Topic: Turkey
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's parliament will be presented with a package of constitutional amendments that have pitted the government against the judiciary in a week to 10 days and the government plans a referendum on the changes soon after, Justice Minister Sadullah Ergin said on Saturday. Public approval of the European Union-inspired changes, which would make it harder to ...
SAARISELKA, Finland (Reuters) - The foreign ministers of Turkey and Sweden condemned on Saturday a vote in the Swedish parliament that defined the early 20th-century killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide. Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, who is holding informal talks with foreign ministers including Turkey's Ahmet Davutoglu in northern Finland, said he was upset by the vote ...
Marmaris is one of the biggest cities in the whole country of Turkey. It was previously known as Physkos located where Aegean and Mediterranean seas meet, on the largest natural harbour of the world. It lies in the Mugla Province, Southwest Turkey surrounded by pine-clad hills, calming sea and captivating bays. Gokova Gulf is found in its north, Mediterranean in ...
ANKARA (Reuters) - A resolution by the Swedish parliament branding the World War One killing of Armenians by Ottoman forces as genocide could hurt peace efforts between Turkey and Armenia, Turkey's prime minister said on Friday. Turkey recalled its ambassador to Stockholm after the vote in the Swedish parliament on Thursday. The move came a week after Ankara called home ...
