Turkish Foreign Ministry
Turkey condemns North Korea's ballistic missile launch
Turkey's Foreign Ministry on Feb. 12 "strongly" condemned North Korea's test-firing a ballistic missile, which triggered a U.S.-led call for an urgent U.N. Security Council meeting after the launch was seen as a challenge to President Donald Trump.
Settlements, strikes mar first ministerial visit to Israel in 7 years
The extension of Israeli settlements on Palestinian territory and air strikes on Gaza have overshadowed the first ever ministerial-level visit from Turkey to Israel since relations deteriorated in 2010.
Turkey, Saudi Arabia to hold coordination council meeting
Turkey and Saudi Arabia will hold the first session of a bilateral coordination council meeting between Feb. 7 and 8, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a written statement on Feb. 6.
Russia, Iran and Turkey to meet in Astana
Russia, Iran and Turkey are expected to discuss the modalities of a cease-fire they brokered in Syria at a meeting in Astana on Feb. 6 amid Turkey's mounting concerns that Syrian regime forces and its Shiite militia allies have violated the truce in opposition-held Wadi Barada and Eastern Ghouta.
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Athens on alert over growing tensions in Aegean Sea
Ties between Ankara and Athens remained strained over the weekend, with Greece's armed forces under instructions to remain alert but calm, following an escalating war of words over sovereignty in the Aegean and an unprecedented spike in Turkish provocations.
Athens on alert over Aegean tensions
Ties between Ankara and Athens remained strained over the weekend, with Greece's armed forces under instructions to remain alert but calm, following an escalating war of words over sovereignty in the Aegean and an unprecedented spike in Turkish provocations.
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Turkey says Greek military exercise on Aegean island breached international law
Turkey accused Greece on Feb. 3 of breaching international law by carrying out a military exercise on an island in the Aegean Sea amid an escalating row between the two NATO allies.
Syrian opposition prepares for Geneva talks with Turkish officials in Ankara
Turkish Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Ümit Yalçın met political and military representatives of the Syrian opposition on Feb. 3 in Ankara to prepare for a meeting in Geneva on Feb. 20, Turkish Foreign Ministry sources told the Hürriyet Daily News.
Turkey Warns Greece Over Military Drills
BELGRADE - Greek military drills held on the Kos island contradict the international law, namely the 1947 Paris peace agreement which confirms the demilitarized status of the Eastern Aegean Islands, a Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesperson said in a statement obtained by Sputnik on Friday.
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Military exercises on Kos illegal: Turkish Foreign Ministry
The Turkish Foreign Ministry called on Greece to refrain from escalating tensions between the two countries in response to a military exercise on the Aegean island of Kos. The provocative statement comes only a few hours after the Turkish PM, Binali Yildirim disputed the sovereignty of 130 isles in the Aegean Sea.