Turkey has lifted a near five-year ban on supporters of some prominent soccer clubs attending away games, the head of the soccer club association said on Thursday, a move created to reflect a spirit of unity after last month’s failed coup.
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Ankara is ready to discuss the possibility of a joint operation with Russian Federation in Syria against the Islamic State, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told NTV television news channel on Thursday.
“I can only say that we are in contact with the relevant authorities, ” he added in response to a question as to whether Turkey has asked for the two colonels’ extradition. “The Greek authorities recorded this”. “We will return these traitors to Turkey”, Cavusoglu said. Pollster Metropoll said on Thursday its monthly survey showed a surge in approval for Erdogan to 68 percent in July from 47 percent a month earlier.
Turkey has called back three of its diplomats from its mission in Dhaka on the charge of their involvement in the recent coup in Turkey.
Zarif will meet his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu in Ankara and will be received by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at his palace, the ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
They have been handed suspended two-month prison terms for illegal entry and will remain in police custody until their asylum hearing on August 19. The State Department said it did not comment on individual cases.
However, Gülen still remains in his Pennsylvania home, and the European Union’s rebuke on the post-coup arrests did not sit well with Turkey. Two military attachees, based in Greece, are thought to have recently fled elsewhere with their families, The Associated Press reported. “Sooner or later the United States of America will make a choice”.
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These eight words have been the key slogan of Turkish politics in the last years, strongly favored by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as a symbol of national unity. “Either Turkey or FETO”, Erdogan told a rally late on Wednesday, using an abbreviation standing for the “Gulenist Terror Group” which is how Ankara refers to Gulen’s movement.
