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Turkey denies Russian commander's claims over violation of Turkish airspace
Turkish security forces have refuted claims by Russian Air Force Commander Viktor Bondarev that a Russian aircraft had violated Turkey's airspace on Oct. 3 for a short while, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.
Turkey sends medical team to Romania for Turks injured in nightclub fire
Turkey has sent a medical team to Romania to support the treatment of two Turks injured in nightclub fire, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tanju Bilgiç said on Nov. 5.
One of the Turkish nationals caught in the fire was severely injured and is under intensive care while the other has been released from hospital, he told reporters.
Turkey welcomes US statement to not provide arms to YPG
Sevil Erku?sevil.erkus@hurriyet.com.trAnkara has welcomed a U.S. statement that the country is not currently providing arms to the People's Protection Units (YPG), the military force protecting the northern Syrian region of Rojava.
A difficult era awaits Turkey on foreign policy
Sunday's parliamentary election will mark yet another milestone in Turkish political history, just five months after the election in which the Justice and Development Party (AKP) lost its single-party government for the first time in 13 years. The Nov.
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Turkey brings issues of migration and terror to G-20 summit agenda
A meeting on the issue of migration crisis and terror will be held under the auspices of the G-20 summit in Antalya at the wish of President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, Foreign Ministry officials said.
Notes from Herzliya and Jerusalem
The sixth annual conference for diplomatic dialogue between Israel and Turkey, held by the Global Political Trends Center (GPoT Center) and the Israeli Institute for Regional Policies (MITVIM), took place last week in Israel.
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Germany defends export of tanks to Qatar
Germany defended on Oct. 23 a decision to allow the export of tanks and artillery to Qatar, saying it was confident the arms would not be used in a war in Yemen between government supporters and the Iran-allied Houthis.
The newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported on Oct. 23 that four German Leopard 2 tanks and three howitzers had recently been shipped from Germany, bound for Qatar.
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Turkish FM to join Lavrov, Kerry in Syria summit
Turkish Foreign Minister Feridun Sinirlio?lu flew to Vienna on Oct. 22 in order to take part in a key summit on Syria on Oct. 23, which will be attended by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
Sinirlio?lu met with Austrian President Heinz Fischer on the first day of his visit.
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Tihomir Stoychev 'to Take Over' as Bulgarian Ambassador to US
Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev's Foreign Policy Secretary, Tihomir Stoychev, will be next Bulgarian envoy to the United States, 24 Chasa ("24 Hours") daily reports.
US receives Turkey's PYD message 'loud and clear,' Ankara says
My two previous columns were focused on an ongoing tension between the United States and Turkey over the former?s Oct. 10 airdropping ammunition to the Syrian Democratic Union Party (PYD), which is considered a terrorist organization by the Turkish government.