Students protest Turkish Foreign Ministry
A group of university students attempting to march on the Turkish Foreign Ministry…
Economy to make mark in PM Erdoğan?s US visit
Despite the heavy political agenda, Turkish Prime Minister Erdoğan?s visit will also be an opportunity to catch up on economic issues like Turkey?s call for free trade talks and Iraqi energy disputes
US and Russia hopeful over Syria despite rifts
Despite backing opposite sides in the Syria conflict from the beginning
Erdoğan, Obama talks to be headlined by Syria crisis
Erdoğan made it clear before his departure that they will discuss what they can do for Syria
Turkey?s Stubborn Erdogan Is Undone by Obama, Assad
The car bombs that killed more than 40 people last weekend in a town in southern Turkey are a reckoning for Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Turkey’s Erdogan to push Obama on Syria after bombings
By Nick Tattersall WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Turkey’s prime minister will push President Barack Obama for more assertive action on Syria during a visit to Washington this week, days after car bombs tore through a Turkish border town in the deadliest spillover of violence yet. The bombings in Reyhanli, which killed 50 people on Saturday, and activists’ reports of a massacre of Sunni Muslims in a
Bombs jolt politics as Turkish PM leaves for US trip
PM Erdoğan heads for a crucial meeting with US President Obama, but not before trading barbs with opposition parties over political responsibility for the weekend?s deadly attacks in Reyhanlı
PM Erdoğan to get Syria briefing from Pentagon
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is set to depart for his four-day trip to the United States today
Obama faces tough decisions on Syria as pressure for intervention mounts
As the president prepares to meet the prime ministers of Britain and Turkey, what are his options on the Syrian civil war?
Turkey: would not refrain from responding to Syria
REYHANLI, Turkey (AP) ? Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday that Turkey will “not refrain” from responding to twin car bombings it has blamed on Syria, but that his government will be cautious and avoid being drawn into its neighbor’s civil war.
What could Obama grant Erdoğan on the Syria matter?
Syria was already set to be the most significant agenda topic during Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan?s
Arabs and Turkey see no role for al-Assad
Five Arab countries and Turkey have reiterated that President Bashar al-Assad should have no role
Turkey ?should be involved in Europe-US free trade talks?
US President Barack Obama and Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdoğan have chemistry, says businessman İlkem Şahin.
International Criminal Court prosecutor opens initial probe into Gaza flotilla
The ICC has opened a preliminary probe into Israel’s deadly raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla in 2010 to see if war crimes or crimes against humanity had been committed.
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