Turkey News

Date : Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:23:09 +0400 TURKEY RUNS HOT AND COLD By Andrew Novo Asia Times http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/KK10Ak01.html Nov 9 2009 Autumn has proved a busy season for Turkey as the nation of more than 76 million continues to establish itself as a regional hegemon while pursuing a policy of "no problems with neighbors".

The prime ministers of Jordan and Turkey agreed to remove obstacles to a free-trade agreement, putting the measure on track for approval by the end of the year.

Azerbaijan, Baku, Nov. 11 / Trend News M. Aliyev /

The Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) Secretary-General thinks that Turkish and Azerbaijani foreign policies will be conducted with mutual consent.

Azerbaijan, Baku, Nov.11 / Trend News A.Akhundov

General Consul of Azerbaijan in Karsa (Turkey) Hasan Sultanoglu was awarded a special prize of Turkish NGO Sinav Dergisi Dershaneleri for contribution to education, Cihan news agency reported on Nov. 10

Azerbaijani and Armenian Presidents to meet in Europe by late November: Azerbaijani FM Elmar Mammadyarov

Azerbaijan, Baku, Nov. 11 / Trend News M. Aliyev /

Azerbaijani and Armenian Presidents will meet in Europe by late November, Azerbaijani foreign minister Elmar Mammadyarov told media.

Azerbaijan, Baku, Nov. 11 / Trend News U. Sadikhova /

Inter-religious dialogue will defeat negligent understandings of Islam, Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu said at an international conference today connecting different nations in Baku.

Azerbaijan, Baku, Nov. 11 /Trend News, A.Akhundov/

A number of 'swine flu' victims increased to 36 people in Turkey, CIHAN reported with the reference of the country's health ministry.

Azerbaijan, Baku, Nov. 10 / Trend News E. Tariverdiyeva /

The Turkish parliament will not ratify the Armenia-Turkey protocols until significant progress is made to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, experts said.

Britain has offered to hand over almost half of its sovereign territory in Cyprus to facilitate a peace deal between the island's estranged Greek and Turkish Cypriots, the United Nations said Tuesday, Reuters reported.

Turkey's parliament began talks on Tuesday on improving Kurdish minority rights, a move which could support Ankara's European Union bid and which the government says will help end a 25-year separatist insurgency, Reuters reported.

Turkey is set to announce details of a plan to end a conflict in the mainly Kurdish south-east of the country, BBC reported.

TURKEY'S parliament met overnight to hear the government unveil a plan to end a deadly 25-year Kurdish insurgency, a project the opposition views as a threat to the country's unity.

Fifteen years after bloodshed drove them out of southeast Turkey, some 12,000 Kurdish refugees still languish in the Makhmour camp in northern Iraq.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran participates in a press conference in Istanbul, Turkey, on Monday.

Date : Fri, 6 Nov 2009 20:01:54 +0400 TURKEY IS CHANGING ITS SHELL Hurriyet Daily News Nov 5 2009 Turkey Extremely interesting developments are taking place in the relationship between Turkey and the European Union.

Atomic power plant to assist in meeting demand for energy in Turkey: INTERVIEW with Turkish representative to UN and IAEA

Azerbaijan, Baku, Nov. 9 / Trend News U. Sadikhova /

Turkish deputy permanent representative to UN and other international organizations in Vienna, including IAEA Nılvana Darama spoke in an exclusive interview with Trend News Middle East desk.

Lack of nuclear weapon to have important consequences for countries' security in region: Turkish representative to UN and IAEA

Azerbaijan, Baku, Nov. 9 / Trend News U. Sadikhova /

Turkey supports the establishment of an effectively verifiable zone, free of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery in the Middle East, Turkish deputy permanent representative to UN in Vienna, as well as IAEA, Nilvana Darama, said.

Trend News European Desk Commentator Elmira Tariverdiyeva

Recent changes in the geopolitical situation in the South Caucasus have led to a dangerous trend for the region - and sharply exacerbated Armenians' feelings of a homeland around the world.

Turkish President Abdullah Gul has accused the EU of interfering after Istanbul was asked to reconsider an invitation to the president of Sudan.

ANKARA, Turkey -- Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has decided not to attend the Organisation of Islamic Conference summit in Istanbul, officials were quoted as saying on Sunday .