Hurriyet Turkey’s National Security Council (MGK) discussed Thursday the recent situation in the Caucasus after the rise in tension in the region had forced a change in the agenda. New developments in Turkey-Armenia relations were also being discussed. MGK met in Istanbul on Thursday. Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan briefed the council on his recent [...]
Turkish Daily News With Turkey on tour promoting the creation of a Caucasus alliance platform following the Georgia-Russia war, it faces the difficult question of how to communicate this idea to Armenia. Before departing for Azerbaijan, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said Foreign Minister, Ali Babacan, will speak to his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov this [...]
Hurriyet Turkey has relaxed the flight quota for Armenia to facilitate humanitarian assistance to Georgia and to enable those who want to leave the country to fly out, Hurriyet daily reported on Tuesday. Turkey began to allow the flights over its airspace both from Armenia to other countries and from other countries to this country, [...]
Turkish Daily News Will President Abdullah Gül accept Armenian President Serge Sarkisian’s invitation to watch together Turkey-Armenia football game that would take place in Yerevan on Sept. 6? Apparently Armenia takes it quite seriously since it keeps the topic fresh on its agenda. A government representative recently made a joke, showing how much Armenian side [...]
Murat Yetkin, Turkish Daily News Will President Abdullah Gül accept Armenian President Serge Sarkisian’s invitation to watch together Turkey-Armenia football game that would take place in Yerevan on Sept. 6? Apparently Armenia takes it quite seriously since it keeps the topic fresh on its agenda. A government representative recently made a joke, showing how much [...]