The meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Aug. 9 is expected to pave the way for restoring bilateral cooperation, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said Friday.
Turkish Interior Minister Efkar Ala on Friday told media that 18,044 people have been detained after a failed coup attempt.
Turkish special forces backed by helicopters, drones and the navy hunted a remaining group of commandos thought to have tried to capture or kill President Tayyip Erdogan during a failed coup, as a crackdown on suspected plotters widened on Tuesday.
Turkey vowed to root out allies of the U.S.-based cleric it blames for an abortive coup last week, widening a purge of the army, police and judiciary on Tuesday to universities and schools, the intelligence agency and religious authorities.
As a faction of the Turkish armed forces involved in the coup attempt was deemed as loyal to U.S. -based cleric Fethullah Gulen, Turkey firmly demands extradition of the cleric, which may sour bilateral ties, local experts said Monday.
Uncertainties remain in Turkey in the wake of the failed military coup on Friday, though the Turkish parliament said Sunday that the country's security order has "returned to normal".
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday reiterated a call for his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama to hand over the leader of an opposition movement accused of being behind the coup attempt in Turkey.
The situation in Turkey has been tense in the past 10 hours as groups inside the army attempted to topple the government.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said here early Saturday that his holiday resort was bombed as soon as he left, vowing to finish the operation against coup plotters to keep the army "clean."
The leaders of the estranged Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities tackled yet another issue on Tuesday in their quest for a solution reunifying their partitioned island-country.
Turkish police seized six more suspects on Friday over their links to the triple suicide bombing attacks on Istanbul Ataturk Airport late last month, local media reported.
The restoration of relations between Russia and Turkey, which have soured following the downing of a Russian warplane by Ankara in November last year, benefits both countries, but the process will take time.
Russia is ready to start restoring its relationship with Turkey and normalize bilateral ties, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday in a phone conversation with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Turkish Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Feridun Sinirlioglu signed the Turkish side of deal to normalize ties with Tel Aviv on Tuesday in Ankara.
The Russian Foreign Ministry on Friday urged Ankara to give due punishment to a Turkish national who allegedly killed a Russian military pilot in the downing of a Russian warplane in November last year.
Turkey and United States are facing challenges in maintaining robust ties over their divide on on Syria policies.
Fifty-two Taiwan residents have been arrested in Turkey for alleged fraud, said Taiwan authorities on Tuesday.
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