Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu

Bulgaria urges Turkey to suspend military operation in northern Syria because the risk of a humanitarian crisis is very high.

This was made clear after the Security Council held today at the Council of Ministers, which discussed the sharpening of the situation in Syria.

"Turkey will continue the military operation in Syria until the terrorists are completely eliminated. The territorial integrity of Syria will be preserved," Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said, quoted by RIA Novosti.

Turkey's warnings that it will allow millions of Syrian refugees to head West if the European Union continues to consider sanctions over military operations in Syria and hydrocarbon drilling off Cyprus is "not a threat and it is not a bluff," Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told Germany's Deutsche Welle.

Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has accused France of leading efforts to disintegrate Syria as it tried to do so in Iraq in response to French President Emmanuel Macron's insistent calls on the Turkish government to immediately cease its cross-border operation into Syrian territories.

In yet another blatant violation of Cyprus' sovereignty, Turkey on Thursday sent its Yavuz drillship to an area off the west coast of the island and within its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) to prospect for hydrocarbons.

The area, which is in Block 7 of the island's EEZ, has already been licensed for exploration to the French-Italian consortium of Total and Eni.

Turkish migrants increasingly face discriminatory policies and systematic racism in Western Europe, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Oct. 2. 

Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu met with his German, Burundian and Romanian counterparts in New York on Sept. 26.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as Greek government sources say had a frank discussion in New York and agreed on developing closer relations.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during talks in New York today agreed to reactivate the Supreme Cooperation Council in an effort to defuse tensions between the two countries and keep an open channel of communication.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Sept. 24 reiterated Ankara's concerns in the wake of a likely refugee wave generating from Idlib, Syria, saying his country will be hit the hardest.