U.N. General Assembly in New York

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sept. 19 once again called on the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) to cancel its planned independence referendum, warning that such a move could spark new crises in the region.

British Prime Minister Theresa May will make an official visit to Japan from August 30 to September 1 to discuss defense and security cooperation as well as trade and investment opportunities, according to a Downing Street statement published Tuesday, writes Politoco. 

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Sept. 28 that Washington would send more U.S. troops to help local forces in the battle to retake Mosul from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) expected later this year. 

Kyrgyzstan's President Almazbek Atambayev took ill due to "potential problems" in Istanbul on Sept. 19 while en route to New York, where he was due to attend the United Nations General Assembly session, triggering the cancellation of his trip.

Russia continued air strikes for a third day on Oct. 2, prompting Turkey and its partners in the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) to demand that Moscow cease its attacks on the Syrian opposition and focus on fighting Islamic militants. 

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has said only ?solidarity? can defeat terrorism, as the country continues to struggle with acts of terror staged by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK).

Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu?s 2013 visit to Pennsylvania to see Fethullah Gülen, the self-exiled Turkish preacher, is turning into an amusing ?whodunit?? mystery. Gülen is being vilified by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) for allegedly inciting the graft probes into government ministers and President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an?s son Bilal.