On the second day of her visit to Turkey, German Chancellor Angela Merkel met with her counterpart PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan and discussed the Turkey-Cyprus relations. Merkel said in a press conference with Erdogan that she favoured opening talks in a new policy chapter with Turkey, however, added that Turkeys refusal to open its ports to Cyprus despite the terms of Ankara protocol hinders Turkeys EU membership ambitions. Erdogan said at the same press conference that Turkey could sign the Ankara protocol, if only visa requirements for Turkish citizens were eased by the same protocol. |
The jailed leader of the PKK, Abdullah Ocalan, called for a ceasefire on Thursday, ordering armed PKK militants to withdraw from Turkey. Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in the city of ... more
The Syrian government said the rebel groups foreign supporters, Turkey and Qatar, were responsible for a chemical attack in Aleppo. The countries that back and support the rebels, including ... more
US secretary of state John Kerry was in Ankara on Friday for talks with the Turkish leaders, including PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President Abdullah Gul, focused on the crisis in Syria, ... more