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Caption:Russian President Putin and Turkish President Erdogan attend their meeting in St. Petersburg. Photo: Reuters

Erdogan keeping a ‘Five-Months’ Distance

by Tariq Alhomayed | Aug 12, 2016 | Opinion

Regional and Western spotlight was highly focused on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin’s meeting which lasted for four hours, after which Erdogan came out referring to Putin by “my dear friend”. What remains are echoed...

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Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. AFP

Turkey Says Receiving ‘Positive Signals’ from U.S. as Gulen Sticks to Call for Independent Body

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 12, 2016 | Middle East

Turkey said Friday it has received “positive signals” from the United States over its requests to extradite Pennsylvania-based preacher Fethullah Gulen, who reiterated that he would only hand himself over to Turkish authorities if an independent...

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. AFP

Zarif Visits Ankara, Turkish-Russian-Iranian Tripartite Scenario in Syria ‘More Likely’

by Said Abdul Razzak | Aug 12, 2016 | Middle East

Ankara- Ankara and Tehran’s announcement on Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif visiting the Turkish capital on Friday raised even more speculation of a Russian-Turkish-Iranian tripartite alliance surfacing. Zarif is expected to be discussing bilateral ties...

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U.S. based cleric Fethullah Gulen at his home in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. July 29, 2016. REUTERS/Charles Mostoller

Turkish Diplomat: U.S. will Hand over Gulen

by Asma Al-Ghabiri | Aug 12, 2016 | Interviews

Jeddah-Turkey’s Ambassador to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Salih Mutlu Sen has stressed that Washington would eventually hand over US-based preacher Fethullah Gulen to the Turkish authorities. In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper, Sen said:...

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Turkey Creates First Sovereign Fund for Strategic Projects

by Said Abdul Razzak | Aug 11, 2016 | Uncategorized

Ankara- Turkish government commenced preparations to create the first sovereign fund in Turkey to support strategic and long term developmental projects. The fund will be directly oriented by the prime minister’s office. The cabinet submitted a draft law to the...