“We will show the appropriate reaction if any further step is taken,” Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu told reporters. He said the Greek Cypriot administration does not have the right to embark on oil and gas exploration in the Mediterranean unless the Cyprus issue is resolved and a government representing the entire island is formed.
6 August: Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliev will meet Russian President Medvedev in Sochi on 9 August. Discussions are likely to focus on the Karabakh conflict settlement process (agencies)
At the end of a tense week which saw Turkey's most senior generals resign, Prime Minister Recip Tayip Erdogan has clearly asserted the control of the civilian government over the military. After appointing a new leadership for the Armed Forces the government is now turning its attention back to a deteriorating security situation in the Kurdish areas.
4 August: At the end of a four day meeting of the Turkish Supreme Military Council the Turkish president Abdullah Gul has approved the new Chief of Staff and the Heads of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Gendarmerie ending a week of tension and speculation f
4 August: In seperate messages to President Barak Obama, President Serzh Sargsyan of Armenia and President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan congratulated the American leader on his birthday and hailed relations between their countries and the United States (age