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Relations between Turkey and Iran appear to be getting closer and those ties are raising concerns among some of Turkey's Western allies.

NKARA, Turkey - Turkey's Justice Ministry denied Thursday that it had ordered the Court of Appeals's phones to be tapped, after the court said it was investigating reports that judges may have been subject to illegal eavesdropping.

Turkey has sought to allay Western fears that the country ? NATO's only majority-Muslim member ? is shifting its affinity from Washington and Europe toward Iran.

Date : Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:43:50 +0400 ARMENIA AND TURKEY: WALKING UP THE STAIRWAY TO NORMALIZATION Alice Radzyner Euros Du Village http://www.eurosduvillage.eu/Armenia-and-Turkey-Walking-up-the,3278 Nov 11 2009 EU Turkey and Armenia have 'strange relations and a difficult history' says Dr.

A meeting with the US president in the White House, a meeting with the vice president and a formal dinner in his honor at the vice presidential residence, a dinner hosted by the secretary of state honoring his visit, a lunch in his honor hosted by the House of Representatives and Senate leaders at US Capitol and conferences organized at Georgetown ...

" The Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir will arrive in Turkey on Monday afternoon to take part in the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the Organization of the Islamic Conference in Istanbul, according to a newspaper report.

Ceremonies were held early yesterday morning throughout Turkey to remember the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, and his legacy.

Date : Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:26:23 +0400 TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY IN THE NEW ERA Sedat Laciner Journal of Turkish Weekly Nov 9 2009 There are some that accuse Turkey of deviating from its Western foreign policy to that of the East.

Date : Sat, 7 Nov 2009 18:34:46 +0400 TURKEY DEFENDS SUDAN LEADER VISIT BBC NEWS http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/world/europe/8347419.stm 2009/11/06 17:23:21 GMT Turkish President Abdullah Gul has accused the EU of interfering after Istanbul was asked to reconsider an invitation to the president of Sudan.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yesterday told the West that dialogue and co-operation were the only way to resolve the dispute over his country's nuclear push which he said was a "natural right". Efforts to confront or threaten Iran have left the West with "empty hands", Ahmadinejad told reporters in Istanbul after attending an economic ...

Afghan President Hamid Karzai saidhere on Monday that peace could not be ensured in the region by only taking military measures.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu is considered by many as the architect of Turkey's neo-foreign policy.

In this Jan. 21, 2008 file photo, Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir seen during a news conference with his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul, not pictured, in Ankara, Turkey.Turkey should arrest Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir if he visits Istanbul because of an international warrant against him for atrocities in Darfur, human rights groups said ...

WHEN Turkey's President Abdullah Gul visits India early next year he will be representing a nation that has reinvented its geostrategic role through an independent foreign policy in barely eight years.

Turkey's plans to host Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir a ' who faces an international arrest warrant for war crimes in Darfur a ' at an Islamic conference is intensifying the critical light already shining on Turkey and Sudan.

Date : Sat, 7 Nov 2009 17:48:57 +0400 WE SHOULD NOT FORGET TURKEY'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO EU, PRESIDENT GUL Anadolu Agency Nov 3 2009 Turkey BRATISLAVA -03.11.2009 -Turkish President Abdullah Gul said Tuesday Turkey's contributions to the European Union should not be forgotten.

President Zillur Rahman leaves for Turkey on Friday on a six-day tour to attend COMCEC economic summit under the Organization of the Islamic Conference .

ISTANBUL: A dispute between Turkey and the European Union over Sudan's indicted president highlights the risks Turkey will face when it hosts an Islamic summit with some new friends who are not to the taste of its Western allies.

Senior government officials from 57 Islamic countries started their meeting here on Thursday, focusing on economic and commercial cooperation between Islamic countries under the Organization of the Islamic Conference .

Date : Thu, 5 Nov 2009 14:48:34 +0400 SLOVAKIA REJECTS CHANGE OF RULES IN TURKEY-EU MEMBERSHIP TALKS Today's Zaman Nov 4 2009 Turkey While extending Slovakia's full support for Turkey's bid to become a full member of the European Union, Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak has cautioned that changing preconditions set for accession to the bloc ...