Ahmet Davutoğlu

Nicosia on Wednesday issued a terse response to a document submitted by Turkey to European Union officials which is said to have described the Republic of Cyprus as a “defunct” state, calling on Ankara to respect the agreements it has made with the European Commission.

BELGRADE - Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Wednesday that Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic’s decision to go on his first official visit to Sarajevo had been a visionary step, announcing that a trilateral process between Serbia, Turkey and Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) would be resumed soon.

BELGRADE - Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Tuesday the Balkan nations were as one family and could settle all their differences in a brotherly way, while his Serbian counterpart Ivica Dacic pointed out that some actions and statements should no be an obstacle to good relations.

BELGRADE - Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will pay a visit to Belgrade on Tuesday to meet with top Serbian officials.

Davutoglu will speak to Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic, Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic, and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications Rasim Ljajic.

BELGRADE - Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will visit Belgrade and confer with Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic on Tuesday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs released in a statement.

Greece is expecting a Turkish vessel to conduct research over the Greek continental shelf without permission on Tuesday, government sources have told Kathimerini.

Video-sharing platform YouTube filed on Monday a complaint with the Turkish Constitutional Court against the blocking of its services which the country reinstated over the weekend.

Access to the website has been blocked for a second consecutive day, after a ban preventing its use in Turkey was lifter on April 4 and revised on April 5, The World Bulletin has reported.

Turkey's constitutional court has ruled to unblock social media site YouTube, just a day after it lifted a ban on micro-blogging platform Twitter.

The court said that YouTube ban violated human rights and freedom of expression.

Magistrates however ordered that 15 videos remain unblocked, Hurriyet Daily News has reported.

Turkey acknowledged the authenticity of a leaked recording of a top officials' meeting over a possible military operation in Syria.

Turkey's Foreign Ministry representatives nevertheless insisted Friday that the content of the recording was "faked", Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung has reported.

Turkey's Davutoglu says government cannot prevent another aid flotilla to Gaza