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Feb. 25 (BBC News) - Turkey's president has said tensions over an alleged military coup plot will be resolved within the law, after meeting the head of the armed forces.

The defense chiefs of all 28 NATO nations and an undisclosed number of counterparts from non-Alliance partners gathered in Istanbul, Turkey on February 4 to begin two days of meetings focused on the war in Afghanistan, the withdrawal of military forces from Kosovo in the course of transferring control of security operations to the breakaway province’s embryonic army (the Kosovo Security Force) and “the transformation efforts required to best conduct the full range of NATO’s agreed missions.”

Arab-world development hinges on increased education and populous participation in political systems.

October 27, 2009 (AFP) - Iran will accept the broad framework of a UN-brokered uranium deal but wants "very important changes," state television said on Tuesday, adding Tehran will offer its formal response within 48 hours.

October 15, 2009 (Al Jazeera) - A British newspaper report alleging 10 French soldiers died in Afghanistan because Italy failed to inform them of a Taliban payoff deal has been strongly denied by both Italy and France.

September 28, 2009 (AFP) - Iran on Monday test-fired its two long-range missiles which it says could hit targets in arch-foe Israel, as the Revolutionary Guards staged war games for the second straight day. 

ISTANBUL September 1, 2009 (Xinhua) - Turkey on Monday started mediation attempt as it tries to ease the recently erupted tension between Iraq and Syria over insurgency bombings in Iraq.

 

Former FBI translator Sibel Edmonds testified under oath Saturday about shocking details connecting the Turkish government to an intricate network of individuals and organization that bribed, persuaded, and – at least in one case – blackmailed US lawmakers and corrupted American government officials. Corruption. Espionage. Bribery. All to ensure that the US does not recognize the Armenian Genocide ever again.

SILIVRI, Turkey July 20, 2009 (Reuters) - Two retired Turkish generals went on trial on Monday in a group of 56 people accused of planning a coup in a case that highlights a power struggle over Islam's role in the European Union candidate country.

BEIJING July 14, 2009 (Reuters) - China on Tuesday dismissed Turkey's accusation of genocide in its northwestern Muslim region of Xinjiang, where rioting killed 184 people, mostly majority Han Chinese.