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Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on April 18 for winning the April 16 referendum on constitutional amendments, the Kremlin and Turkish state media said.

Putin telephoned Erdoğan to congratulate him over the win of the "yes" side in the referendum, state-run Anadolu Agency said, quoting presidential sources.

Turkish flour mills have covered their short-term needs by purchasing several hundred thousand tons of wheat from EU and Black Sea countries, replacing Russian supplies blocked by a change to import rules, millers and traders said on April 5.

The top three suspects in the case into coup actions in Ankara's Akıncı Air Base during the July 15, 2016 failed coup attempt were revealed in an indictment prepared by Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor Yüksel Kocaman on March 31.

The Atlantic Council released a very interesting analysis on the Russian-Turkish relation regarding Syria.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on March 25 that Turkey may hold another referendum on whether to continue with EU accession talks, following the April 16 referendum to shift to an executive presidential system.

Bulgaria head's to a parliamentary election on March 26 amid a row over with Turkey over a new party representing Bulgaria's Turkish minority and protests aiming to prevent dual citizenship holders from Turkey casting their vote. 

The attitude of European countries toward Turkey is anti-democratic and against European values and human rights, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said on March 20.

Speaking after a cabinet meeting, Kurtulmuş said it was unacceptable for German newspapers to carry so many headlines about Turkey, saying that was meddling in Ankara's internal affairs.

There is no doubt that everyone would prefer resources and technology to be directed toward welfare and the civilian economy rather than the defense industry and war equipment. 

The independence of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is being discussed once and more. Most recently, KRG President Massoud Barzani cited the disintegration of Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia in reference to Iraq's future. He inflamed the longstanding discussion about independence, saying, "Kurds have the right to self-determination just as Eastern European people do."

If there are no last-minute changes, the Council of Europe's Venice Commission is expected to release its report on Turkey's constitutional amendment package on March 13.