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Turkey is opposed to new sanctions on Iran

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:55:54 GMT

[Iran Press TV Latest] Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has refused to support calls for new sanctions against Iran, saying they would be ineffective.
Source: Rantburg

Obama urges major new stimulus, jobs spending

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:46:37 GMT

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama called for a major new burst of federal spending Tuesday, aiming to jolt the wobbly economy into a stronger recovery and reduce painfully persistent double-digit unemployment.
Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor

Turkey-US ties: Truths and lies

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:00:00 GMT

That is exactly what Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan did on Monday, Dec. 7. He spoke with US President Barack Obama at the White House for two hours, exceeding the amount of time that had been reserved for the meeting.
Source: Today's Zaman

Turkish PM offers to act as broker with Iran

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:36:32 GMT

ISTANBUL // Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s prime minister, has used a high-profile visit to the White House in Washington to dismiss fears that his country is drifting away from the West, telling the US government that Ankara is willing to do more to...
Source: The National Newspaper

Turkey Continues to Resist Sanctions Against Iran

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:39:48 GMT

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan – an influential player in the Middle East whom President Obama has courted assiduously – continued to oppose further sanctions against Iran after his Oval Office meeting Monday.
Source: Political Punch

Obama lays out initiative to relieve joblessness

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:08:05 GMT

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will set out fresh plans Tuesday to reinvigorate the U.S.
Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor

Obama: TARP funds for small business

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:46:20 GMT

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is setting out fresh plans to reinvigorate the U.S. economy, focusing on incentives to small businesses and hiring to bring down the country's 10 percent unemployment rate.
Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor

Obama bows to Erdogan

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:41:48 GMT

If President Obama actually bowed to Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan in Washington on Monday, he at least managed to keep it out of the news media's site.
Source: Israel Matsav

Quoted in 'Turkey will not send more troops to Afghanistan: premier '

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:54:13 GMT

Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in Hindustan Times:

For the moment, we have done what we had to do over there (Afghanistan), our contingent of soldiers is at a useful number

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Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:59:16 GMT

ROME - NOVEMBER 17: Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during the second day of the World Summit for Food Security 2009 organised by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on November 17, 2009 in Rome, Italy.

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Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:56:30 GMT

ROME - NOVEMBER 17: Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan attends the second day of the World Summit for Food Security 2009 organised by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on November 17, 2009 in Rome, Italy.

Quoted in 'PM: We would accept France as a mediator in talks with Syria'

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:30:37 GMT

said in Jerusalem Post:

Israel is prepared to hold negotiations without precondition with the Syrians. I prefer direct talks, but if [they are] with a mediator then it must be fair. The Turkish prime minister [Recep Tayyip Erdogan] has not strengthened his image as an objective, fair mediator

Turkish PM Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan joins the Davos Debates

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:38:50 GMT