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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called snap polls after his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) failed to form a coalition government with the opposition.

• 25 августа 2015, 16:48

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced he would call snap elections likely to be held on November 1, after coalition talks failed in an unprecedented political impasse.

• 22 августа 2015, 11:09

Turkey's almost month-long campaign of air strikes against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the Turkish southeast and northern Iraq will weaken but cannot destroy the Kurdish militant group.

• 21 августа 2015, 15:10

Kazakhstan has been put on the map of the world's riskiest sovereign debt by Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Really?

• 20 августа 2015, 18:07

Turkey's Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu informed President Recep Tayyip Erdogan he had failed to form a coalition government, paving the way for new general elections just months after June polls.

• 19 августа 2015, 12:56

A pro-Islamic State jihadist video has urged Turks to rise up against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, accusing him of being a traitor who has sided with the United States and Kurdish militants.

• 19 августа 2015, 11:03

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said he had exhausted all options to form a coalition government, leaving the country facing snap elections just months after the June 7 polls.

• 18 августа 2015, 11:54

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday defiantly vowed to renew his drive for a new presidency-based constitution.

• 15 августа 2015, 10:57

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed that Turkey would press on with a campaign against Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants "until not one terrorist remains".

• 12 августа 2015, 11:40

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif's scheduled visit to Turkey on Tuesday has been postponed.

• 11 августа 2015, 13:53

On August 3, Baku welcomed the Nomad express container train traveling from Shihezi, China to Georgia via Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan

• 10 августа 2015, 15:04

18-year-old girl from Kazakhstan Aida Sarabayeva was killed in a resent traffic accident on the road from Pamukkale to Antalya.

• 10 августа 2015, 13:46

Turkey's Kurdish political leader Selahattin Demirtas urged the world to denounce Ankara's new "unjust war" on rebel Kurds and asked the EU to push clearly for a truce.

• 07 августа 2015, 15:10

Bruised by one of the worst setbacks of his political career, Turkey's pugnacious President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is ready to play the card of calling snap polls in a high-stakes gamble that could yet backfire.

• 07 августа 2015, 13:49

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to do "whatever necessary" in Turkey's controversial fight against Kurdish militants, with no end in sight to a two-week cycle of violence.

• 04 августа 2015, 12:37

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier urged Turkey not to abandon the Kurdish peace process despite an upsurge in tension and violence.

• 01 августа 2015, 12:22

Turkey's deputy prime minister on Wednesday ignited a new row over discrimination against women in Turkish politics when he told a female deputy "as a woman, be quiet!".

• 30 июля 2015, 11:38

NATO strongly backed Turkey's fight against Islamic State militants in Syria at emergency talks.

• 29 июля 2015, 15:27

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan headed for China Wednesday having secured NATO's backing for Ankara's fight against Islamic State militants.

• 29 июля 2015, 13:37

Turkey's foreign minister said that Kurdish rebels "never respected" the peace process with Ankara, with a ceasefire now in tatters after a series of attacks and cross-border offensives.

• 28 июля 2015, 12:13