RT - A new summit on Syria in the Astana format may take place in March, Ibrahim Kalin, a spokesperson for the Turkish president, said. A meeting in the Astana format may take place in March, work is underway on that issue, he told reporters in Ankara on Thursday. Kalin added that a military delegation from Russia was expected to arrive in Turkey ...

Finance Daily - Presidential spokesman and adviser Ibrahim Kalin told a news conference he could not be certain that the waivers would be allowed. But, he said Turkey had made a case which should be heeded. Waivers for Turkey might place the White House on a second collision course with Congress. And senior lawmakers from both parties have come ...

Tasnim Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif deplored the US sanctions against the Islamic Republic and said the Washington administration would not be allowed to undermine the countrys trade with other nations. Speaking to reporters in the Turkish capital of Ankara on Wednesday, Zarif responded to a question as to what will happen if a ...

Reuters - Turkey expects the United States to extend a waiver granted to Ankara to continue oil purchases from Iran without violating U.S. sanctions, Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on Tuesday. The U.S. reimposed sanctions in November on exports of Iranian oil after President Donald Trump unilaterally pulled out of a 2015 nuclear ...

Tasnim President Donald Trump's warning that if Turkey attacks US-backed Kurdish forces in Syria, the United States will "devastate Turkey economically" has drawn a sharp response from Ankara and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's spokesman. Turkey's presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin responded to Trump on Twitter by saying, "Terrorists can't be ...

Press TV - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogans spokesman has denounced as irrational US claims that Turkey was attacking Kurds in Syrias northeastern parts. Ibrahim Kalin said Sunday that Ankaras military campaign in the neighboring Arab country, besides Daesh, has only targeted members of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) and the ...

Anadolu Agency- Turkeys presidential spokesman described the recently concluded trilateral summit in Ankara as an "important step to clear Syria from all terrorist elements". On April 4, Turkey hosted a tripartite summit on Syria. In a joint statement following the summit, leaders of Turkey, Russia and Iran agreed to fight separatism in Syria. They ...

Reuters - Turkey on Thursday warned against external parties attempting to interfere in Irans domestic politics, saying that such actions could provoke a backlash, after six days of anti-government protests in Iran. President Tayyip Erdogans spokesman, Ibrahim Kalin, also told reporters during a news conference in Ankara that while Iranian citizens ...

Reuters - Turkey and Iran have agreed to boost military cooperation after talks in Ankara this week between the Iranian armed forces chief of staff and Turkish leaders, President Tayyip Erdogan's spokesman said on Thursday. Erdogan, his defense minister and military chief of staff met Iranian General Mohammad Baqeri on Tuesday and Wednesday. It was ...

Ankara says that an emergency hotline between the offices of the Turkish and Russian army commandersis to be established to avoid unwanted incidents similar tothe last year's downing of a Russian jet by Turkish fighter planes. We have agreed to be in close contact in order to avoid such incidents. In this frame, our chief of general staff and ...

Sources in the European Union say it would be nearly impossible for the 28-nation body to meet an end-June deadline for granting Turkish citizens visa-free travels to Europe as disputes still remain between the two sides on how to go ahead with terms of a wide-ranging deal on refugees. Sources familiar with negotiations between the EU and Turkey ...

Turkey says it will not heed calls by the European Union for changing its counter-terror law in return for privileges as part of a controversial deal aimed at curbingthe refugee influx into Europe. Ibrahim Kalin, spokesman of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, told a news conference on Wednesday that there will be no change in policy or attitude ...