Suleyman Gokce

Turkey's national flag carrier airline Turkish Airlines has announced it is increasing the number of flights it performs per week between Sofia and Istanbul.

The total number of Istanbul - Sofia - Istanbul weekly flights will be 18, up from 14, as of December 28, 2015.

According to Turkish ambassador to Bulgaria His Excellency Suleyman Gokce, the sanctions imposed by Moscow in response to the downing of the Russian Su-24 bomber by two Turkish F-16 fighter jets on the Turkish-Syrian border on November 24, will not bring Ankara to its knees.

From "brilliant" and "a geopolitics schoolbook" to "Neo-Ottomanist"; from "a milestone in statehood" to a cunning plan to re-conquer the region. Turkish Prime Minister's book on Turkish foreign policy, Stratejik Derinlik ("Strategic Depth") has enjoyed mixed reception in Bulgaria and neighboring countries for years - well before it was translated.

Turkey's Ambassador to Bulgaria Suleyman Gokce has expressed dissatisfaction with the 30-kilometer border fence and the declaration of the Parliament on the fate of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire.

Turkey has stood ready for years to build its part of a gas interconnector to Bulgaria, the country's Ambassador to Sofia has said.

"We were ready four years ago," H.E. Süleyman Gökçe explained in an interview with private national TV Bulgaria on Air, reminding that Turkey proposed back then the construction of a gas link so that Bulgaria attains energy independence.

Turkey's ambassador to Bulgaria Suleyman Gokce said that his country was against the construction of a fence along the entire border between Bulgaria and Turkey.

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkish troops could be used to help set up a buffer zone in Syria, on the condition there was an international agreement for the establishing of a safe haven for those feeling the Islamic State (IS), reports Reuters.

The recently elected Predisent of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan has a meeting with the leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS), Lyutvi Mestan, reports the BTA wire service, quoting Turkish media. 

The meeting took place on Friday in the presidential palace Cankaya in Ankara.