Hami Aksoy

Turkey on Feb. 27 welcomed the understanding reached between Indian and Pakistani militaries for a cease-fire along the disputed Kashmir border.

Turkey on Feb. 25 slammed a decision by the Dutch House of Representatives to recognize the 1915 events as "genocide" against Armenians.  

Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hami Aksoy said the decision and calling on the government to recognize the events of 1915 as genocide is a null attempt to rewrite history with political motives.

Turkey's former ambassador to Tokyo, Hasan Murat Mercan, was officially appointed as Turkey's ambassador to Washington on Feb. 24.

The appointment decisions of some ambassadors regarding the reshuffle at the Foreign Ministry were published in the Official Gazette.

The "Philia (Friendship) Forum" that brought together in Athens four Mediterranean states (Cyprus, Egypt, France and Greece) and three Gulf states (Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates) on Thursday apparently touched a raw nerve in Turkey, which reacted with a strongly worded statement by Foreign Ministry spokesman Hami Aksoy.

Turkey has criticized the regional Philia (Friendship) Forum that convened Thursday in Athens, describing it as "an attempt to form an alliance built upon hostility towards Turkey."

Ankara on Feb. 11 criticized the Greek foreign minister's "unfounded accusations and slander" against Turkey at a meeting of the "Friendship Forum" in Greece's capital Athens. 

Turkey has criticized the United States for issuing a statement that demands the release of businessman and activist Osman Kavala and called on everyone to respect the ongoing judicial process.

Namely, the establishment of diplomatic relations between the so-called Kosovo and Israel have provoked a backlash at the international level. Brussels reacted first, then Serbia, followed by Turkey and Palestine. That reaction, that is, the one from the Muslim world, was observed with concern.

Turkey on Feb. 3 welcomed the extension of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) between the U.S. and Russia for another five years.

"We welcome and support the decision of the United States and the Russian Federation to extend the New START Treaty for five years," Foreign Ministry spokesman Hami Aksoy said in a written statement.

EU was the first to react, after the so-called opening of the representative office was announced, but also officially completed. EU stated that the EU's position on embassies in Jerusalem is clear and unchanged.