Turkish National Assembly

The Russian president Vladimir Putin announced a bilateral meeting with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on October 23 in Kazan at the

Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler hailed the good state of relations with Greece on Wednesday, expressing Ankara's desire for peace, but also noting that it will not back down on the Cyprus issue.

Turkish police early on March 21 detained Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), who was staging a protest in parliament, before he was released the same day after giving a statement to the police.

The events of these days will shape our region's future in ways that we cannot predict. Thursday's signing of the agreement between Greece, Cyprus and Israel for the construction of the East Med submarine pipeline prompted the Turkish National Assembly to ratify a decision to send troops to Libya.

There can be no settlement of the Cyprus problem that does not recognize Turkey's military intervention rights and security guarantees, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu was quoted as saying Tuesday.

In the latest exchange of acrimony between Athens and Ankara, Greece dismissed claims Wednesday by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu that there are no sea borders between the two countries as "groundless."

According to Greek diplomatic sources, Cavusoglu's remarks reflect Turkey's consistent policy to undermine the status quo in the Aegean.

The Turkish Defence Minister, Fikri Isik unleashed a verbal attack against his Greek counterpart Panos Kammenos during a ceremony held at the Turkish national assembly on occasion of Turkey’s National Sovereignty Day. Commenting on Mr.

“I will go the islands and raise the Turkish flag. Then I will fold the Greek flag and send it to the Greek government via courier service”, Turkish Republican People’s Party (CHP) MP, Tanzu Ozkhan in the Turkish national assembly.

While the Greek PM Alexis Tsipras was meeting with his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu, Turkey’s Finance Minister Naci Agbal was using rhetoric in the Turkish parliament against Greece comparable to that used by an extreme right Golden Dawn MEP who was expelled from the European parliament.

As Greek and Turkish diplomats prepare for talks on confidence-building measures that are expected to start on April 22, Ankara appears to be fueling a debate that began in Turkey?s National Assembly last week which questions the status of 16 Greek islands in the Aegean.