Turkish Foreign Ministry

Turkey has warned that adoption of a resolution condemning the centennial anniversary of Anatolian Armenians deaths during the World War I as genocide by the Belgian Chamber of Deputies will have a deep impact on bilateral relations between the two countries.

Turkey remains distant on a United Nations plan to establish buffer zones inside Syria that would be backed with a cease-fire in some particular regions, according to sources who commented on an Ankara meeting between Staffan de Mistura, the U.N. special envoy for Syria, and Turkish Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Feridun Sinirlio?lu.  

Uighurs from China's Xinjiang are being given Turkish identity papers in Southeast Asia by Turkish diplomats and then taken to Turkey where some are sold to fight for groups like the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) as "cannon fodder," a senior Chinese official said. 

Turkey and the United States are continuing to mull over options to intensify ongoing cooperation in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), after the jihadists started to advance along the populous Mare-Jarablus line, pushing Turkey to reinforce its military presence on the Syrian border. 

The head of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) has raised some eyebrows by saying both Chinese and Koreans "have slanted eyes" while touching on attacks on Chinese people in Turkey to protest the alleged abuse of Uighurs in Xinjiang/East Turkestan.

Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu lives the difficult life of fiction heroes. The tiny Turkish superman is fighting evil in every corner of a world populated by an increasing number of evil men. But the hero will never grow tired of fighting.  

China's Foreign Ministry denied restricting religious freedom on July 1 in a sharp response to Turkey for voicing concern over reports that ethnic Uighur muslims had been banned from worship and fasting during Ramadan.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavu?o?lu has spoken with his Greek counterpart, Nikos Kotzias, upon the latter's request, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said late June 29.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an and the Foreign Ministry have condemned Friday's attacks in Tunisia, Kuwait and France.
      
The attack on a tourist hotel in Sousse, east Tunisia left at least 37 people dead, including foreigners, and injured 36 others on June 26, the Tunisian Health Ministry said.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavu?o?lu has confirmed ongoing talks with Israel aimed at reaching some form of rapprochement, while suggesting that undue emphasis should not be placed on the gatherings.