NATO’s top official Stoltenberg in Ankara for official talks


Two days after the U.S.-led airstrikes on Syria, Jens Stoltenberg of NATO is in the Turkish capital, Ankara where he met with the Turkish Defence Minister Nurettin Canikli. Media in Turkey report that Stoltenberg was welcomed at the Ministry of Defence without giving more information on the meeting between the two men. NATO’s head will also meet …

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Turkish Deputy PM reassures all of Ankara’s unchanged stance on Assad


Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Hakan Cavusoglu stated on Monday that Ankara’s stance on Assad is firm and has not been altered. “Speaking in Lefkosa, the capital city of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), Hakan Cavusoglu welcomed the U.S.-led airstrikes on Assad regime”, Anadolu reads. “The reaction of the U.S. and the U.K. and …

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Stoltenberg: Recent tension between Turkey and Greece is not an issue for NATO


NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg drew attention to already existing NATO presence in Turkey and called on all allies to provide more support to the country. Stoltenberg spoke to Anadolu Agency  at the NATO headquarters in Brussels ahead of his official visit to Turkey on April 16. The NATO chief said the aim of his …

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Turkish Onur Air launches Istanbul-Ohrid flight for 2018 summer season


Onur Air plane landed Sunday at Ohrid Airport bringing the first group of 180 Turkish tourists to one of Macedonia’s best holiday destinations. Today, the Turkish low-cost airline Onur Air is commencing services between Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport and Ohrid for this summer season, following talks with the Macedonian government last October. The carrier will maintain …

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Erdogan supports strikes on Syrian chemical facilities


Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has welcomed the combined strikes on Syria’s alleged chemical facilities, saying that the operation sent a message to his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad. The US and its allies, Britain and France, carried out a wave of strikes against Assad’s government on Saturday, a week after a suspected deadly gas attack on the rebel-held Damascus suburb …

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President Ivanov visits Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew


The President of Macedonia, Gjorge Ivanov met with the Archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. The 50-minute meeting was held in a warm atmosphere, on Tuesday afternoon, in Istanbul, at the diocese of the Patriarchate and more specifically in the quarter of Fener.  The Eucumenical Patriarch told President Ivanov that on Wednesday he is expecting the arrival of representatives from …

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Sekerinska on an official visit to Turkey


Defense Minister Radmila Sekerinska is paying an official visit to Turkey, upon an invitation of counterpart Nurettin Canikli. During the visit, Minister Sekerinska will also meet with Prime Minister Binali Yildirim and Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, the Defense Ministry said in a press release. Discussions will focus on current developments in Macedonia, prior and future …

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President Ivanov meets Turkish PM Yildirim, Speaker Kahraman


Macedonia’s President Gjorge Ivanov, who is paying an official visit to Turkey, held talks Tuesday with Prime Minister Binali Yildirim and Speaker Ismail Kahraman. The officials expressed satisfaction with Macedonia-Turkey overall relations, based on traditional friendship and regular contacts at the highest level, the President’s Office said in a press release. They also shared information …

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Zaev-Yildirim: Turkey supports Macedonia for NATO membership, bilateral cooperation to be promoted


Prime Minister Zoran Zaev met Monday with Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim. Zaev kicked off late Sunday his official visit to Turkey accompanied by Minister for Foreign Investments Adnan Kahil, MPs Enes Ibrahimi and Jusuf Hasan and State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Viktor Dimovski. Zaev at the beginning of the meeting expressed …

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Projkovski’s Romeo and Juliet voted the best play of 2017 in Turkey


Romeo and Juliet, produced by the Istanbul National Theater and directed by Dejan Projkovski, was voted the best play of the 2017 theater season in Turkey. The award is given by the Turkish theater arts Tiyatro magazine, which holds an annual Anatolian theater awards ceremony. Many public figures attended the ceremony in Istanbul’s Grand Pera on …

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Turkey says it will oust Kurdish fighters from Afrin, Syria


Turkey’s president vowed to oust Kurdish fighters from Afrin, northern Syria, Saturday as Syrian rebels also said they are bracing for such an operation, AP reports. Speaking in the eastern province of Elazig, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned the People’s Protection Units, or YPG, that Turkey will intervene if the “terrorists in Afrin do not …

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