On July 15, the Turkish authorities said that an attempted coup was taking place in the country, which was suppressed the next day. “We are grateful to all the people in Russian Federation and Turkey, who have approached this historical moment”.
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“Turkey’s North Atlantic Treaty Organisation membership is not in question”. The country sits between Europe and Asia and serves as an outpost between the Western and the Islamic worlds, the article says. Turkey’s North Atlantic Treaty Organisation membership is not in question.
The NATO administration has repeatedly expressed its commitment and loyalty to the allies since President Erdogan expressed his displeasure with the lack of support from Western institutions, particularly the European Union, during the attempted coup in Turkey, The Daily Express said.
Erdogan visited Russia’s second city of Saint Petersburg on Tuesday – his first trip overseas since the July 15 coup attempt. North Atlantic Treaty Organisation has referred reporters to the Turkish government for information about Ugurlu.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan was addressing a crowd of thousands gathered for a so-called democracy vigil in Istanbul’s Taksim Square.
The presidency insisted on Wednesday Turkey’s policy on Syria had not changed despite the normalisation of relations with Moscow.
President Vladimir Putin received his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan in St Petersburg on Tuesday where both men discussed Syria, a conflict where they have long backed opposing sides. He was a firm ally of Erdogan as the Turkish leader rose to power, but the two fell out and have become bitter rivals.
The Ambassador stressed that relations with Russian Federation are strategically important for Turkey.
“This meeting means reconciliation in the first place”.
“This visit brought our relations to a new level”.
The statement added that during the visit, Zarif will confer with the Turkish officials on different aspects of bilateral relations as well as regional and global developments.
Ankara claimed Gulen created a “parallel state” in Turkey in the form of a network of supporters among Turkish officials.
“They will either choose the coup-plotter terrorist FETO or Turkey, the democratic country”, Erdogan added. “Sooner or later the United States of America will make a choice”.
Tourism is a key sector and foreign-currency earner for Turkey but numbers this year were already down before the attempted coup of July 15th and is expected to be sharply lower as a result of a series of attacks in the country over the past few months. Gulen strongly denies this.
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On July 16, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan publicly urged the USA authorities to deliver Gülen. It would even be a hostile act against Turkey, ” Prime Minister Binali Yildirim told reporters the morning after the failed coup. In response, US State Department spokesman John Kirby offered to help Turkey in the investigation of the coup.
