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Turkish security council considers operation in Syria

Araz News: Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has announced that a National Security Council (MGK) meeting will today discuss whether the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) should carry out a cross-border operation into northern Syria following the recent clashes along the Turkish...

Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway project to strengthen Baku-Ankara energy corridor

Araz News:The Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway construction project will strengthen the energy corridor between Baku and Ankara, governor of the Turkish province of Kars Gunay Ozdemir said in an interview with Trend. “Some 79 kilometers of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway stretch through...

I will encourage forming new government, Turkish President says

Araz News via HDN: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said he will encourage the formation of a new government in line with the people’s expectation. “As president, I will encourage the formation of a new government as immediate as possible...

Former Turkish President Demirel passes away at 90

Araz News via HDN: Former Turkish Prime Minister and President Süleyman Demirel, who was twice toppled by the military only to subsequently return to power, has died at the age of 90. Turkish authorities declared three days of national mourning over...

Turkey’s early parliamentary election may take place in November – opposition

Araz News via trend :  If the parliament of Turkey is not formed within 45 days, there may be early parliamentary election in November, said the leader of the Turkish oppositional Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Devlet Bahceli, the Milliyet newspaper...

European Parliament voices concerns over democracy and fundamental rights in Turkey

Araz News via HDN: Turkey must put its reform process at the center of domestic policy choices and commit “unequivocally” to democratic rules and principles, which are at the heart of the EU, the European Parliament said in a resolution on...

Election Results Shake Turkish Markets

Araz News via turkishny :As election results indicated the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party was the winner of Sunday’s general election, the Turkish lira hit record low against the dollar and the stock exchange plummeted about 10 percent on Monday. The lira...

Turkey 2015 General Election Results

Araz News via turkishny: Justice and Development (AK) Party secures 40.80 percent of vote but fails to gain parliamentary majority. Turkey’s Justice and Development (AK) Party won its fourth consecutive general election Sunday but failed to gain the majority needed to form...

Council of Europe to adopt Turkish as working language

Araz News: The Daily Sabah reports that the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has adopted a resolution to increase the “number of seats allocated to Turkey from 12 to 18 to reflect its increased population.” PACE representatives claimed that the...

ISIL advances in Syria against both regime and rival rebels

Araz News via HDN:The Islamic State oıf Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group seized territory from both Syrian government forces and rival rebels over the weekend further expanding the caliphate it has proclaimed straddling Iraq and Syria. The Syrian Observatory...

Annual “Cartoon Incident” protest widely covered in Turkish media for first time

ANKARA, Turkey Araz News: Every year on May 22, members of the Azerbaijani community in Iran and around the world commemorate the event they call “the cartoon incident.” This year, for the first time, the highly-circulated Turkish newspapers, Hurriyet, Milliyet and...

Turkey marks the 96th May 19 holiday, commemorates the start of the War of Independence

Araz News via todayszaman: People across Turkey mark May 19 as the Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day, a day that is celebrated as the beginning of the War of Independence, the day Mustafa Kemal Atatürk landed in Samsun, an act...

Erdoğan calls on Europe to welcome more migrants

TIRANA, Albania   By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called on Europe to take in more migrants and refugees from Syria and Iraq, saying his own country has borne the brunt of the refugee crisis and...

Foreign fighters from ‘90 countries’ try to pass through Turkey to join ISIL

Araz News:  Foreign fighters from “90 different countries” have tried to pass through Turkey on their way to join the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Syria, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on May 12. “Turkey is...

Turkish government hires former CIA director for lobbying

Araz News: The Turkish government has hired former CIA Director Porter Goss for lobbying activities, according to a form filed with the US Department of Justice that was published online. The form, filed pursuant to the Foreign Agents Registration Act, was...