Al Monitor| Saeid Jafari: Relations between Iran and Turkey have long displayed a sinusoidal cycle, with ups and downs. On Feb. 13, speaking at the International Peace Institute in Bahrain, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan added fuel to the fire of the regional conflict between Tehran and Ankara by saying, There are those who are working to divide ...
Iranian Diplomacy- Irans Foreign Minister Javad Zarif experienced difficult moments at the Munich Security Conference in late February.
Israel and Saudi Arabia criticized Iran as it was expected in Tehran, but the big surprise unveiled when Turkey joined them. Mevlut Cavusoglu, Turkey's Foreign Minister, criticized what he called Iran's sectarian ...
After less than a year of exceptional Egyptian-Turkish rapprochement, the events of June 30, 2013 ruptured this relationship. Similarly, when Egyptian and Iranian statesmen began to decrease tensions and a thaw in relations resulted, events evolved to return things to square one.
As these scenes, by and large, have been repeating over and over for ...
The head of the diplomatic-security bureau at the Defense Ministry, Amos Gilad said Tuesday that the reconciliation agreement with Turkey was important for Israel due to the Iran nuclear situation. Turkey has been enemies with Iran orPersiafor 1,000 years; it (Turkey) cannot allow them to arm themselves with nuclear weapons. Turkey is not ready for ...
There are some memories we would rather not talk about.Turkish-Iranian relationsof the last decade can be summarized as a series of missed opportunities. When it comes to Iran, many Turkish pundits are emotionally conflicted and surprisingly careful with their words. Several disappointments in communications with Iran have brought Turkish officials ...
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmed Davutoglu rejected claims that Turkey's decision toreconcile with Israelwas precipitated by the crisis in Syria or tensions with Iran, Turkish daily Hurriyetreported on Friday, citing a Davutoglu interview with a local television station.
"There is no connection between Turkeys demand for an apology and its actualization ...
When Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad visited Turkey in August 2008, he was warmly welcomed not only by the Turkish government but by groups of Turkish Islamists. Among the latter, many held a positive image of the Islamic Republic as a bold Muslim power that dares to defy the West and supports the Palestinian resistance. When the Ahmedinejad ...
As early as 2010, Iran and Turkey glittered like two inseparable lovers. It was the most astonishing sort of partnership one could imagine: an infatuation between a (Shia-dominated) theocratic republic opposed to the U.S., on one hand, and an (Sunni-majority) ultra-secularist state belonging to the NATO and aspiring to join the European Union (EU),...
Since 2002, Turkeys leaders have basked in the glow of their rising profile in theMiddle Eastand Europe. During the past decadeTurkeyhas transformed into the worlds 16th largest economy, tripling per capita income. Turkeys pro-Palestinian stand and support for democratic movements in the Arab world have earned Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan plaudits ...
Iran Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast has underlined the importance of strong relations between Iran and Turkey as two important and powerful countries in the region.
Promotion of good relations between the two countries can lead to regional stability, Mehmanparast said in a meeting with Murat Karakaya, head of Turkish Prime Minister ...
Speaking at a conference at the Washington-based think tank German Marshall Fund, Union of Chamber and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) Chairman Rifat Hisarciklioglu said that peace and stability in the Middle East was essential for the world and thus there was no need to raise tensions with Iran.
If new sanctions on Iran covered Turkeys gold ...
On Dec. 14 Anatolia news agency reported that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was set to pay a one-day visit to Konya to attend the ceremony marking the 739th anniversary of the passing of the great Sufi mystic Mevlana Celaddiin-i Rumi.
The report came only a few hours after U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta paid a snap visit to the ?ncirlik ...
Republican People's Party (CHP) deputy chairman Faruk Lo?o?lu said on Tuesday that his party wants to see Turkey and Iran engage in constructive, credible dialogue in order to restore trust, reduce tension and avoid becoming the tools of countries outside the region.
In a written statement, Lo?o?lu said Turkey and Iran should use cautious language ...
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has canceled his visit toTurkeyfollowing Iran's military chief of staffs remarks over Patirots that are being deployed on Turkish soil, daily Hrriyet reported today.
Prime MinisterRecep Tayyip Erdo?an had invited the Iranian president to the Central Anatolian province of Konya for a ceremony marking the 739th ...
(Reuters) - NATO's secretary-general on Monday rejected charges by Iran's armed forces chief that the Western alliance was risking a world war with plans to put Patriot anti-missile systems near Turkey's border withSyria, saying the move was purely defensive.
NATO agreed this month to send Patriot missiles toTurkeyto protect its ally against possible ...
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visitTurkeyon Dec. 17 upon an invitation from Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, but the visit comes increased tension due to the two countries differences over Syria, as well as difficulties stemming from sanctions against Tehran.
Erdo?an and Ahmadinejad, who will speak on the sidelines of a ceremony in ...
The current clash between Turkey and Iran has promoted instability in the region as both use historical and political claims in Iraq as a means to wield influence. The pursuit of these claims and the policies it has generated have affected political and social stability in Iraq as each of these foreign states has resorted to using proxies to confront ...
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