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US security officials to visit Turkish airports on Wednesday to monitor security arrangements

By Arife Yildiz Unal

ANKARA - Washington is set to lift a ban on large electronic devices from U.S.-bound flights

of Turkish Airlines, Turkey’s transport minister said on TuesdayAhmet Arslan said that U.S. security officials will review arrangements at Turkish airports on Wednesday, after which the ban will be lifted.The officials will examine explosive detection machines in airports across Turkey, the Transport Ministry said in a statement.“Turkey is an...

US to lift laptop ban on Turkish Airlines flights

Erdogan and Putin will meet during a G20 summit in the German city of Hamburg on July 7 and 8

Colombia’s ELN sets cease-fire demands

5th Syria peace talksstart in Kazakhstan

By Richard McColl

BOGOTA - Colombia’s holdout guerrilla group on Monday detailed a five-point agenda it says is required for a bilateral cease-fire with the

government.The National Liberation Army (ELN) that is currently engaged in peace dialogues with the Colombian gov-ernment in Quito, Ecuador, said in a statement it hopes

Colombia “makes a serious commitment to suspending actions which affect the pop-ulation.”The demands, made after the two sides finalized a second round of negotiations Friday,

include “taking measures to combat those members of the armed forces and the author-ities which are aligned with paramilitary groups, prevent-ing aggressions against popu-lar social...

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Erdogan, Putin to talk Akkuyu, TurkStream

Indonesian President Joko Widodo set to visit TurkeyTurkish forces kill 270 PKK terrorists in June

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ANKARA - Turkish security forces killed 270 PKK terrorists in nationwide counter-terrorism operations in June, according to official data compiled by Anadolu Agency.During air and ground operations, 23 security personnel were martyred and 48 are currently seeking treatment for injuries they received while on duty.Security forces...

Five Gambian high school pupils denied US visas

Turkish automotive market narrows in first half of year

Turkey’s crude steel production rises

By Huseyin Erdogan

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will discuss Turkey’s first nuclear power plant, the Akkuyu Plant, and the TurkStream Natural Gas project at the G20 summit in Hamburg between July 7 and 8, Yuri Ushakov, a Kremlin foreign policy advisor said late Monday.Erdogan and Putin will discuss the latest developments on both projects, Ushakov said, adding that, “both projects recently made significant progress.”On June 19, Russian state-owned nuclear power company Rosatom

signed an agreement with Cengiz-Kolin-Kalyon, a Turkish consortium of contracting conglomerates, to sell a 49 percent stake in Turkey’s Akkuyu nuclear power plant project.The plant will have a capacity of 4,800 megawatts in four units and a working lifetime of 8,000 hours per year. In its first phase, two units with a capacity of 2,400 megawatts are planned for completion by 2023.The plant is estimated to meet around 6-7 percent of Turkey’s electricity demand.On June 23, Erdogan spoke on the phone with Putin, who was reviewing...

Brokered by Turkey, Russia, Iran, negotiations will address creation of de-escalation zones in SyriaANKARA - The fifth round of peace talks aimed at ending the Syria conflict began Tuesday in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana, Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov said.“All the delegations that plan to participate in this important stage of the talks have arrived,” Abdrakhmanov was quoted as saying by national news agency

Kazinform.Abdrakhmanov said nine representatives of armed opposition groups have gathered for indirect negotiations with delegates representing the Syrian regime.Beside the three guarantor countries -- Russia, Turkey, and Iran -- and UN Special Representative for Syria Staffan de Mistura, delegations from Jordan and the U.S. will also attend the talks as observers.Abdrakhmanov said agenda items include the creation of de-escalation zones in Syria, which was signed by the guarantor countries during a meeting in Astana on May 4.

By Adem Salvarcioglu

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo will pay an official visit to Turkey on Thursday, marking the first visit by Indonesia’s head-of-state in seven years, the Turkish ambassador to Jakarta said Tuesday.“The visit will play a key

role in developing bilateral relations,” Mehmet Kadri Sander Gurbuz told Anadolu Agency.Noting that Turkish-Indonesian relations dated back to the 16th century, Gurbuz said political ties between the countries had been “extremely positive” since Indonesia declared

independence in 1945.The ambassador added that the visit was also expected to see negotiations on a free trade agreement between Turkey and Indonesia.“I am sure these negotiations will contribute to the acceleration of our economic relations,” he said.International issues...

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Turkey-Russia missile deal done, finance to be resolved

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