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Azerbaijan said talks with Armenia on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict would be "decisive" and warned Azeri troops were ready to use force to take back the rebel region if they fail.

Reuters/Istanbul Turkey is investigating a suspected plot by naval officers to attack non-Muslim minorities to discredit the ruling Islamist-rooted AK Party, the prime minister's office said yesterday.

Turkey revokes a tender won by a Russian-led consortium to build the country's first nuclear power plant following a year of constant pressure to cancel the process, Press TV reported.

Azerbaijan, Baku, Nov. 20 / Trend News E.Ostapenko /

Armenian-Turkish rapprochement can develop in two different ways, said Heritage Foundation Russian and Eurasian Studies and International Energy Security Senior Research Fellow Ariel Cohen at the international conference "Obstacles to Security in the South Caucasus: Realities and Prospects for Regional Cooperation" in Baku.

"A party with Islamic roots taking power democratically that has worked to strengthen democracy has increased the Middle East's interest in Turkey in a measurable way," it said.

Turkey on Friday scrapped a 2008 tender won by a Russian-led consortium to build the country's first nuclear power plant -- a process that had been under threat of being invalidated by a court decision.

Europe's new president, Herman Van Rompuy, faced a furious backlash in Turkey yesterday amid reports of his hostility to the country's EU membership.

Date : Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:39:08 +0400 COURT SEEKS HELP TO LINK MURDERS IN TURKEY TO 'DEEP STATE' EuropeNews Nov 19 2009 Denmark MALATYA -- Judges and prosecutors in the trial regarding the murder of three Christians in this southeastern city in Turkey on Friday renewed their request for help from the Istanbul High Criminal Court as reports mounted ...

An opinion poll conducted by Info GmbH ve Liljeberg Research International among Turks living in Germany revealed that 45 percent of respondents want to return to their motherland, the CNN Turk Web site reported today. Most of the respondents were youths.

An Israeli minister said on Friday he was to travel to Turkey, in the first such visit since Israel's military offensive in Gaza at the turn of the year strained ties with Turkey, AFP reported.

In his address to the nation, Prime Minister Recep Erdogan recommended citizens to take their children away from the television set when opposition leaders speak, CNN Turk reported today.

Turkey is ready to accept the surrendered fighters of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), who left the Makhmour camp in northern Iraq, Turkish Interior Minister Bashir Atalay was quoted as saying by the Turkish Anadolu news agency.

Democratic solution to the Kurdish problem is a chance for solution of the problem; Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as a saying by the CNN Turk television channel.

Azerbaijan, Baku, Nov. 20 / Trend News E.Ostapenko /

Azerbaijani Parliamentary First Vice Speaker Ziyafet Asgarov accused the international community of inaction in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Turkish State Minister Cemil Chichek asked head of the FBI Robert Mueller during his visit to the country to help arrest Kurdistan Workers Party leaders Murat Karayılan, Zubeyr Aydar and Rıza Altun, the CNN Turk's Web site reported.

Turkish Ministry of Health announced Thursday that the death toll from swine flu in Turkey reached 93, Anadolu reported.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu arrived in Tabriz, Iran on Thursday to have several talks, Anadolu reported.

DURING an interview with a Turkish minister recently, your correspondent was asked to remove the battery from her mobile telephone.

Syrian parliamentary delegation will pay a visit to Turkey as the official guest of Turkish Parliament Speaker Mehmet Ali Sahin.

Herman Van Rompuy, Belgium's Prime Minister, has in the past spoken out against Turkish EU membership because, he warned, it would dilute Europe's Christian heritage, the British newspaper The Telegraph reported.