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Türkiye does not have eyes "even on a pebble of any country," President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Saturday.

Ankara hopes that neighboring Syria will achieve the peace and tranquility it has sought for 13 years, Erdoğan said in his address to Türkiye's AK Party Gaziantep 8th Ordinary Provincial Congress.

Turkey is seeking a new Middle East that will be a home for Turks, Kurds and Arabs together, Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has said, while pledging success in the ongoing efforts to find a peaceful solution to the Kurdish issue.

Turkish authorities will no longer be allowed to let citizens kiss their hands, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has ordered, in response to criticism of Turkey's nationalist opposition, but violated his own instruction soon afterward.