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Bosnian Serb Leader Pays 'Historic' Visit to Srebrenica
Dodik visited the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica on Thursday, laying flowers at the memorial centre that commemorates the Bosniak victims and paying tribute to the thousands who were massacred after the UN-protected enclave fell to Serb forces in July 1995.
Turkish lira tumbles to new low against dollar
Turkey's embattled lira on April 15 tumbled to a new low in value against the dollar.
The lira broke above the psychologically important level of 2.7 to the dollar to trade at 2.703 to one dollar, a loss in value of 0.57 percent on the day.
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Erdogan,Gojkovic: Clear interest in furthering relations
ANKARA - Serbia and Turkey have a clear interest in furthering mutual relations in different fields, Serbian Parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in Ankara on Sunday.
Gojkovic and Erdogan said there is room for improvements in economic cooperation between the two countries, both in terms of trade and infrastructure.
Serbian parliament speaker to visit Turkey on Monday
BELGRADE - Serbian Parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic will be paying an official visit to Turkey on April 13-14, the parliament's press office has said in a statement.
Gojkovic will meet with Turkey's Parliament Speaker Jemil Cicek and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and is also scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu.
Erdogan dream of a revised Ottoman empire in … costume form
Following the latest trend in the Turkish presidential mansion, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and PM Ahmet Davutoglu were received by police officers dressed up in Ottoman-era gear … It should be noted that Erdogan’s “show of power” took place earlier in 2014, when he showed off his Turkic-Seljuk-Ottoman… guard to Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, verifying his image as a supporter of
OSCE calls on Greek Cypriots to reconsider law on Armenian killings
The Organization for Security and Co-operation (OSCE) in Europe has expressed concern over the Greek Cypriot administration's latest move to criminalize the denial of Armenian allegations over the killings in 1915.
Environmental activists risk jail over Istanbul protests
Fifteen Turkish ecological activists could face up to seven-and-a-half years in jail after prosecutors charged them with public order offences over protests against the construction of a mosque in Istanbul last year, judicial sources said April 9.
Turkish prosecutor requests acquittal of Dutch reporter
A Turkish prosecutor on April 8 requested the acquittal of a Dutch journalist specialising in Kurdish issues who was accused of "terrorist propaganda" for the oulawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
Frederike Geerdink, who is based in the Kurdish-majority southeastern city of Diyarbakir, had been briefly detained in January after authorities raided her home.
Turkey Lifts Content-Related Ban on Social Media
Turkey has lifted a ban on access to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube after social media websites complied with an Istanbul court's order to remove images of a Turkish prosecutor taken hostage by leftist militants, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday.
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PM Ponta: Turkey's achievements over recent years, a model to follow for Romania
The bilateral relations between Romania and Turkey reached an unprecedented level, which must be improved in the coming period, Prime Minister Victor Ponta said on Wednesday.
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