Foreign Ministry

Senior Turkish diplomat Feridun Sinirlioğlu is visiting Moscow for talks with Russian officials on a number of issues, including Syria, Iraq and Ukraine.

Turkey has extended cautious support to a United Nations plan to create "frozen zones" within Syria, while also noting its concerns with the proposals and reiterating its demands that any political recommendations must include the removal of the Bashar al-Assad government.

The Turkish capital has voiced its satisfaction with the announcement of rapprochement between Cuba and the United States, which have recently taken steps to bury half a century of enmity.

The prime minister of Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Nechirvan Barzani, is set to arrive in Turkey on the night of Dec. 18, ahead of talks with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tanju Bilgiç has announced.

The meeting between Davutoğlu and Barzani is expected to take place on Dec. 19 in Istanbul, diplomatic sources said.

Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Tuesday named analyst Radu Magdin a honorary advisor on foreign communication, to deal with the prime minister's foreign communication strategy with emphasis on Romania's position in the European and international news media, the Government's Press Office announced.

Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said Turkey’s annual Ambassadors’ Conference would take place in the western Çanakkale province next year, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Gallipoli.

The fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) is unifying not only Baghdad and Arbil, but also the Kurds in Iraq and Syria, thereby creating a completely new Kurdish reality in the region.

Greek Police said ballistic tests showed that the weapons used in the pre-dawn attack against the Israeli embassy in Athens Friday were the same ones employed in a similar shooting outside the German ambassador's residence in Athens in December last year.

A small left-wing terrorist group called “Popular Fighters” had claimed responsibility for that attack, which caused no injury.

Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov has called on Brussels to lift the EU's Mechanism for Cooperation and Verification (CVM) introduced the country amid its EU accession in 2007.

Turkish actress Serra Yılmaz has claimed that she was “accused of being a Christian” for translating Pope Francis’ words into Turkish during his visit to Turkey between Nov. 28 and 30.