Turkey’s foreign minister said a new period was beginning in Ankara’s ties with Egypt with senior officials from the two countries set to hold talks, broadcaster NTV said on Wednesday.
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Turkish Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy said flight restrictions imposed by Russia until June could cost Turkey 500,000 tourists, broadcaster NTV reported on Wednesday.
Wednesday’s scheduled visit by Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias to Ankara has been postponed until Thursday because of a extraordinary videoconference of NATO defense ministers in light of the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, but mainly (unofficially) the rapid developments in Ukraine.
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that Turkey remains committed to full membership in the European Union, for which it is a candidate country despite strains in recent years.
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Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias will delay a planned visit to Turkey by one day to Thursday because of a scheduling conflict with a meeting of NATO ministers, the Foreign Ministry in Athens said on Tuesday.
Europe’s top human rights court ruled on Tuesday that the right to liberty and freedom of expression of Turkish journalist and author Ahmet Altan had been violated due to his detention and imprisonment on charges related to a 2016 coup attempt.
Turkish President Recep Erdogan announced on Tuesday that his government will distribute potatoes and onions to poorer families in Turkey,
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Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias travels to Ankara on Wednesday for an official visit that is being seen as a possible turning point in relations with Turkey, which have soured over maritime and energy rights in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean.
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Canada on Monday scrapped export permits for drone technology to Turkey after concluding the equipment had been used by Azeri forces fighting Armenia in the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that Turkey and Libya were committed to a 2019 maritime demarcation accord in the Eastern Mediterranean, after meeting Libya’s Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibeh in Ankara.
Nearing 20 years in power, Recep Tayyip Erdogan is now dealing with his fourth United States president.
The Turkish lira weakened on Monday as investor concerns grew over deteriorating economic conditions in the country, while stocks in emerging market suffered their worst drop in nearly three weeks as the corporate earnings season loomed.
Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibeh and a delegation of ministers will make their first visit to Turkey on Monday since taking office last month, the Turkish presidency said on Sunday.
All the activity on the international front that we observed last Tuesday obviously concerns us since it included the Greek prime minister’s official visit to Libya.
The foreign ministers of Turkey and Egypt spoke by phone on Saturday, the Turkish foreign ministry said, their first direct contact since a push by Ankara to improve strained ties between the regional powerhouses.
Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias will visit Ankara on Wednesday following an invitation by his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu to attend a Ramadan iftar meal.
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