U.N. General Assembly
For peace we must find ways of living together, says Hürriyet chairwoman
Finding ways to live together is the key to achieving global peace, Hürriyet chairwoman and Aydın Doğan Foundation Vice President Vuslat Doğan Sabancı said on Oct. 20, speaking at a panel on Islamophobia organized by the Doğan Group in Washington.
Cyprus could see referendum by mid-2017, says Turkish Cypriot president
Turkish Cypriot President Mustafa Akıncı has pointed to mid-2017 for a referendum on the island for the citizens of both of the communities to decide whether or not to accept a peace deal aimed at being reached before the end of 2016.
US offers Turkey support to set up safe-zone in exchange for halting clashes with YPG: Report
Washington has made an offer to Ankara in which the United States will permit the establishment of a safe zone - something Turkey has been demanding for years - in exchange for Turkey not fighting Syrian Kurdish forces.
UN advisor says peace deal on Cyprus 'closer than ever before'
"It's closer than ever before, but there's still a way to go," said Eide in an interview with the U.N. News Centre published on their website on Sept. 28.
Iranian FM holds unscheduled talks with Turkish officials
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif visited Ankara on Sept. 28, in an unscheduled trip to the capital on his way back to Tehran from a visit to New York for the U.N. General Assembly, and discussed the Syrian crisis with Turkish officials, diplomatic sources told Hürriyet Daily News.
Notes on Erdoğan in New York
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was actually very "cool" on the first evening of his recent trip to the U.S. He had a meeting right across from Hotel Peninsula, where he was staying, at the St. Regis Hotel. He walked there slowly, in a relaxed way, speaking to everybody and posing for photos.
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Cypriot leaders set to meet UN chief on Sept 25 as part of peace talks
The two leaders on either side of Cyprus are set to meet United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sept. 25 on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, as part of efforts to solve the decades-long conflict on the divided Mediterranean island.
American views on Turkey changing
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has gone to the U.S. for the first time since the July 15 failed coup attempt. The New York trip has special importance because the person Erdoğan declares is behind the coup attempt, Fethullah Gülen, is living and being protected in the U.S.
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Erdoğan calls on world to act against Gülenists
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called for international action against the U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen, who is accused of orchestrating the July 15 failed coup attempt in Turkey.
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UN chief regrets peacekeeper abuse, Haiti cholera at last meet
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sept. 20 expressed regret for sexual abuse by U.N. peacekeepers in Central African Republic and an outbreak of cholera in Haiti during his final address to the annual gathering of world leaders in New York.