Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said Ankara hopes a 3 billion-euro aid payment to Turkey by the European Union would be delivered without delay, after EU member states approved the second tranche of the payment during a summit in Brussels.

Turkey should be in constant cooperation with Iran in the fight against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) but Tehran is in a "de-escalation" process with the group's affiliate Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK) at the moment, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on June 22.

In comments about the case of the eight Turkish serviceman seeking asylum in Greece, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Friday indicated that Athens had come under pressure from European leaders not to extradite the men.

The Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), which is listed by Ankara as a terrorist organization and an offspring of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), is scheduled to withdraw from the northern Syrian town of Manbij on July 4, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said. 

Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu visited China's Vice-President Wang Qishan on June 15 in Beijing, where the two pledged to boost relations between the two countries.

With Greece featuring prominently in Turkey's election campaigning, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu raised the tension a notch again Thursday, warning that not even a bird will fly over the Aegean without Ankara's permission.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (Photo: Anadolu Agency)

Germany has issued a search warrant for Adil Öksüz, a key figure linked to the July 2016 coup attempt whose whereabouts have been unknown since the attempted putsch, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on June 13.

Turkey and the United States are expected to come together in July to discuss cooperation in the fight against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said, adding that Ankara is also in talks with Tehran on its ongoing anti-terror campaign in northern Iraq.

Turkey and the United States seem to have finally agreed on how to solve the Manbij puzzle in Syria, which has been poisoning relations like an open wound for almost two years.