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Pope Francis heads to Turkey with a brief to use his populist touch to rebuild bridges with the Islamic world that were damaged by his predecessor Benedict XVI.

• 27 ноября 2014, 13:10

US Vice President Joe Biden departed on a five-day tour of Ukraine, Turkey and Morocco, with the ongoing struggle between Kiev and pro-Moscow rebels.

• 19 ноября 2014, 14:56

Turkish President Recep accused the main Kurdish party in Syria of not wanting Kurdish peshmerga fighters from Iraq to help it fight Islamic State jihadists

• 27 октября 2014, 15:28

Mid-September Kazakhstan's KASE signed a framework agreement on strategic cooperation with BIST; the agreement lays foundations for a long-term partnership, including through reciprocal purchase of shares.

• 27 октября 2014, 15:27

25-year-old Astana beauty Anna Levitskaya has entered the Top 5 of the Photomodel of the Universe-2014 beauty pageant held in Bodrum, Turkey.

• 24 октября 2014, 11:42

US President Barack Obama called his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan and they pledged to step up the fight against the Islamic State group in Syria.

• 20 октября 2014, 12:29

Turkey has granted the United States access to its air bases for the campaign against the Islamic State group.

• 13 октября 2014, 16:36

Turkish President Recep vowed that the peace process with Kurdish rebels would not be derailed by "sabotage".

• 10 октября 2014, 13:28

The White House denied it was planning to create a safe haven along Turkey's border with Syria.

• 09 октября 2014, 17:20

Turkish Prime Minister said no one has the right to criticise Ankara on Syria, after US Vice President accused Turkey of financing and even arming jihadists.

• 06 октября 2014, 12:10

Turkey warned it would not hesitate to strike back at Islamic State jihadists if they attacked Turkish troops stationed at Ankara's exclave inside Syria.

• 04 октября 2014, 14:33

The Turkish government said it has asked parliament to authorise military action in Iraq and Syria to halt the advance of Islamic State (IS) jihadists.

• 01 октября 2014, 11:03

Turkey deployed tanks and armoured vehicles to reinforce its border with Syria amid escalating violence by the Islamic State group.

• 30 сентября 2014, 11:52

Turkey cannot stay out of the international coalition fighting Islamic State jihadists, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.

• 29 сентября 2014, 14:38

Turkish President rushed off the frenzy surrounding Apple's new iPhone 6, saying it was much the same as its iPhone 5 predecessor.

• 29 сентября 2014, 13:19

Turkey's Islamic-rooted government has banned pupils from wearing tattoos or body piercings in schools.

• 29 сентября 2014, 12:38

Kazakhstan and Turkey have the highest suicide level among 15 to 19 year olds in the world.

• 28 сентября 2014, 11:39

The Turkish government announced it was lifting a ban on female students wearing the Islamic headscarf at high schools.

• 23 сентября 2014, 15:43

Islamic State militants closed in on Syria's third-largest Kurdish town as tens of thousands fled in terror across the border into Turkey.

• 22 сентября 2014, 11:51

Blamed by some for prompting the rise of the Islamic State insurgency, Turkey has finally taken steps to tighten its borders with Iraq and Syria.

• 20 сентября 2014, 14:16