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"Our two governments have been working on various agreements, which will constitute a new basis for our bilateral economic and trade relations," Esenli said. "The signing and implementation of those agreements will give a boost to our already resonant...
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Vice President Xi Jinping arrived in Ankara yesterday for a two-day visit focused on trade and regional issues, including the Syrian crisis raging across Turkey’s southeastern border, according to the AFP. Xi Jinging is expected to meet President...
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Dink, an Armenian-Turk who was editor-in-chief of weekly Agos, was gunned down outside his paper in 2007 by an ultranationalist. President Abdullah Gül ordered the DDK to investigate the murder because the Jan. 17 verdict against the perpetrators did...
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State Supervisory Council (DDK) of the Turkish Presidency released the findings of its 649-page report of the murder case of Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant Dink. The DDK has started a separate audit on the case with the directive of President...
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(AFP) - Chinese vice-president Xi Jinping was due in Ankara late on Monday for a two-day visit focused on trade and regional issues, including the Syrian crisis raging across Turkey's south-eastern border. Mr Xi, China's leader-in-waiting, would be...
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Comments by Danish Ambassador Ruben Madsen about the need for the EU to open a new negotiating chapter with Turkey received positive coverage. NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen met with Foreign Minister Davutoğlu and President Abdullah Gül...
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Turkish President Abdullah Gul received chairman of Jadwa Investment Company Prince Faisal bin Salman as well as members of the company's board of directors in Ankara and discussed prospects of expanding cooperation and increasing Saudi investments in...
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The meeting, which was attended by the president's advisers as well as a number of major Turkish investors and businessmen, also discussed the facilities and incentives to be enjoyed by Saudi investors. Gul emphasized the importance of Gulf investment...
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It is like asking a woman who calls the police while she is being raped, what if the police try to steal her money after saving her’ This is the first international involvement of the Young Civilians, right? We accompanied President Abdullah Gül when...
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As the bill was immediately sent to President Abdullah Gül for approval, National Intelligence Organization (MİT) chief Hakan Fidan notified the Ankara prosecutor tasked with questioning him that he had a busy schedule and would show up at “a...
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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen is to visit Turkey on February 16-17 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Turkey 's membership of NATO. Rasmussen's visit to Turkey was announced by Turkey 's Foreign Ministry in a written statement Thursday.
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EU negotiator, Egemen Bağış, visited the prime minister an hour before Erdoğan had his private meeting with Izetbegovic. Bağış commented on Erdoğan's health, saying, “We saw the prime minister at his home in good health.” Izetbegovic, expressing his...
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The nationwide probe has plunged the country's multibillion-dollar league into chaos, and dominated headlines here for months. In December the scandal reached the corridors of power, stirring rare dissent in the ruling Justice and Development Party, as...
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Turkey has been very patient while enduring the candidate process for European Union membership, the Czech Republic’s president said yesterday.“I wouldn’t be so patient,” President Vaclav Klaus said in a joint press conference with his Turkish...
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The meeting came at a moment when the Middle East is passing through a difficult moment with increasing speculation that foreign powers could stage military interventions against Iran and Syria. However, Turkey’s President Abdullah Gül reiterated...
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Izetbegovic was welcomed on Wednesday in Ankara by President Abdullah Gül, who organized a lunch in honor of him at the Çankaya presidential palace. Izetbegovic visited Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday, who is recovering after a second...
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One of the three underground stations for the subway is to be at Yenikapı, an area that was called Langa Bostanı during the Ottoman period. Also included in the publication are comments on the process jotted down by President Abdullah Gül in an...
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The Parliament voted for the new reduced term of a maximum three years in prison, overriding a veto by President Abdullah Gul who had argued that the amendments were giving "the impression of a special arrangement" to save suspects including Yıldırım. ...
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Abdullah Gül (born October 29, 1950) is the 11th President of the Republic of Turkey, serving in that office since 28 August 2007. He previously served for five months as Prime Minister (2002-2003), and as Foreign Minister from 2003 to 2007. His position is largely ceremonial in nature and the head of government is Prime Minister Recep Tayyip... Full Article
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