Turkish Prime Ministry

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Jan. 30 will travel to Turkey for a two-day official visit, according to a Turkish Prime Ministry source.

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım spoke with his Iraqi counterpart Haider al-Abadi over the phone on Jan. 15, according to a Turkish Prime Ministry source.

Turkey's Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) head Mehmet Görmez retired from his post on July 31.

Police forces detained a former lawmaker from Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), Ahmet Tevfik Uzun, early on May 8 in the southern province of Mersin over suspected links to the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ).

Teams carried out searches in Uzun's house and office, during which documents were seized.

The Turkish Prime Ministry has sent parliament summaries of proceedings to lift the immunities of 18 lawmakers, including main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy leader Şaban Dişli, Turkish media outlets reported on May 2. 

Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım will pay a one-day visit to Georgia on March 15, according to Turkish Prime Ministry sources. 

The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Yıldırım will travel to the coastal Georgian city of Batumi in the evening after addressing a public rally in the Turkish Black Sea province of Artvin. 

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim met Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Massoud Barzani in Munich on Feb. 19 on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. 

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence told Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım over the phone on Feb. 9 that Turkish-U.S. relations were entering a "new day," as the new director of the CIA, Mike Pompeo, was also in Ankara as part of his first overseas trip since taking office. 

Turkish hospitals have treated over 300 civilians from Aleppo, the Turkish Prime Ministry said on Dec. 30.        

Turkey said it strongly condemned the killing of Russia's Ambassador to Ankara, Andrey Karlov as a result of an armed attack vowing to arrest perpetrators and to bring them before the justice.