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A Lebanese commentator has called the visit of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Cairo a demonstration of Turkey's "anger" against Israel for the latter's ongoing refusal to...

A senior Israeli official has warned that it would be a "diplomatic mistake" for Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to visit the Gaza Strip. Reports in the Jerusalem...

Political sources close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have said that a shift has occurred in Israel's position on the diplomatic crisis with Turkey as efforts continue to resolve...

The Egyptian Supreme Council for the Armed Forces has given official approval to a Turkish request for Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to visit the Gaza Strip via the...

Turkey's Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has said that he will be discussing the brutal Israeli attack on Gaza with President Mohamed Morsi during his visit to Egypt tomorrow,...

Turkey's Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has appealed to the Turkish opposition party, CHP (Republican People's Party), to change its stances and to refrain from siding with Israel which...

Media sources are reporting that Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reiterated his country's demands for an end to the political crisis between Israel and Turkey. "Restoring good...

Hundreds of Palestinians gathered on Thursday morning in the Port of Gaza to commemorate the 2nd anniversary of the Israeli naval attack against the Freedom Flotilla led by the...

The head of the Algerian Society for Peace has praised Turkey's prime minister for his criticism of what Recep Tayyip Erdogan called French "genocide" in Algeria. Mr Erdogan was...

The head of Libya's National Transitional Council has said that Turkey will train Libyan army personnel during the transitional period. Mustafa Abdul Jalil said that agreement has been reached...

Tunisia's Prime Minister, Hamadi Al-Jebali, has started a short official visit to Turkey during which the two countries are expected to sign an agreement on strategic cooperation. The visit...

Huge gaps have opened up between Turkey and Israel over the amount of compensation for the Mavi Marmara families as well as Israel's position towards the Palestinians, Syrians and...

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad said on Monday that he could run for president in the elections slated to take place in 2014, and reiterated that the conditions to make...

Former Israeli Minister of Infrastructure Binyamin Ben-Eliezer has called for Israel to give priority to the neighbouring Arab countries with regards to natural gas exports, noting in particular the...

The interim Egyptian presidents' spokesman, Ehab Badawi, has said that Egypt will reassess its relations with Turkey in light of Turkey's contradictory messages towards the country. Badawi said the...

Washington's relationship with some of its main allies in the Middle East is going through a critical time; nearly all have enough motives to reassess the nature of their...

At a big opening ceremony, the Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, launched the inaugural broadcast of Turkey's first Arabic-language satellite TV channel. The ceremony was attended by Turkey's...

A group of Muslim dignitaries and heads of NGOs from Britain and France has just returned from a trip to Istanbul where they had gone to meet the Turkish...

In the wake of Israel's assault on and hijacking of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, relations between Turkey and Israel are set to take a dangerous turn. Sources in Turkey...

Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has reiterated Turkish support for the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip 'whatever the cost.' This statement was made yesterday evening during a telephone...

The Turkish Authorities have decided to close the country's airspace to Israeli planes amid renewed demands for an apology from the Zionist entity; the formation of an international commission...

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, who is currently in the southeastern province of Kahramanmaras to hold a series of talks, replied to questions of reporters on the latest news...

The Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has said that peace cannot be achieved in either Palestine or the region without the involvement of the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas....

Turkey's Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has hinted that his country would resort to its 'Plan B' as a new strategic policy for dealing with Tel Aviv if Israel...

Sources in Israel have revealed that Turkey's Prime Minister has rejected an American proposal for solving the diplomatic crisis between Tel Aviv and Ankara. The initiative produced by the...

Turkey's Prime Minister has said that lifting the siege of Gaza is one of the three conditions that his government has set for the revival of its relationship with...

The Turkish foreign ministry has summoned the US ambassador to Ankara, Francis Ricciardone, to explain his criticism of the country's Judiciary. The Turkish newspaper, Zaman, said Ricciardone was asked...

Turkey's Foreign Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, has denounced the international campaign against recent remarks made by Recep Tayyip Erdogan in which the Prime Minister described Zionism as a "crime against...

The Turkish government has prevented Israel's representatives from attending the Global Counter-Terrorism Forum in Istanbul. The move was hailed by Izzat Al-Resheq, a member of the Hamas political bureau....

Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, yesterday accused the Syrian regime of turning Syria to a "terrorist state" on account of the widespread massacres being perpetrated by state forces...

Turkish newspaper, Hurriyet, reported that Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, will meet Russian President, Vladimir Putin, in Moscow at the end of November, when discussions will focus on...

Since 1925, when Egypt and Turkey exchanged diplomatic representatives, relations between the two countries have gone back and forth between apathy and warmth. The relationship, which began at the...