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All religious leaders from the Middle East to come... This May Turkey will be hosting a summit organized by the Department of Religious Affairs which aims to bring together all Muslim and Christian community leaders in the Middle East.
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President Gül releases Easter message President Abdullah Gül released a message to his fellow countrymen to celebrate the Christian holiday.
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Turkey’s Foreign Ministry: Assad is inconsistent All eyes are now turned to the U.N. as Syrian State Leader Bashar Assad requests a written guarantee prior to withdrawing troops as promised on the April 10th deadline.
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Turkey’s Foreign Ministry issues ‘Israel’... Turkey’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has called on Israel to put an immediate end to their attempts to undermine the peace process.
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Turkey’s emergency call to the UN After the record influx of refugees coupled by the sounds of shots fired by the Syrian Army, Foreign Affairs Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu made an emergency telephone call to Ban Ki-moon.
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'Military preparedness a necessity' Delivering a conference to officers at the Military Academy Command, President Gül expressed that Turkey does not have the luxury to remain distant spectators to developments and stated, “Diplomatic activism and military preparedness is not an option, it is a necessity.”
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Erdoğan responds harshly to Iran Prime Minister Erdoğan delivered a harsh message to the Iranian administration after its announcement proposing nuclear negotiations be held in Damascus or Baghdad instead of Istanbul.
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Conduct from Iran results in discomfort for Turkey In reference to the upcoming nuclear negotiations with Iran, Foreign Affairs Minister Davutoğlu expressed that Turkey has never been after prestige when it comes to these issues.
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'This case will be a noteworthy moment in our... Pointing out that all parties applied to become co-plaintiffs in the trial on the architects of the 1980 coup, President Gül suggests Turkey’s political parties should display the same unity on the new constitution.
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Arınç: Today no one in Turkey can speak of coups Responding to a question regarding the ongoing trial for the 1980 coup, Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç stated, “No one in Turkey today can dare speak about juntas or coups, because our democracy has become stronger.”
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Coup leader Kenan Evren may be tried like Pinochet During yesterday’s commencement of the trial on the architects of the 1980 coup, co-plaintiff attorneys stated, “If Pinochet was tried in a wheel chair and Mubarak brought into court in a cage, then the same should be done to bring Kenan Evren and Tahsin Şahinkaya to court.” Evren’s appeal to not face trial was refused by Ankara’s Special Authority 12th High Criminal Court, by stating, “It is our duty to try the crime of staging a coup.”
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Erdoğan states that CHP’s history shows... Speaking at the AK Party Group meeting, Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan loaded on to CHP Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu using historical headlines from Cumhuriyet newspaper.
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Coup perpetrators tried in start of historical... The living architects of the 1980 coup, Kenan Evren and Tahsin Şahinkaya face trial beginning today, for forcibly altering the Constitutional order.
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Clinton receives a lesson on Sunni and Shiite Speaking with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Iran, Prime Minister Erdoğan explained the difference between fatwa, which refers to Islamic religious law, for Sunnis and Shiites and stated, “Shiites’ fatwa is never questioned and we are obliged to believe it.”
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