Monthly Archives: February 2009

Hurriyet Daily News U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is expected to visit Turkey next month, diplomatic sources said on Thursday. After the meeting between Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. Middle Envoy George Mitchell in Ankara, sources told …read more

Washington, DC – At the launch for the Mexican Red Cross’s 2009 fundraising drive today First Lady Margarita Zavala Calderón thanked the Turkish Coalition of America (TCA) and its President, Lincoln McCurdy for the donation of ambulances to serve the …read more

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty By Abbas Djavadi U.S. President Barack Obama recently called his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul along with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to affirm the new U.S. administration’s support for Turkey’s “leading role” in the Middle …read more

Turkish Weekly By YONCA POYRAZ DOĞAN, TZISTANBUL Increased and open diplomatic traffic between Turkey and Armenia has signaled that there are more efforts under way for normalizing relations between the two countries, particularly considering the fact that April 24, the …read more

Press TV US President Barack Obama has thrown his weight behind the growing Turkey-Iraq relations, the White House has confirmed in a statement. Obama pledged his support while speaking with his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip …read more

Agence France-Presse MOSCOW (AFP) — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday he welcomed diplomatic moves by historical rival Turkey in the two countries’ Caucasus and Black Sea neighbourhood. As Medvedev evoked a role for NATO member Turkey in ex-Soviet …read more

AFP ISTANBUL (AFP) — The leaders of Egypt and Turkey said Wednesday that reconciliation between the two main Palestinian groups was crucial to establish a lasting truce in Gaza after Israel’s deadly operation. “Israel’s attack would have been out of …read more

Hurriyet Daily News The tourism attache of the Turkish embassy in New York said on Saturday that Turkey had recently become a well-known destination in the United States. The “Turkey pavilion” at this year’s “New York Times Travel Show”, which …read more