Kyrgyzstan

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan arrived in Brazil on Nov. 17 to attend the G20 summit, with the Turkish leader set to engage in bilateral talks with several of his counterparts.

Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz reaffirmed Ankara's support for the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) to become a full member of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) on Saturday.

The Turkish Cypriot Foreign Ministry has sharply rebuked European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell's reaction to Turkish Cyprus' attendance at the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) summit, characterizing his remarks as an attempt to exert undue pressure on member nations.

The leaders of the member states of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) on Wednesday adopted a declaration calling for an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon.

The declaration came after the 11th Summit of the Heads of State of the OTS, held in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has reiterated his call on the Turkic states to give more support to the Turkish Cypriots, hailing the presence of Turkish Cyprus President Ersin Tatar as a guest of honor and observer at the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) summit in Kyrgyzstan.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has described Israel as a threat to the global system and called on the Turkic states to raise pressure on it.

"It is extremely important for us, the Turkic world, to maintain our efforts for a lasting and fair solution of the Palestinian issue," Erdoğan said at a press conference with Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov on Nov. 5 in Bishkek.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan greeted with an official ceremony in Kyrgyzstan as he arrived to attend the 11th Summit of the Council of Heads of State of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS).

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is poised for a busy month of diplomacy, with several high-profile summits and meetings with world leaders on the agenda.

Erdoğan is set to open in November by addressing a session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation's Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation on Nov. 4 in Istanbul.

Bulgaria is increasingly drawing its workforce from various continents, with the "Migration" Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs allowing foreign nationals from 17 non-EU countries to work in the country during the first seven months of the year.

Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş engaged in a series of high-level discussions in Turkmenistan with several global leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari.