protect lanes of communication on the high seas to assure global maritime security and protect national interests under an austere defense budget as part of its new strategy, ...

13 Mar 2012 10:40

Journalists detained in coup plot released from jail

Four Turkish journalists detained on charges of links to an underground anti-government network were released on Monday afternoon. Nedim Şener and Ahmet Şık are among the four journalists jailed pending trial in ...

Israeli gas deal tied to resolution of Mavi Marmara dispute

13 Mar 2012 09:49

Energy and Natural Resources Minister Taner Yıldız has said Turkey can facilitate the transportation of natural gas Greek Cyprus and Israel are currently working to extract in the eastern Mediterranean

Israeli gas deal tied to resolution of Mavi Marmara dispute

Energy and Natural Resources Minister Taner Yıldız has said Turkey can facilitate the transportation of natural gas Greek Cyprus and Israel are currently working to extract in the eastern Mediterranean to northwestern ...

AKP chance for peace, deputy PM tells Kurds

12 Mar 2012 13:28

Deputy PM Beşir Atalay (L), talks to the relative of a air raid victim during his visit last week to Uludere, where a military air raid killed 34 civilians in December 2011. ‘We will increase efforts to draw nearer to the people in the region,’ Atala

AKP chance for peace, deputy PM tells Kurds

The Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) rule represents an opportunity to solve the Kurdish conflict that should not be wasted, Deputy Prime Minister Beşir Atalay said yesterday, urging Kurdish politicians ...

12 Mar 2012 13:18

UN-Arab League special envoy on Syria Kofi Annan, currently in Damascus for key talks, is expected to visit Turkey on Monday, Turkish officials said on Sunday.

UN envoy Annan due in Turkey on Monday

UN-Arab League special envoy on Syria Kofi Annan, currently in Damascus for key talks, is expected to visit Turkey on Monday, Turkish officials said on Sunday.Turkey's state-run Anatolia news agency quoted diplomatic ...

10 Mar 2012 18:18

Syrian regime blocks unhindered access to aid agencies

UN humanitarian aid chief Valerie Amos has said the Syrian government has agreed to allow limited access to UN aid agencies, but is asking for more time. Speaking at a press conference held in Ankara on Friday,...

10 Mar 2012 18:14

President focuses on Armenian-Turkish current reconciliation path

The initiative on the normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations from the outset had two development paths, Armenian President and chairman of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) said. As Serzh Sargsyan ...

10 Mar 2012 13:33

‘PKK card’ tests Turkish-Syrian relations, experts say

With Turkey appearing at the forefront of discussions over international intervention in Syria -- particularly regarding the implementation of a humanitarian corridor in order to bring help to civilians who are ...

Erdoğan supports Syrian people's right to self-defense

Turkish military: Technical failure behind Afghanistan helicopter crash