Turkish Daily News Foreign Minister Ali Babacan said yesterday that Turkey has taken unilateral steps to normalize bilateral ties with neighboring Armenia and the recent offer by Yerevan to the Turkish president to watch a football match was a result of Ankara’s efforts. In an interview with the private NTV television, Babacan said Turkey always [...]
Hurriyet The Washington administration hopes Turkish President Abdullah Gul to accept the invitation of his Armenian counterpart to watch a football game in Yerevan in September, officials told Hurriyet daily. Officials said if Gul accepts the invitation and visits Yerevan to watch the football game between the Turkish and Armenian national teams, then this would [...]
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) voted 55-1 to support a joint historic commission to research the Armenian allegation of genocide. Armenia was the only member that voted against the resolution. Alaattin Buyukkaya, head of the Turkish delegation to the OSCE PA, stated that the OSCE resolution encourages [...]
Hurriyet Turkish and Armenian officials have been holding direct talks to boost dialogue between two neighboring countries, the foreign minister said on Friday. Hurriyet daily reported on Friday that Turkish and Armenian officials had met in Switzerland on July 8. “Turkey is a country which recognizes Armenia. We hold meetings and consultations with our Armenian [...]
Hurriyet Turkey’s thesis against Armenian allegations about the events of 1915 has been adopted for the first time by the general assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). “The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s annual session was held in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana with the main theme of ‘Transparency in the OSCE’. During the [...]