Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei (R) meets with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the northeastern holy city of Mashhad, March 29, 2012. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reiterated his country’s support of Iran’s right to peaceful applications of nuclear technology. In an exclusive interview with IRIB’s channel two TV station on Thursday... 

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Barack Obama had a meeting at a hotel in Seoul ahead of an international nuclear meeting. White House deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes, speaking to reporters after the two leaders met, said Washington and Ankara were open to considering further “non-lethal” aid for the Syrian armed groups at a “Friends of Syria”... 

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (R) meets with Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi in Istanbul, March 3, 2012. Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu says Ankara supports supplying arms to rebels in Syria fighting against the government of President Bashar al-Assad. Davutoglu claimed that the “international community’s message might be conveyed to the Syrian administration via certain... 

The French Senate has passed a bill which makes it a crime to publicly deny that the Ottoman Empire’s 1915 killings of Armenians was a genocide. The move sparked fresh condemnation from Turkey, and could lead to further tension. The upper house of parliament voted 127-86 in favor of the legislation on Monday, after it had been passed by the National Assembly, France’s lower house, last... 

Gokturk satellite system Israel’s politicians and military have a new headache to worry about. High resolution photos of the country’s territory, which are currently unavailable to the public, may soon turn up in the hands of any of its many enemies. Until now, only the Americans had the technology capable of taking satellite images greater than two meters per pixel resolution, and American law... 

A Turkish delegation has met with French officials in a last-minute attempt to prevent the passing of a bill by the French parliament that would criminalize the denial of the Armenian genocide, Press TV reports. The Turkish delegation including lawmakers and businessmen held talks with French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe and President Nicolas Sarkozy’s foreign policy advisor Jean-David Levitte... 

Noah's Ark replica Schagen Netherlands Reports about the traces of the legendary Noah’s Ark appear in the media on a regular basis. The majority of such messages say that there is a mysterious object resting on top of Ararat Mount. The object could be the ancient vessel, on which Noah rescued animals from the Great Flood. Here is what the Bible says about the events, which took place in 2500... 

France has joined Turkey in calling for greater international efforts to exert pressure on Syria to stop its bloody crackdown on protesters, as at least 15 more people were reported killed Friday. At the same time, Syria made its first response to a proposal by the Arab League to send a delegation of more than 500 military and civilian observers to the country, but critics said it appeared to be a... 

The Turkish Armed Forces are expected to receive Predator drones from the US in June of next year. After a request for US assistance in suppressing separatist Kurds, the Turkish government is expecting the delivery of Predator drones in June 2012. “We have agreed in principle [on the delivery of Predators]. Negotiations will continue,” Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday.... 

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the West practices double standards in regrad to Israel’s nuclear arsenal. In an interview with CNN on Sunday, Erdogan noted that Israel is the only player in the Middle East that has nuclear weapons and asked, “Why is it that countries banning Iran from having nuclear weapons don’t also ban Israel... 

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has voiced his country’s readiness to engage in a conflict with Israel, in the case it becomes ‘necessary.’ In an interview with Charlie Rose, when Erdogan was asked if he saw the Israeli attack on a Gaza-bound flotilla that killed nine Turkish nationals as “a cause of war,” as the premier... 

Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (3rd R), accompanied by his deputy Besir Atalay (2nd R), leaves from his office in Ankara July 29, 2011. The Turkish government has warned that it will freeze its ties with the European Union if Cyprus assumes the bloc’s rotating presidency next year. “If the peace negotiations there (Cyprus) are not conclusive, and the EU gives its rotating presidency... 

Lt. General Ismail Hakki Pekin, the head of the Intelligence Department of the Turkish General Staff. Lt. General Ismail Hakki Pekin, the head of the Intelligence Department of the Turkish General Staff, has been arrested pending trial over an alleged plot to overthrow the government. Pekin was arrested on the order of a Turkish court on Monday, AFP reported. In an apparently related development, 22... 

A recent Haaretz report says that Turkish officials told Hurriyet Daily News that Turkish navy will strengthen presence in eastern Mediterranean Sea to stop Israeli ‘bullying’. Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon said in an interview with public television that “There is no risk of a naval confrontation, I don’t think for a moment that Turkish war-ships will escort... 

With Prime Minister Erdogan’s Islamist AK party having seized its third landslide election victory in Turkey, many throughout the international community have been watching to see what will be next on the Turkish agenda. Now there are strong indicators in the Turkish media that Turkey is planning on literally doubling the size of its army – this coming from the nation that already has the...