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President of Syrian National Coalition Sabra said Syrian regime was trying to dr…
President of Syrian National Coalition Sabra said Syrian regime was trying to drag Turkey into violence like Iran and Hezbolllah ISTANBUL - President of the Syrian National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces (SNC) George Sabra said on Monday that Syrian regime had an involvement in Reyhanli attacks.Interim President of SNC Sabra commented on the recent bomb attacks in Rehyanli ...
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Head of Afghanistan Turkish Industrialists Businessmens Association was kidnapped…
KABUL - A Turkish businessman was kidnapped by armed assailants in Afghanistan late on Sunday.Sami Yavuz, head of Afghanistan Turkish Industrialists & Businessmen's Association, was kidnapped at around 11:40 p.m. on Sunday.Armed assailants forced 41-year-old Yavuz to get on a car, and kidnapped him in Kabul.Yavuz has been living in Kabul with his family for more than ten years.Afghan ...
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Turkish interior minister says no al-Qaida involvement in the deadliest attack to hit Turkey-Syria border sinc…
Turkish interior minister says no al-Qaida involvement in the deadliest attack to hit Turkey-Syria border since the beginning of the Syrian uprising HATAY - Turkish interior minister has said there was no al-Qaeda involvement in twin car bomb attacks in a Turkish town near the Syrian frontier, the deadliest cross-border violence in Turkey since Syria`s popular uprising began in March ...
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Turkish premier to receive highest state welcome during US visit
Erdogan will be greeted in double military honors on arrival in Washington next week ANKARA - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will receive the highest state welcome during his official visit to the United States next week. Erdogan will be welcomed in two separate full military honors, one at the airport and the other at the White House upon his arrival in Washington as the formal ...
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OICs Mali meeting to be held in Jeddah
Mali Contact Group of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation set to convene on Monday ANKARA - The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is set to host a ministerial meeting of its Mali Contact Group in Saudi Arabia's Jeddah on Monday. Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will represent Turkey at the meeting. In a written statement released on Sunday, the Turkish Foreign Ministry ...
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Turkish FM calls for joint stance against Syrian regime
Davutoglu said international community should act to stop regime's 'brutal methods' BERLIN - Turkish foreign minister has has called on the international community to 'define a joint stance' against Syria's Assad regime."It is high time for the international community to define a joint stance against a regime that uses every brutal method on its own ...
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Turkey remains bridge between civilisations in railway plans
Turkey is often described as the gateway between two great civilisations, this is a theme employed commonly in our promotional material to encourage tourism and it has been invoked as part of the rhetoric used in ongoing efforts to join the EU, but the fact remains that Turkey is a key player in the world of geopolitics and this is seen most clearly in two major railway projects currently being planned between three regions of the world.
Turkey’s largest city, Istanbul, is famous for being the only metropolitan region in the world that spans two continents, sitting as it does in both between Asia and Europe. This idiosyncrasy of the city has made it a popular tourist destination due to the diversity of culture and architecture, but on a wider scale, the geopolitical significance of Turkey is growing and will indeed grow further if two major infrastructure plans in the Middle East and Asia take shape in the next few decades. Read more
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