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Turkey Seeks to Increase Trade Volume with EU

by Saeed Abdelrazek | Sep 29, 2017 | Business

Ankara- Turkey’s Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci expected an update of the customs union agreement with the European Union to increase trade between the two sides to 200 billion dollars in 18 months. Zeybekcin said at the Istanbul Financial Summit that the volume of...

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Ankara Confirms Agreement with Baghdad on Iraq’s Unity

by Saeed Abdelrazek | Sep 18, 2017 | Middle East

Ankara- Turkish reactions rejecting the referendum on the independence of Kurdistan region of Iraq, which is scheduled for next Monday, have continued. At a time when Ankara continued its warnings, hundreds of Turks and Turkmen demonstrated in Istanbul Sunday,...

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (AFP)

Erdogan Warns Kurdish President against Going through with Independence Vote

by Saeed Abdelrazek | Sep 17, 2017 | Middle East

Ankara – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned on Friday Kurdish President Masoud Barzani of going ahead with the independence referendum on September 25. He said in a television interview: “Barzani will clearly see how sensitive we are to the vote after the...

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Spokesperson for the Qatari opposition Khalid al-Hail. Asharq Al-Awsat

Qatari Opposition Meets in London

by Saeed Abdelrazek | Sep 14, 2017 | Middle East

Ankara, London- As Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani arrives in Ankara on Thursday, Qatar’s opposition plans to hold a conference in London in the presence of world-renowned figures. In a statement issued on Wednesday, organizers said the conference’s...

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (Reuters)

Erdogan Confirms Turkey, Russia, Iran Share Same Stance on Syria’s Idlib

by Saeed Abdelrazek | Sep 13, 2017 | Middle East

Ankara – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stressed on Tuesday the importance of the sixth round of the Astana talks on Syria that will focus on the future of the region of Idlib. He told reporters as he returned to Turkey from a trip to Kazakhstan: “The...