Turkey

Syria denounces Turkey for allowing Peshmerga, rebels into Kobane

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, DAMASCUS -- Syria accused Turkey on Thursday of committing a "flagrant violation" of its sovereignty, state television said, as Ankara allowed Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga and opposition rebels into Kobane to fight jihadists."Once again, Turkey has shown its conspiratorial role... by allowing foreign forces and terrorist groups to enter Syria," a foreign ministry statement said."This constitutes a flagrant violation...

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Erdogan: Ties between Turkey, Iran move further since Rouhani takes office

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, ANKARA -- Bilateral ties between Turkey and Iran have moved further since Hassan Rouhani was elected as the Iranian president, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday, after the two sides endorsed 10 deals in several sectors including banking, transportation and energy.The Iranian president, who was on a two-day official state visit to Turkey starting from...