Palestinian leader in Turkey for talks
He will also hold talks with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. "Bilateral relations ... the presidency said in a statement. On Sunday, a Palestinian official cited the trip among the reasons for the indefinite ...
Iran congratulates Turkey on vote win
In addition, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi also extended congratulations to his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu during a phone call late on Sunday. The Iranian foreign minister expressed hope that Tehran-Ankara ties would expand further ...
Salehi congratulates Turkish FM on AKP victory
TEHRAN -- During a phone conversation on Monday, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi congratulated Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on the victory of Turkey’s ruling AK Party in Sunday’s parliamentary election. Salehi and Davutoglu also ...
Erdogan poised for third election victory
ISTANBUL (AFP) - Turkey's prime minister and his party are poised to win a third straight term in power on Sunday thanks to enduring economic ... which the opposition seems unable to sustain," said economist Ahmet Insel. According to pollsters, Erdogan's ...
Israel ignoring Ankara rants to avoid role in elections
The government is turning a deaf ear to Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu’s anti-Israel rants because ... For instance, the Hurriyet newspaper quoted him on Sunday as saying in an interview with the Radikal daily that “there cannot be peace ...
Hamas chief Meshaal holds talks in Turkey
Meshaal “arrived in Istanbul on Tuesday and held talks with our foreign minister (Ahmet Davutoglu) and ministry bureaucrats ... ire over contacts with Meshaal's radical Islamist group. On Sunday, a Palestinian official cited Abbas' trip to Turkey among ...
Turkey's Erdogan presses Assad's envoy over unrest
But Erdogan, who had a close rapport with Assad, had said before his re-election on Sunday that once the vote was over he would be talking to Assad in a "very different manner." Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, the architect of Ankara's policy of ...
A Successful Diplomat Tries His Hand at Politics
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (pronounced: dah-voo-TOH-loo), cerebral and soft-spoken, is running for the first time for a seat in Turkey’s Parliament on Sunday. In an election where only the size of his party’s majority is really in question ...