News archive of November 2015

Turkey has advised its citizens to delay planned trips to Russia until the current crisis in baletaral relations is resolved.

Two prominent journalists, who were detained Nov. 26 on charges of espionage and assisting a terrorist organization through a news report on an alleged arms supply to fighting groups in Syria, urged the EU not to compromise on to reach an agreement with Turkey to help stem flows of migrants to Europe.

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has repeated his call to Russian President Vladimir Putin for a face-to-face meeting in Paris on the sidelines of the Global Climate Summit to talk and to resolve ongoing bilateral crisis after a Russian warplane was downed by Turkey on Nov 24, saying that Turkey was sorry about the incident. 

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has repeated his call to Russian President Vladimir Putin for a face-to-face meeting in Paris on the sidelines of the Global Climate Summit to talk and to resolve ongoing bilateral crisis after a Russian warplane was downed by Turkey on Nov 24.

Although Russian President Vladimir Putin demands a clear apologize from the Turkish leadership on the downing of the Russian jet, Turkey’s president Tayyip Erdogan half apologized during his speech on Saturday noon.

The Macedonian Army has begun erecting a wire fence along the country's border with Greece to control a wave of migrants trying to cross, local TV channel Telma reported on Saturday.

The fence is being built in the areas where 'economic migrants' have been stopped with Macedonia denying them entry, Telma said.

“FYROM started raising a fence along its borders with Greece on Saturday morning” stated to Athens news agency a source of Kilkis police department responsible for guarding the borders at Idomeni area where thousands of refugees arrive aiming to enter FYROM and then go to Central and North Europe.

Upon the killing of the head of Diyarbak?r Bar Association Tahir Elçi, head of the Union of Turkish Bar Associations (TBB) Metin Feyzio?lu called all heads of bar associations in Turkey to go to Diyarbak?r.

Feyzio?lu himself also departed for Diyarbak?r with the executive board of TBB. He said, "This mean attack was not against our brother Tahir but against the entire Turkey."

A team, including prosecutors and Bar Association board members, was attacked Nov. 28 by guns and bazookas as they were approaching the crime scene, where Diyarbak?r Bar head Tahir Elçi and one policeman were killed earlier in the day. 

A curfew was declared in the southeastern town of Sur, where the Diyarbak?r Bar Association head Tahir Elçi was killed early on Nov. 28.

Diyarbat?r Governor's Office said Elçi and one policeman were killed in a gun attack as two officials were wounded.

"This incident shows how righteous is Turkey in its determination in struggle against terrorism,"