Dendias to meet with Zaev, Dimitrov and Cavusoglu while in Geneva


Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias will be in Geneva on Friday, November 8, in order to participate in the meeting organized by the World Economic Forum on the Strategic Dialogue for the Western Balkans. The current political and economic challenges and opportunities in the Western Balkans will be addressed during the Summit. Participants …

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Stoltenberg: No other NATO member raised the exclusion of Turkey due to S-400


Turkey would remain a key member of the alliance despite its decision to purchase the Russian S-400 missile-defense system, while acknowledging that the move created a “difficult situation”, Jens Stoltenberg, the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, said on Wednesday. Stoltenberg also said that Turkey can still be included in NATO’s integrated air …

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Erdogan: Turkish Parliament will soon ratify North Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol


North Macedonia’s President Stevo Pendarovski met with the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the South East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) summit in Sarajevo. At the meeting, they praised the strong partnership between the two countries and positive trend in development of political and economic relations. Even though trade exchange between two …

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Turkey’s Parliament Speaker: Turkey will ratify NATO’s protocol within a month


Turkey’s Parliament Speaker Mustafa Şentop said that Turkey will ratify North Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol within a month at the latest. “As Turkey’s Parliament Speaker, I sent the protocol to the Foreign Affairs Committee, where a discussion is underway. The Committee’s agenda is tight, but I spoke to the Chairman of the Committee asking him …

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Strategic defeat for Erdogan, Imamoglu the new mayor of Istanbul


With a clear victory, the 49-year-old Ekrem Imamoglu is the winner of the repeat municipal elections in Istanbul. The opposition candidate won with a difference of about 773,000 votes against Binali Yildirim, who had the support of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Nationalist Action Party (MHP). “These elections were not won …

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The elections in Istanbul will determine Turkey’s political landscape


The stakes are high today, with elections being held for the mayor of Istanbul, but all political analysts agree that the outcome of the elections will also have a major influence on political developments in the country. The city of 18 million inhabitants with the 10 million eligible voters always determines the developments and it …

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Turkey: Erdogan speaks of an organized plan of rigging in the elections in Istanbul


Rumors of holding new elections in Istanbul! While the count of invalid ballots in Istanbul continues, the difference between the winner Ekrem Imamoglu and the ruling party candidate, Binali Yildirim, has fallen to about 15,000 votes from 23,000, but everyone agrees that as things stand at the moment, the difference can not to change in …

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Turkey demands extradition of FETO members from North Macedonia


Turkey has demanded from authorities in North Macedonia to extradite individuals suspected of being members of FETO organization. PM Zoran Zaev said that authorities in Skopje will act in compliance with the International Convention for Extradition and the country’s legislation. He said that they’re examining the requests made by Turkish authorities, but without specifying if …

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FM Dimitrov will pay a working visit to Turkey on 17 January 2019


Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Macedonia Nikola Dimitrov will pay a working visit to Turkey on 17 January 2019. During the talks hosted by Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey, opportunities for further enhancement of the close cooperation between Turkey and Macedonia will be elaborated and subsequent …

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Survey: Turkish President Erdogan voted most distinguished world leader of 2018


Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was named “the most distinguished world leader of 2018” on Monday in an online survey conducted by the Rassd News Network. The online survey was organized by the pro-Muslim Brotherhood news network, which was established in Egypt after the Jan. 25, 2011 popular revolution and has a widespread following in …

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Erdogan: We will not allow the rights of Turkish Cypriots to be violated


“Turkish Cypriots are among the main beneficiaries of the hydrocarbons” Strong rhetoric by Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the question of hydrocarbon exploration in Cyprus. The Turkish president in his speech after the G-20 summit in Argentina said: “In no way will we allow to be violated the rights of the ‘Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus’, …

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President Ivanov in Turkey: Balkan states need political, security and economic linking


Macedonia’s head of state Gjorge Ivanov, while addressing Bosphorus Summit in Istanbul said that political, security, economic, transport and digital linking is necessary among the states so that the companies be more competitive on the global market, states be more successful in creating conditions for prosperity of the young people and regions be more attractive for foreign …

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PM Zaev congratulates Erdogan on election victory


Prime Minister Zoran Zaev sent Monday a letter to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan congratulating him on his re-election in Turkey. In the note, the Macedonian PM reaffirms the traditionally good relations with Turkey expressing hopes that cooperation will be further improved in all spheres of mutual interest. “The traditionally friendly relations between our two countries for years …

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Turkish police detain 47 suspected coup supporters


Turkish police have apprehended 47 people accused of participating in the 2016 failed military coup, CNN Turk reported Saturday. This wave of arrests is part of a larger operation that began earlier this week, targeting 124 people accused of supporting US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, who Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan contends masterminded the 2016 attempted coup. …

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Turkish President Erdogan: ‘…East Jerusalem is the capital of Palestine’


The TURKEN Foundation, that “enables students, scholars, researchers to realize both their full potential and the available services” in the U.S. and assists them “at any kind of problem” organised a dinner in London where the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gave a speech on Sunday. Only a day ahead of the move of the American embassy from …

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Erdogan announces early election for June 24


The President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that his country will hold snap elections on June 24, 2018. Moments after his meeting with the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) chairman, Devlet Bahceli, the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced snap presidential and parliamentary polls. “What we preferred was for the elections to be held in November 2019. Due …

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