Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu
Turkish FM to tell Iraqi Kurdish administration to cancel independence referendum
Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu stated on Aug. 23 in Baghdad that he will tell the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) that its planned independence referendum is wrong and Ankara expects it to cancel the vote.
Turkish FM Çavuşoğlu in Iraq, Mattis in Turkey
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu is set to pay an official visit to the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Aug. 23, on the same day as U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis is set to visit Turkey.
Çavuşoğlu's visit was planned in order to lay grounds for a scheduled visit by Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to Turkey.
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Turkish foreign minister to visit Iraq
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu is set to pay an official visit to the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Aug. 23 in order to lay grounds for a scheduled visit by Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to Turkey.
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İzmir fair opens its doors for the 86th time
The fair in the Aegean province of İzmir is being named among not only Turkey's but one of the world's oldest fairs. Although at one stage its impact and content were open to intense debates, I must say that I see a serious change in the last two years. This can be seen from the number of the participants and the interest from sponsors.
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FM Çavuşoğlu calls Turkish citizen injured in Barcelona attack
Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has held a phone conversation with a Turkish citizen who was injured in the Aug. 17 Barcelona attack, according to sources from the ministry. Sources said the minister called Emre Eroğlu and extended his get well wishes. Separately, the Turkish Consulate in Barcelona shared a picture of Eroğlu in the hospital on Aug.
Celik: Cyprus talks are 'over'
In yet another pessimistic statement coming from Ankara, Turkey's EU Minister Omer Celik said Thursday that the Cyprus settlement talks were "not suspended, nor frozen," but "over."
According to the Anadolu news agency, he made his statement following a meeting with the UK's minister of state for Europe, Sir Alan Duncan, in Turkey.
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President hits out at Ankara over sea border comments
A day after Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu claimed there are no sea borders between Greece and Turkey, Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos declared that those borders exist and that they also demarcate the frontier with the European Union.
Cavusoglu: We all need to draw, with the UN, a path for Cyprus
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu accused the Greek Cypriot side of not wanting a solution to the Cyprus problem in Crans-Montana.
Speaking to the Turkish state television station TRT, Cavusoglu also claimed that the Greek Cypriot side tried to put Turkey in a difficult position using false information.
Coup attempt is milestone in Ankara-Tehran ties: Iranian spokesperson
Iran's full support to the Turkish government on the night of the July 2016 coup attempt enabled the beginning of a détente in bilateral relations between Ankara and Tehran, which had been strained due to differences over the Syrian crisis, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Bahram Qassemi has said.
Athens rejects claim by Turkish FM that there are no Aegean sea borders
In the latest exchange of acrimony between Athens and Ankara, Greece dismissed claims Wednesday by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu that there are no sea borders between the two countries as "groundless."
According to Greek diplomatic sources, Cavusoglu's remarks reflect Turkey's consistent policy to undermine the status quo in the Aegean.