About two years ago, I was more optimistic about the future Turkey. Here was a country that was finally able to break the decades-old military dominance and began to question taboos on history or minorities. A peace process with Kurdish separatists was promising a bright future, free from the concept of the “enemy within” that has poisoned Turkish politics since the beginning of the Republic.
Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida agreed Sunday with his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu to begin at an early date preparatory talks for a bilateral free trade agreement, according to the Japanese Foreign Ministry.
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu discussed bilateral relations and regional issues including Syria and Iraq with his Iranian counterpart Javad Zarif late Jan. 4 in Istanbul.
Tehrn, YJC. -- Any de facto or fait accompli attempts based on ethnicity within Syria would cause bigger crises and Turkey cannot accept this, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has said, in an apparent reference to the recent capture of border town by People’s Defense Units (YPG), the militant wing of the Democratic Union Party (PYD), units.
Tehran, YJC. -- Turkey's foreign minister on Monday denounced the killing of 35 activists in Egypt who demonstrated against last week's military coup that unseated president Mohamed Morsi.