Turkey can serve as a transit point for the supply of Russian gas to the European market, Deputy Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar said on Thursday during a speech at the Baku Energy Forum. “Turkey wants to use the entire infrastructure for domestic production in the context …
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Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu posted a photo of himself signing a letter asking UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to officially use the name ‘Türkiye’, which is what the country is called in Turkish. The initiative spearheaded by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is meant to “upgrade the brand value of our …
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Finland and Sweden aren’t the only countries in Europe that support terrorists, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has claimed during an address to parliament on Wednesday. The Turkish leader accused France, Germany and the Netherlands of aiding organizations that are deemed by Ankara to be terrorists, such as the Kurdistan …
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Turkey will step up its efforts to create what it calls a 30-kilometer-wide “security zone” alongside its southern border with Syria, the country’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Wednesday. The Turkish Armed Forces are to launch an “anti-terrorist” operation, which will target the northern Syrian cities of Tal Rifat …
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Turkey has withdrawn from dialogue with Greece, the country’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan revealed on Wednesday, a few days after saying that the Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis “no longer exists” for him. Erdogan accused Mitsotakis of sabotaging efforts to resolve long-running disputes and of trying to block deliveries of …
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NATO military drills planned for the Black Sea have been postponed or canceled outright, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has said, citing a decades-old convention which gives Ankara veto power over naval deployments in the region. Speaking to Anadolu in an interview on Tuesday, the foreign minister explained Turkey’s reluctance …
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Turkey’s Foreign Ministry has summoned ambassadors from Germany and France to issue a note of protest over the unhindered activity of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in their countries. Ankara warned all NATO members, and particularly Finland and Sweden, who are trying to join the bloc, that it will not …
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Ankara is a mediator between Russia and Ukraine and will not join the US-led campaign to sanction Russia for its military action against its neighbor, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday. “Our position on sanctions needs to be accepted due to the role of a mediator that we …
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Turkey is ready to host a new round of negotiations between Kiev and Moscow in Istanbul, the country’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday. He made the offer to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during a phone call. “President Erdogan stated Turkey’s readiness, if agreed upon in principle by …
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Ankara will not approve the two Nordic states’ bids to join NATO until they properly address Turkey’s concerns over their alleged support of terrorist organizations, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stated, promising not to repeat “past mistakes.” “For as long as Tayyip Erdogan is the head of the Republic of …
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