Topic: Turkey

Turkey to host radar for NATO missile defense

Turkey plans to deploy an early warning radar by the end of the year as part of NATO's missile defense system for Europe, officials said Friday.Leaders of the 28-member NATO alliance endorsed plans in Lisbon last year to launch a Europe-wide ballistic ...
Turkish authorities searched an Iranian plane Wednesday after forcing it to land on suspicion it was carrying illicit nuclear material to Syria, security sources said.The plane, instructed to land at Diyarbakir airport as it overflew eastern Turkey on its way to Syria, ...

Turkey's Gul arrives in Iran on maiden trip

Abdullah Gul arrived in Tehran on Sunday on his first trip as Turkish president aimed at boosting economic and political ties with the Islamic republic.During his visit which ends on Wednesday, Gul will meet senior officials including his counterpart President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. ...

Talks only solution to Iran nuclear issue: Gul

President Abdullah Gul said Turkey backs a negotiated settlement of the Iran nuclear issue by dialogue, as he prepared to travel to Tehran on his maiden official visit, state media reported."Turkey wants a solution for Iran's nuclear issue through negotiations and dialogue," ...

Summit lets Turkey flex its diplomatic muscles

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey, a stable and fast- growing economy, hosts leaders from Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asian states at an economic summit on Thursday which illustrates Ankara's growing regional influence.Plagued by conflict but blessed with vast oil and gas reserves, ...

Turkey expects to host Iran nuclear talks: Gul

OXFORD, England (Reuters) - Turkey expects to host talks between Iran and six major powers on Tehran's nuclear programme "some time soon," President Abdullah Gul said on Monday.Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Sunday Iran was ready to hold talks with ...

Iran says nuclear talks could happen in Turkey

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran could return to talks with major world powers concerned about its nuclear program "as soon as possible," its foreign minister said on Sunday, suggesting Turkey as a possible venue.Manouchehr Mottaki gave Tehran's most positive sign so far that ...
AP Interview: Turkish President Gul says he'll call for Mideast nuclear-free zone in UN speechTurkish President Abdullah Gul said he will call for a Middle East totally free of nuclear weapons when he addresses the U.N. General Assembly later this week."We would ...
The United States' top military officer stressed on Saturday the need for Turkey to help enforce United Nations sanctions against Iran aimed at deterring the Islamic Republic from obtaining a nuclear bomb.. Turkey voted against the U.S.-backed sanctions against Iran in June, ...
Rick Francona-- Anyone who has had access to any form of media over the last few weeks is aware that Iranian and Russian technicians have begun loading uranium fuel rods into the nuclear reactor at Bushehr, a port city in the northern ...
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