Ahmet Davutoğlu

Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias on Monday held talks with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and gave a flurry of interviews to Turkish media on the first day of a visit to Turkey aimed at paving the way for bilateral talks on confidence-building measures.

Turkey's foreign policy will change significantly if opposition parties come to power, as they are all against the ruling AKP's performance in foreign relations over the last 13 years, says Behlül Özkan of Marmara University.

Ankara appears to be intent on creating a new firing range beneath Aegean air space, according to diplomatic sources who have expressed growing concern about a shift in Turkey?s stance even as bilateral talks on confidence-building measures draw near.

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias is due to meet Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Monday, on the first day of his four-day trip to Turkey.

It was announced on Thursday that Kotzias will visit Turkey two days ahead of a NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting, which will be held in Antalya on Wednesday and Thursday.

A conference organized in Ankara by the International Strategic Research Organization (USAK) on Turkish-Israeli relations in view of regional developments started with a heated debate when the first speaker, Professor Raphael Israeli, attributed Turkey?s policies toward Israel to Turks? hatred of the Jewish people.

BELGRADE - Turkish Ambassador to Serbia Mehmet Kemal Bozay said Thursday that the halt in political relations between the two countries, which happened a few years ago, has been completely overcome.

He added that Turkey strongly supports Serbia on its way towards joining the EU.

This column on April 18 analyzed the foreign policy section of the ruling Justice and Development Party?s (AKP) election manifesto and found that the government is not promising a change in its diplomatic line. Today?s column will study the main opposition Republican People?s Party?s (CHP) plan for foreign policy under the title ?the vision for citizens and value-based foreign policy.?

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu announced on Monday that Turkey will commemorate the mass killings of Ottoman Armenians, which occurred during the First World War.

Davutoglu said that April 24, the day Armenians commemorate the mass killings of their ancestors by the Ottoman Empire, will be marked by a religious ceremony, Hurriyet Daily reports.

The European Parliament (EP) adopted a resolution on Wednesday, which calls on Turkey to recognise the Armenian genocide.

The Parliament urged Armenia and Turkey to use the centenary of the Armenian genocide to renew diplomatic relations, open the border and improve their relations.

Main opposition Republican People?s Party (CHP) leader Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu has announced his party?s readiness to engage in a joint effort with other parties to issue a joint statement against the European Parliament?s recognition of the 1915 massacre of Ottoman Armenians as genocide.