Turkey
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CHP presidential candidate İnce might talk to Assad if elected
TEHRAN, May 28 (MNA) – The presidential candidate of the main Turkish opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), Muharrem İnce, said he remained indifferent toward Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, while adding that the Turkish government should not act in anger against him.
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Turkey cannot confirm plans to purchase Su-57 Russian jets
TEHRAN, May 28 (MNA) – Turkish media reports about possible purchase of Russian Su-57 fighters instead of US F-35 jets are based on experts' opinion and do not reflect the official position of Ankara, a source in the secretariat of the Turkish defense industry told.
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Turkey’s presidential hopeful says he would invite Assad to Ankara
TEHRAN, May 26 (MNA) – Doğu Perinçek, the candidate in the upcoming presidential election of Turkey, told Mehr News in an interview that he sees no barrier in expanding ties between Turkey and Syria, to the point that he would invite Pres. Assad to Ankara should he become the next Turkish president.
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Turkey will not give up on Jerusalem: Erdogan
TEHRAN, May 22 (MNA) – Turkish president has once again rejected US embassy move to Jerusalem, saying Turkey will continue its fight until the holy city becomes home of peace, tranquility and dignity.
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Iranian MS drug to be manufactured in Turkey
TEHRAN, May 21 (MNA) – The technical knowledge along with main material to produce the Iranian drug for multiple sclerosis (MS) namely Glatiramer Acetate is going to be transferred to a company in Turkey.
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Iran to play Turkey in friendly match ahead of World Cup
TEHRAN, May 21 (MNA) – Iran’s national football team or Team Melli left Tehran for Istanbul to play a friendly match with Turkey.
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Iranian beach volleyball team reaches final at world tour
TEHRAN, May 20 (MNA) – Iran’s ‘B’ beach volleyball team has advanced to the final match at the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour in Turkey.
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Turkish presidential candidate:
Increasing cooperation with region must be Turkey’s top priority
TEHRAN, May 20 (MNA) – Temel Karamollaoglu, the candidate of Felicity Party (SP) in upcoming Turkey’s presidential elections has said that cooperation with regional countries must be a high priority for Turkey.
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OIC final statement stresses Jerusalem is eternal capital of Palestine
TEHRAN, May 19 (MNA) – The final statement of the 7th extraordinary session of OIC has stressed that the Jerusalem is the eternal capital of Palestine, reaffirming the member states’ opposition to US embassy move to Jerusalem.
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Extraordinary OIC summit kicks off in Istanbul
TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA) – The extraordinary summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) began in Istanbul on Friday evening with the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran taking part.
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Iranian FM:
Some Arab states ignoring concerns of Islamic world
TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that some Arab countries have aligned with the United States and Zionist regime and are far from the goals and concerns of the Islamic world.
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US more inferior than ever among Muslim countries
TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA) – Iran's President Hassan Rouhani described the extraordinary OIC summit in Turkey "an opportunity for the Muslim world to declare its support for the Palestinian people and to condemn the illegal relocation of US embassy to Jerusalem al-Quds," saying US is more inferior than ever in the Muslim world.
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Pres. Rouhani leaves Iran for Turkey to attend OIC extraordinary summit
TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani left Tehran for Istanbul to attend the OIC extraordinary summit on Friday.
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Iran, Turkey call for closer economic ties
TEHRAN, May 17 (MNA) – Chief of Staff of Iran's president, Mahmoud Vaezi, conferred with Turkish Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci on ways to expand trade ties and facilitate implementation of bilateral agreements.
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Rouhani’s chief of staff meets Turkey’s Erdogan in Ankara
TEHRAN, May 17 (MNA) – Mahmoud Vaezi, the Chief of Staff of Iran's president, held talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wed. evening in Ankara.
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Iran's Rouhani, Turkey's Erdogan discuss Palestine on phone
TEHRAN, May 16 (MNA) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a phone call on Wed. that all countries should be sensitive about any “illegal” intervention in region.
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Rouhani, Putin, Erdogan likely to meet in Tehran on Syria in Sep.
TEHRAN, May 16 (MNA) – Presidents of Iran, Russia and Turkey are likely to hold a summit on Syria in Tehran sometime in late August or September, Russian delegation head at the Astana peace talks, Alexander Lavrentiev said Tuesday.
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Ankara needs understanding with Kurds in Syria, Turkey: Ex-Turkish FM
TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) –Former Turkish Foreign Minister Yaşar Yakış says Turkey needs understanding with Kurds both inside the country and in Syria.
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Iran, Turkey, Russia issue joint statement on Intl. Meeting on Syria in Astana
TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) – The Islamic Republic of Iran, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Turkey as guarantors of the observance of the ceasefire regime in the Syrian Arab Republic issued a joint Statement on the International Meeting on Syria in Astana.
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Iranian, Turkish FMs hold phone talks on Palestine
TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu have, in a phone conversation on Tuesday, exchanged views on the latest developments in Palestine.
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Lavrentiev:
Guarantor states reaffirmed political solution for Syrian crisis in Astana process
MOSCOW, May 15 (MNA) – Head of the Russian delegation to Astana talks on Syria, Alexander Lavrentiev, said that the guarantor states (Russia, Iran, and Turkey) of the Astana process reaffirmed that the political solution via sitting at a round table is the way for resolving the crisis in Syria, and that they rejected unilateral actions.
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Iran, Turkey, Russia discuss Syria peace in Astana
TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) – Iran, Turkey and Russia – the guarantor states of Syria ceasefire – held trilateral meetings on Monday in the Kazakh capital Astana.
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US no longer a mediator in ME: Erdoghan
TEHRAN, May 14 (MNA) –Turkish President Erdogan said that the United States had lost its role as a mediator in the Middle East by moving its Israel embassy to al-Quds (Jerusalem).
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Putin, Erdogan discuss US withdrawal from JCPOA on phone
TEHRAN, May 12 (MNA) – Turkish President Erdogan and Russian President Putin in a phone conversation discussed the future of Iran nuclear deal in the light of US pullout from the agreement, a source in Erdogan's administration told Sputnik.
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Rouhani in a phone call with Erdogan:
Any new US sanctions on Iran violate resolution 2231
TEHRAN, May 11 (MNA) – Following Trump’s pullout from Iran nuclear deal, President Rouhani said Thu. that any new US sanctions against Iran will be contrary to international rules and the UN Security Council Resolution 2231.
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Turkey, winner of PTA inked with Iran
TEHRAN, May 08 (MNA) – Statistics show that neighboring Turkey is the winner of Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) which was inked with the Islamic Republic of Iran a couple of years ago.
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By: Seyed Mahdi Nabavi
Reasons for snap elections in Turkey, Erdogan's easy way to win
TEHRAN, May. 05 (MNA) – Here the contributing commentator from the IIWFS touches upon the reasons behind Erdogan’s call for snap elections in Turkey which seems to cloud over democracy in Turkey,
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Turkish Nobel laureate to visit Tehran Intl. Book Fair
TEHRAN, May 05 (MNA) – Ferit Orhan Pamuk, Turkish novelist, screenwriter, academic and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature, will visit Iran this week to attend the 31st edition of Tehran International Book Fair (TIBF) in Tehran.
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Iran pavilion named most active at Turkey’s Eurasia Airshow
TEHRAN, Apr. 29 (MNA) – Iran’s pavilion has been named as the most active pavilion at the 2018 Eurasia Airshow held between April 25 and 29 at Antalya International Airport in Turkey.
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Iran, Turkey pledge to ease banking problems for broader bilateral relations
TEHRAN, Apr. 29 (MNA) – Mahmoud Vaezi, the Chief of staff of Iran's president and Turkish Minister of Economy Nihat Zeybekci, vowed to increase bilateral interactions and ease banking problems to broaden Iran-Turkey relations.