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Wild Caspian Caviar Returns
THERE will be a fresh supply of wild caviar from the Caspian Sea on holiday blini this fall and winter, for the first time in two years. The international convention that regulates trade in endangered species issued quotas for the catch on July 23. More…
Armenia 'cannot develop' without Turkey and Azerbaijan
Armenia will eventually have to return the body of an Azerbaijani soldier killed in a clash on the contact line, a top Azerbaijani official has said. In the same way, Armenia will have to acknowledge that it cannot develop without Azerbaijan and Turkey, Novruz Mammadov, head of the foreign relations department at the Presidential Administration, told reporters on Wednesday. More…
Turkey's southward strategy aims to boost clout in Middle East
BEIJING, July 22 (Xinhua) -- Turkish President Abdullah Gul's two-day visit to Egypt marked his first to the Middle East heavyweight since Israel's deadly raid on an international aid ship bound for Gaza in May.
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Gül Stresses Need for Joint Defense Projects with Pakistan
Turkish President Abdullah Gül on Wednesday stressed the need to initiate joint defense production projects between Turkey and Pakistan.
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Turkey-EU talks set for Istanbul, terrorism to top agenda
Terrorism is set to top the agenda when Turkey and the European Union meet Tuesday in Istanbul for a political dialogue meeting, the first such ministerial gathering since the Lisbon Treaty came into force in 2009.
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In Srebrenica, peace hopes grow out of ashes of grief
Leaders of Balkan nations, including Serbian President Boris Tadic, joined some 50,000 grieving Bosnians on Sunday as they gathered at a ceremony to bury the remains of 755 newly identified victims killed when Bosnian Serbs overran the eastern town of Srebrenica exactly 15 years ago.
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Turkey's Parliament Speaker In Mongolia
Turkey's parliament speaker, who is currently paying a formal visit to Mongolia, met with his Mongolian counterpart on Friday.
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What happened to Cyprus’ great white hope?
SO HERE we are. It’s mid-2010 and the two leaders have just agreed to meet five more times during the sweltering summer months of July and August. Perhaps the UN is planning to sweat a solution out of them.
In four months time, UN Special Adviser Alexander Downer will ghost write a progress report for the UN Secretary-General to submit to the Security Council.
Story Continues…
Turkey Steps Into Void in Former Yugoslavia
ISTANBUL—The leaders of Turkey, Serbia and other Balkan nations gather this weekend to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre in Bosnia-Herzegovina, in an event seen by Turkish officials as a crowning moment in its campaign of regional diplomacy.
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Iran's last exports flourish in Israel
Four Persian fallow deer transported by Israel's airline company on its last flight out of Tehran amid the turbulent Islamic revolution have created a healthy population in a country where the species had gone extinct.
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Davutoğlu: Turkey reserves right to act over Gaza raid
Turkey is entitled to take any measure to protect its citizens' rights if Israel fails to apologize or accept an international inquiry into its raid on a Gaza-bound aid ship, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has stated.
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THERE will be a fresh supply of wild caviar from the Caspian Sea on holiday blini this fall and winter, for the first time in two years. The international convention that regulates trade in endangered species issued quotas for the catch on July 23. More…
Armenia 'cannot develop' without Turkey and Azerbaijan
Armenia will eventually have to return the body of an Azerbaijani soldier killed in a clash on the contact line, a top Azerbaijani official has said. In the same way, Armenia will have to acknowledge that it cannot develop without Azerbaijan and Turkey, Novruz Mammadov, head of the foreign relations department at the Presidential Administration, told reporters on Wednesday. More…
Turkey's southward strategy aims to boost clout in Middle East
BEIJING, July 22 (Xinhua) -- Turkish President Abdullah Gul's two-day visit to Egypt marked his first to the Middle East heavyweight since Israel's deadly raid on an international aid ship bound for Gaza in May.
More…
Gül Stresses Need for Joint Defense Projects with Pakistan
Turkish President Abdullah Gül on Wednesday stressed the need to initiate joint defense production projects between Turkey and Pakistan.
Story Continues…
Turkey-EU talks set for Istanbul, terrorism to top agenda
Terrorism is set to top the agenda when Turkey and the European Union meet Tuesday in Istanbul for a political dialogue meeting, the first such ministerial gathering since the Lisbon Treaty came into force in 2009.
Story Continues…
In Srebrenica, peace hopes grow out of ashes of grief
Leaders of Balkan nations, including Serbian President Boris Tadic, joined some 50,000 grieving Bosnians on Sunday as they gathered at a ceremony to bury the remains of 755 newly identified victims killed when Bosnian Serbs overran the eastern town of Srebrenica exactly 15 years ago.
Story Continues…
Turkey's Parliament Speaker In Mongolia
Turkey's parliament speaker, who is currently paying a formal visit to Mongolia, met with his Mongolian counterpart on Friday.
Story Continues…
What happened to Cyprus’ great white hope?
SO HERE we are. It’s mid-2010 and the two leaders have just agreed to meet five more times during the sweltering summer months of July and August. Perhaps the UN is planning to sweat a solution out of them.
In four months time, UN Special Adviser Alexander Downer will ghost write a progress report for the UN Secretary-General to submit to the Security Council.
Story Continues…
Turkey Steps Into Void in Former Yugoslavia
ISTANBUL—The leaders of Turkey, Serbia and other Balkan nations gather this weekend to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre in Bosnia-Herzegovina, in an event seen by Turkish officials as a crowning moment in its campaign of regional diplomacy.
Story Continues…
Iran's last exports flourish in Israel
Four Persian fallow deer transported by Israel's airline company on its last flight out of Tehran amid the turbulent Islamic revolution have created a healthy population in a country where the species had gone extinct.
Story Continues...
Davutoğlu: Turkey reserves right to act over Gaza raid
Turkey is entitled to take any measure to protect its citizens' rights if Israel fails to apologize or accept an international inquiry into its raid on a Gaza-bound aid ship, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has stated.
Story Continues....