US State Department spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau said some of the rhetoric coming from Turkey was not “helpful” and that Washington expected Turkish officials “to be responsible in their statements”. The defense industry was named as one of several sectors where Ankara meant to return Turkish-Russian ties to pre-crisis levels.
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Meanwhile, Turkey’s foreign minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, said a delegation of Turkish foreign ministry, military and intelligence officials was traveling to Russian Federation for discussions on finding a solution to the Syrian civil war.
Still, Erdogan’s visit is a honest attempt to rub a salve on the raw relatons that followed when Turkish air forces brought down Russian bomber jet Su-24 that allegedly crossed into Turkish airspace while being on mission in Syria in 2015.
Early last month, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation leaders including Erdogan had endorsed the alliance’s largest military revamp since the end of the Cold War to counter a more assertive Russian Federation in the fallout from the Ukraine crisis.
The asylum bid is the first known case involving a Turkish military officer in the United States as Turkey purges military ranks after mutinous soldiers commandeered fighter jets, helicopters and tanks in an unsuccessful attempt to oust President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Almost 80 cities hosted demonstrations in support of Erdogan’s AKP, which is Turkey’s first party with Islamic leanings to survive a military coup.
“I must admit that because of the Russian sanctions against Turkey in tourism, and fruit and vegetables exports the Turkish economy is in a very grave situation”.
Some 18,000 people have been placed in detention in response to the failed coup, including many from the military.
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation says Turkey membership “not in question” was posted in World of TheNews International – https://www.thenews.com.pk on August 10, 2016 and was last updated on August 10, 2016. “It will be no exaggeration to say that they are important for the whole world as well”, he said. “Even if you don’t like it, you’ll have to accept it”.
Yenel said he was “surprised” by the concerns raised by Western partners on the project which he saw as not different from the NordStream pipeline taking gas from Russian Federation directly to Germany.
The Turkey is also in dispute with the European Union over its reaction to the failed 15 July coup, and on Wednesday accused the bloc of “encouraging” the plotters.
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Local businesses have also been hit hard, with some bars in the central Ankara seeing fewer customers since the rallies began. “Some gave money willingly”, Kalin said.
