Feridun Sinirlio

The Turkish government aims to establish cooperation with the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) on anti-terror issues, Foreign Minister Feridun Sinirlio?lu said during his meeting with KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani in Arbil on Nov. 4. 

Sevil Erku?sevil.erkus@hurriyet.com.trTurkish Foreign Minister Feridun Sinirlio?lu will travel to Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) capital of Arbil late on Nov. 3, sources have told the Hürriyet Daily News. 

International and regional actors, including Iran and Saudi Arabia, met in Vienna on Oct. 30 for high-level talks to reach a political solution to the civil war in Syria, though they have so far been unable to come to an agreement on any concrete steps.

However, parties to the Syrian conflict will work toward establishing a nationw?de ceasef?re, they said in a joint statement. 

Sunday's parliamentary election will mark yet another milestone in Turkish political history, just five months after the election in which the Justice and Development Party (AKP) lost its single-party government for the first time in 13 years. The Nov.

The Syrian government's biggest international backers and opponents plunged into negotiations on Oct. 30 over a long-sought compromise to help end the four-and-a-half year civil war and potentially ease President Bashar al-Assad out of power. 

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said he was "hopeful" of finding a path forward.

A ministerial-level summit on the future of Syria that has started on Oct. 29, less than a week after an initial four-way meeting, will bring together a wider range of countries, including ones with whom Turkey is at diplomatic loggerheads, as well as Iran.

A quartet of key actors in the Syria quagmire meet in Vienna to discuss the future of the country and President Bashar al-AssadThe United States, Russia, Turkey and Saudi Arabia met Oct. 23 to explore a political solution to the Syrian civil war despite basic disagreements over Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's fate and disputes over the ongoing strikes in the war-ridden country.

Never since the legendary John Le Carré novel, or the Bond Sequels, has Moscow been so popular. One day a military plane brings the Syrian leader to the Kremlin, the next day, Syrian Kurds decide to open a branch office in a city that has worse traffic than Istanbul. So what next? A Soho House?

Turkish Foreign Minister Feridun Sinirlio?lu flew to Vienna on Oct. 22 in order to take part in a key summit on Syria on Oct. 23, which will be attended by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. 

Sinirlio?lu met with Austrian President Heinz Fischer on the first day of his visit. 

Turkey?s top diplomat has strictly ruled out arguments linking the country?s long-stalled EU membership bid and recent contacts between Ankara and Brussels for deeper cooperation in stemming the flow of migrants to Europe, as he voiced confidence the Turkish capital would definitely revive negotiations to become a member of the European bloc.