Section: Turkey
Obama and Putin meet amid tensions: White House
US President Barack Obama met his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin three times on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific summit on Tuesday, with their conversations covering Iran, Syria and Ukraine, the White House said. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Turkey to send team to monitor status of Crimean Tatars
FM Cavusoglu says Turkey will never recognize Crimea’s annexation by Russia, which occurred in March following a referendum in the peninsula …read more Source: Anadolu...
EU urges Russia to withdraw troops from Ukraine
EU foreign policy chief asks Russia to cease movement of military after reports of convoys moving west in Ukraine. …read more Source: Anadolu...
German foreign minister says situation in Ukraine “serious”
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said it had spotted an armoured column of troops without insignia in rebel territory that Kiev said proved Moscow had sent reinforcements …read more Source: World...
US slams Ukraine separatists for ‘moving heavy weapons’
U.S. is concerned about pro-Russian separatists’ moving large convoys of heavy weapons and tanks to the front lines of the conflict in Ukraine. …read more Source: Anadolu...
China, Turkey discuss Silk Road project
The Peace and Disarmament Association of the People’s Republic of China requests easier visa and customs policies from Turkey, while Turkish representatives request that China detail its Russia, Ukraine, Palestine and Syria policies …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Germany celebrates fall of Berlin Wall
The fall of Berlin Wall is also a message for “those struggling for freedom in Ukraine, Syria and Iraq,” Merkel says. …read more Source: Anadolu...
Heavy shelling in east Ukraine adds to concern over ceasefire
Residents said there appeared to be fighting near Donetsk airport, around which battles have repeatedly violated the ceasefire in a conflict in which more than 4,000 people have been killed since mid-April. …read more Source: World...
Ruling PM Yatsenyuk in Ukraine wins elections
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk’s party, People’s Front, won the early elections by more than twenty percent of the vote, election commission says. …read more Source: World...
Ruling PM Yatsenyuk in Ukraine wins elections
The president of the Union of the NGOs of the Islamic World condemns Israeli raid on Al-Aqsa Mosque. …read more Source: Anadolu...
