Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu
Legendary Ankara football club chair İlhan Cavcav dies at 81
The long-standing chair of Turkish football club Gençlerbirliği, İlhan Cavcav, died in the capital Ankara on Jan. 22, Doğan News Agency has reported.
Cavcav had been suffering from hypertension and was being treated due to an apoplexy in Ankara's Güven Hospital.
Turkey eyes rapid action in US ties in Trump era
Turkey will contact the new Donald Trump administration over the weekend to focus on "intense issues" such as Syria and the upcoming meeting in Astana, along with bilateral relations, presidential spokesperson İbrahim Kalın has said.
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Turkey in a rapid, intense start with Trump administration
A new era in the United States and the world has just begun, as Donald Trump took his oath of office on Jan. 20 in the inauguration in Washington D.C. As an outsider and a real estate mogul, President Trump will certainly make his mark on national and global politics in the coming four years with his ambition "to make America great again."
Turkish FM asks for singer Tarkan's song to be included in Moscow, Istanbul concerts commemorating Red Army Choir
Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has asked that Tarkan's "Şıkıdım" song be played in concerts in Moscow and Istanbul to commemorate the Red Army Choir, daily Habertürk has reported.
The Turkish ENBE Orchestra started preparations for concerts which will be held in Moscow and Istanbul to commemorate 64 Red Army Choir members who were killed in a plane crash on Dec. 25, 2016.
'There is hope' for Turkey-US relations under Trump
Despite being "tested" by problems and "misperceptions," Turkey-U.S. relations are "not irretrievable" and could be fixed under the presidency of Donald Trump, according to Stephen Hadley, a former U.S. National Security Advisor, speaking after top-level talks in Ankara on Jan. 17.
Turkish FM meets Trump's national security advisor
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said Jan. 18 that he met with incoming U.S. National Security Advisor, retired Gen. Michael Flynn, and other officials in Washington.
Çavuşoğlu tweeted he had a "working breakfast" with Flynn but it was not immediately clear who else was in attendance.
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Turkish FM to attend Trump's inauguration
Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Çavuşoğlu will attend U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony on Jan. 20.
At a meeting with the High Education Board yesterday, Çavuşoğlu announced he will depart to the U.S. late yesterday to attend the inauguration.
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Three big burdens on the Turkish police
I was talking to a ranking official about the escape of Abdulgadir Masharipov, the Tajik-origin Uzbek citizen who is wanted for killing 39 people on Jan. 1 in Istanbul's Reina nightclub on behalf of the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), or DEASH in Arabic.
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Turkey, Russia to invite US to Syria talks: Turkish FM
Turkey and Russia have decided to invite the United States to Syria peace talks due to be held this month in the Kazakh capital Astana, Turkey's foreign minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Jan.14.
Çavuşoğlu also reiterated that Turkey remained opposed to the inclusion of the People's Protection Units (YPG) in the peace talks.
Turkish Cypriot President says Greek Cypriot map unacceptable
Turkish Cypriot President Mustafa Akıncı on Jan. 13 said the map submitted by Greek Cypriots to the UN was unacceptable and the Turkish Cypriots would not sign anything that would not include rotating presidency.