Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone over an imminent operation east of Euphrates in northern Syria. Erdoğan said the planned operation will bring peace and stability to Syria. The Turkish president added that the operation will also pave the way for a political process in Syria. Turkey is ready to launch ''Operation Peace Spring'' to secure its borders by eliminating terrorist elements to ensure the safe return of Syrian refugees and Syria’s territorial integrity. Turkey has said the terrorist group PKK and its extension the YPG/PYD constitute...
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Amid Turkey's imminent peace operation into northern Syria, Ankara is urging the international community to assist its efforts to stabilize the conflict-hit region. In an op-ed in The Washington Post, Turkish Communications Director Fahrettin Altun said the U.S. has borne the brunt of the anti-Daesh campaign for a long while. "Turkey, which has NATO’s second-largest army, is willing and able to take the lead now and drive it home, bringing millions of refugees back to Syria in the process," Altun wrote. "At this critical juncture, the international community must rally behind Turkey’s rebuilding and stabilization efforts,"...
Turkey's "sole desire" is peace and stability in the Balkans, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Tuesday. "Turkey's sole desire and wish is peace and stability in the Balkans," Erdoğan said, at the inauguration of various projects and also groundbreaking ceremony of the Sarajevo-Belgrade Highway in Serbia’s Sremska Mitrovica. Erdoğan said Turkey will continue to increase investments across Serbia, adding that the countries need to develop relations in all areas. "Every part of these territories is a monument of our solidarity and cooperation," he added. The inauguration of various projects completed by the state-run Turkish Cooperation...
The Sarajevo-Belgrade Highway will lead to "very important" developments between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Tuesday. "...I believe that [the highway] will contribute to very very important improvements and developments between Serbia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina," Erdoğan said after the Turkey-Bosnia and Herzegovina-Serbia Trilateral Summit in Belgrade. He said the highway will pave the way for productivity for the residents in the region. "I always say that 'the road is life, the road is civilization. The construction of this highway [...] will make the settlement more productive and prevent migration from these...
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic on Monday co-chaired the second meeting of Serbia-Turkey High-Level Cooperation Council in the capital Belgrade. Speaking at the opening session of the meeting on Monday, Erdoğan expressed satisfaction over growing bilateral relations between the two countries. "The growth of political, economic, commercial and cultural relations between Turkey and Serbia is really impressive. For the continuation of that, I attach great importance to the High-Level Strategic Council Meeting," he said. "I believe that these will go much further with the infrastructure works that all our ministers will carry...
Turkey will open a consulate general in Serbia's Novi Pazar city, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced on Monday. "Today, we are taking another historic step within the context of our bilateral relations. Serbia responded positively to Turkey's demand of opening a consulate general in Novi Pazar," Erdoğan said at a news conference along with his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic after co-chairing a Turkey-Serbia High-Level Cooperation Council meeting in Serbia. Erdoğan said his meeting with Vucic was "very fruitful" and the leaders set "new goals" in their bilateral relations, on the first day of a two-day official...
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic on Monday co-chaired the second meeting of Serbia-Turkey High-Level Cooperation Council in the capital Belgrade. Speaking at the opening session of the meeting on Monday, Erdogan expressed satisfaction over growing bilateral relations between the two countries. "The growth of political, economic, commercial and cultural relations between Turkey and Serbia is really impressive. For the continuation of that, I attach great importance to the High-Level Strategic Council Meeting," he said. "I believe that these will go much further with the infrastructure works that all our ministers will carry out among themselves,"...
Turkey cannot wait a minute longer to launch a counter-terror operation in northern Syria as the lives of the Turks, Kurds and Arabs in the region are at stake, a top government official said Monday. "Turkey has been very patient and accommodating with allies to try to combat terrorism in Syria. Yet, Turkey can’t wait a minute longer. It’s the Turkish, Kurdish, and Arab lives at stake," Communications Director Fahrettin Altun said in a tweet. He said Turkey aims to destroy the terror corridor on its border with Syria through military action against the PKK and Daesh terror...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who is paying a visit to Serbia upon the invitation of his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vučić, was welcomed with an official ceremony at the Palace of Serbia. During the ceremony, President Erdoğan inspected the guards of honor after the national anthems were played. Following the mutual introduction of the delegations, President Erdoğan and President Vučić of Serbia toured the exhibition of documents and photos from the State Archive of Serbia on the occasion of the 140th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. Accompanying the...