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Türkiye and the Levant
Stories under this heading cover Türkiye as well as the Levant – a large area in the Eastern Mediterranean region of Western Asia, consisting of Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and Palestine.
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Opinion: Expect no changes on the Karabakh issue in the next year or two
17 April 2018
On Karabakh, neither the domestic situation in Armenia and Azerbaijan, nor the regional and international context, is favorable for any breakthrough, argues Benyamin Poghosyan in this op-ed
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Erdogan says that issue of purchase of S-400 missile system from Russia "was now closed"
4 April 2018
Turkey is pushing for the soonest delivery of the missile system, origninally planned to start at the end of 2019 or beginning of 2020, as part of a USD 2 billion deal.
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Construction starts in Mersin on Turkey's first nuclear plant
3 April 2018
President Putin of Russia, who begins an official visit to Ankara today, will, together with Turkish president Recip Tayip Erdogan, join the ground breaking cermeony by video link from Ankara.
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Turkey-Iran-Russia summit on 4 April
31 March 2018
President Erdogan will host president Putin of Russia and president Rouhani of Iran for a meeting focussing on the situation in Syria and other regional and global issues
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Opinion: Iran and the US are slowly heading towards collision
31 March 2018
US attempts to change the provisions of the nuclear deal with Iran will intensify over the next months, but things are only likely to come to a head in 2019 says Benyamin Poghosyan in this op-ed
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Turkey and EU focus on the positive at Varna summit
27 March 2018
Jean Claude Juncker described the discussions as "frank and open", which in diplomatic discourse is often a term used for a difficult set of discussions. However no one was expecting the meeting to be easy, so the positive tone at the end of the meeting can be a sign that Varna was an important turning point.
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Important EU-Turkey summit in Varna on Monday
26 March 2018
Turkish President Erdogan and EU leaders will meet in the Bulgarian Black Sea port of Varna at a summit hosted by the Bulgarian Presidency of the EU and at a sensitive time in relations.
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Opinion: Turkey and Russia aspire to replace a century of western domination of the Middle East
16 March 2018
A "eurasianist" ideology is helping to consolidate a Russia-Turkey strategic alliance, as a viable tool to achieve long term strategic interests in the Middle East and beyond, says Benyamin Poghosyan in this op-ed
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Turkish and Azerbaijani leaders discuss regional issues in Baku
14 March 2018
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildrim, on Wednesday (14 March) arrived in Baku on a two-day working visit, and later met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev