Foreign Ministry

During a recent meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an delivered a report about human rights violations against Crimean Tatars, drafted by an unofficial Turkish delegation who visited the region. 

Death sentences against Egypt?s deposed President Mohamed Morsi and leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood are a ?massacre of law and basic rights,? Turkish President Tayyip Erdo?an said on Une 16 as he called for action.  

Senior executives of opposition parties have indicated unwillingness to respond positively to President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an?s expected invitation to hold separate meetings with the leaders of the four parties that have entered parliament.

Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmu? said Turkey has up to now allowed crossings of Syrians through Akçakale, but it will no longer let them enter and will henceforth stop their crossing, as ?there is no longer a humanitarian tragedy.?

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Konstantinos Koutras made a statement regarding the desecration of a commemorative plaque dedicated to the death of 13,000 Greek Jewish Children murdered during the Holocaust. The memorial, next to a playground at Pafou Square, central Athens, was defaced with Nazi swastikas and Nazi SS signs.

The planned gas pipeline between Turkey and Russia, dubbed the ?Turkish Stream,? has not ?matured? enough, according to Turkish Energy Minister Taner Y?ld?z, although the Russian side has made solid announcements regarding the project. 

Ankara will return the European Parliament (EP) report on Turkey, the European Union affairs minister said. 

"We don't accept the report and will return it," Volkan Bozk?r told reporters on June 10.

The Foreign Ministry also stated that the EP reports is one of the most "unfortunate" decisions taken by the body.

Turkish President Erdo?an is holding a surprise meeting with Deniz Baykal, the former head of the Republican People?s Party (CHP), on the morning of June 10, before Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu starts talks for a new government following the June 7 general election, official sources have told Hürriyet Daily News.

Turkey has recalled its ambassador to Brazil, Hüseyin Diriöz, for ?consultations? after the Latin American country?s Senate passed legislation recognizing the killing of Ottoman Armenians in 1915 as genocide, a Foreign Ministry statement said late on June 8.

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has stayed off-air from Turkish broadcasters for longer than 72 hours - an unprecedented length of time considering his relentless TV speeches in the months before the general election.