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Erdogan Meets DEM Party Delegation Amid Renewed Hopes For Kurdish Peace Process - Ankara

Handout photo shows the meeting between pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) members Pervin Buldan, Sırrı Süreyya Önder and AKP Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.A KP Deputy Chairman Efkan Ala and Intelligence Organization Director Ibrahim Kalın also attended the meeting which was held at the Presidential Complex and lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes. This marked the first direct contact between Erdogan and pro-Kurdish party representatives since June 12, 2012, when he was prime minister. DEM Party said it will make a statement about the meeting at a later stage, on April 10, 2025 in Ankara, Turkey. Photo by DEM Party Press Office via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Erdogan Meets DEM Party Delegation Amid Renewed Hopes For Kurdish Peace Process - Ankara

Handout photo shows the meeting between pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) members Pervin Buldan, Sırrı Süreyya Önder and AKP Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.A KP Deputy Chairman Efkan Ala and Intelligence Organization Director Ibrahim Kalın also attended the meeting which was held at the Presidential Complex and lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes. This marked the first direct contact between Erdogan and pro-Kurdish party representatives since June 12, 2012, when he was prime minister. DEM Party said it will make a statement about the meeting at a later stage, on April 10, 2025 in Ankara, Turkey. Photo by DEM Party Press Office via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Erdogan Meets DEM Party Delegation Amid Renewed Hopes For Kurdish Peace Process - Ankara

Handout photo shows the meeting between pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) members Pervin Buldan, Sırrı Süreyya Önder and AKP Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.A KP Deputy Chairman Efkan Ala and Intelligence Organization Director Ibrahim Kalın also attended the meeting which was held at the Presidential Complex and lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes. This marked the first direct contact between Erdogan and pro-Kurdish party representatives since June 12, 2012, when he was prime minister. DEM Party said it will make a statement about the meeting at a later stage, on April 10, 2025 in Ankara, Turkey. Photo by DEM Party Press Office via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Erdogan Meets DEM Party Delegation Amid Renewed Hopes For Kurdish Peace Process - Ankara

Handout photo shows the meeting between pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) members Pervin Buldan, Sırrı Süreyya Önder and AKP Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.A KP Deputy Chairman Efkan Ala and Intelligence Organization Director Ibrahim Kalın also attended the meeting which was held at the Presidential Complex and lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes. This marked the first direct contact between Erdogan and pro-Kurdish party representatives since June 12, 2012, when he was prime minister. DEM Party said it will make a statement about the meeting at a later stage, on April 10, 2025 in Ankara, Turkey. Photo by DEM Party Press Office via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Erdogan Meets DEM Party Delegation Amid Renewed Hopes For Kurdish Peace Process - Ankara

Handout photo shows the meeting between pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) members Pervin Buldan, Sırrı Süreyya Önder and AKP Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.A KP Deputy Chairman Efkan Ala and Intelligence Organization Director Ibrahim Kalın also attended the meeting which was held at the Presidential Complex and lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes. This marked the first direct contact between Erdogan and pro-Kurdish party representatives since June 12, 2012, when he was prime minister. DEM Party said it will make a statement about the meeting at a later stage, on April 10, 2025 in Ankara, Turkey. Photo by DEM Party Press Office via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Erdogan Meets DEM Party Delegation Amid Renewed Hopes For Kurdish Peace Process - Ankara

Handout photo shows the meeting between pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) members Pervin Buldan, Sırrı Süreyya Önder and AKP Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.A KP Deputy Chairman Efkan Ala and Intelligence Organization Director Ibrahim Kalın also attended the meeting which was held at the Presidential Complex and lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes. This marked the first direct contact between Erdogan and pro-Kurdish party representatives since June 12, 2012, when he was prime minister. DEM Party said it will make a statement about the meeting at a later stage, on April 10, 2025 in Ankara, Turkey. Photo by DEM Party Press Office via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Erdogan Meets DEM Party Delegation Amid Renewed Hopes For Kurdish Peace Process - Ankara

Handout photo shows the meeting between pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) members Pervin Buldan, Sırrı Süreyya Önder and AKP Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.A KP Deputy Chairman Efkan Ala and Intelligence Organization Director Ibrahim Kalın also attended the meeting which was held at the Presidential Complex and lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes. This marked the first direct contact between Erdogan and pro-Kurdish party representatives since June 12, 2012, when he was prime minister. DEM Party said it will make a statement about the meeting at a later stage, on April 10, 2025 in Ankara, Turkey. Photo by DEM Party Press Office via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Erdogan Meets DEM Party Delegation Amid Renewed Hopes For Kurdish Peace Process - Ankara

Handout photo shows the meeting between pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) members Pervin Buldan, Sırrı Süreyya Önder and AKP Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.A KP Deputy Chairman Efkan Ala and Intelligence Organization Director Ibrahim Kalın also attended the meeting which was held at the Presidential Complex and lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes. This marked the first direct contact between Erdogan and pro-Kurdish party representatives since June 12, 2012, when he was prime minister. DEM Party said it will make a statement about the meeting at a later stage, on April 10, 2025 in Ankara, Turkey. Photo by DEM Party Press Office via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish top officials make sudden trip to Damascus after Syria’s deal with Kurdish-led group

Handout photo shows Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa (front-R) and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (front-L) after their meeting in Damascus, Syria on March 13, 2025. A trio of top Turkish officials on Thursday met with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa during a working visit to neighboring Syria. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Turkish National Defense Minister Yasar Guler, and Ibrahim Kalin, head of the Turkish National Intelligence Organization, were received by Sharaa in the capital Damascus. Photo by Arda Kucukkaya/Turkish Foreign Ministry via DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish top officials make sudden trip to Damascus after Syria’s deal with Kurdish-led group

Handout photo shows Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan after their meeting in Damascus, Syria on March 13, 2025. A trio of top Turkish officials on Thursday met with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa during a working visit to neighboring Syria. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Turkish National Defense Minister Yasar Guler, and Ibrahim Kalin, head of the Turkish National Intelligence Organization, were received by Sharaa in the capital Damascus. Photo by Arda Kucukkaya/Turkish Foreign Ministry via DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish top officials make sudden trip to Damascus after Syria’s deal with Kurdish-led group

Handout photo shows Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan after their meeting in Damascus, Syria on March 13, 2025. A trio of top Turkish officials on Thursday met with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa during a working visit to neighboring Syria. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Turkish National Defense Minister Yasar Guler, and Ibrahim Kalin, head of the Turkish National Intelligence Organization, were received by Sharaa in the capital Damascus. Photo by Arda Kucukkaya/Turkish Foreign Ministry via DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Syria's Interim President Ahmed al-Shara Visits Turkey

Handout - Turkish Presidential Communications Director Fahrettin Altun (L) and Director of the National Intelligence Organization, Ibrahim Kalin (2nd L) welcome Syrian interim President Ahmad Al-Sharaa with an official welcoming ceremony at Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkey on February 04, 2025. Photo by Mustafa Kamaci/ Turkish Presidential Press Service via DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Syria's Interim President Ahmed al-Shara Visits Turkey

Handout -Turkish Director of the National Intelligence Organization, Ibrahim Kalin (L), accompanied by Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, shakes hands with Syrian interim President Ahmad Al-Sharaa (R) during an official welcoming ceremony at Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkey on February 04, 2025. Photo by Mustafa Kamaci/ Turkish Presidential Press Service via DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Syria's Interim President Ahmed al-Shara Visits Turkey

Handout - Turkish Presidential Advisor Akif Cagatay Kilic (L), Turkish Presidential Communications Director Fahrettin Altun (C) and Director of the National Intelligence Organization, Ibrahim Kalin (2nd R) welcome Syrian interim President Ahmad Al-Sharaa (R) with an official welcoming ceremony at Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkey on February 04, 2025. Photo by Mustafa Kamaci/ Turkish Presidential Press Service via DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkey chief adviser Kalin

TOKYO, Japan - Ibrahim Kalin, the chief adviser to the Turkish prime minister, speaks in an interview in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2011. Kalin said Turkey hopes to formalize a deal with Japan on the construction of a nuclear power plant in the northern Turkish city of Sinop within two to three months.

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Turkey's concerns not eased on Finland and Sweden's NATO bid: Erdogan

STORY: Turkey's concerns not eased on Finland and Sweden's NATO bid: Erdogan DATELINE: June 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:10 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Turkey CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the bilateral meeting of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in Turkey (file) 2. various of NATO headquarters, NATO flag in Brussels, Belgium (file) 3. various of the militants of PKK in Turkey (file) 4. various of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey (file) 5. various of Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson (file) 6. various of the meeting between Turkish presidential spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin and Finnish delegations in Ankara Turkey (file) 7. various of NATO headquarters, NATO flag in Brussels, Belgium (file) STORYLINE: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Turkey's concerns over Finland and Sweden's accession to NATO were not responded to with any substantial steps. Erdogan told NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in a phone

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Turkey expects concrete steps from Sweden, Finland for NATO bids: FM

STORY: Turkey expects concrete steps from Sweden, Finland for NATO bids: FM DATELINE: May 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:13 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Turkey CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Turkey 2. various of joint press conference of Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu with Romanian Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu and Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau in Dolmabahce Presidential Working Office, Istanbul 3. SOUNGBITE 1 (Turkish): MEVLUT CAVUSOGLU, Turkish Foreign Minister 4. various of meeting between Turkish presidential spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin and Finnish delegations and and Swedish delegations in Ankara 5. various of NATO headquarters, NATO flag in Brussels 6. various of the militants of PKK 7. SOUNGBITE 2 (Turkish): MEVLUT CAVUSOGLU, Turkish Foreign Minister 8. various of the tripartite meeting of Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu with Romanian Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu and Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau in Dolmabahce Presidential Working Office, Istanbul, Turkey STORYLINE:

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Turkey says Finland, Sweden's NATO bids not to progress unless Ankara's concerns addressed

STORY: Turkey says Finland, Sweden's NATO bids not to progress unless Ankara's concerns addressed DATELINE: May 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:21 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the meeting between Turkish presidential spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin and Finnish delegations in Turkey 2. various of the headquarters of NATO 3. various of the press conference of Turkish presidential spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): IBRAHIM KALIN, Turkish presidential spokesperson 5. various of the meeting between Turkish presidential spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin and Finnish delegations in Turkey 6. various of the militants of PKK 7. various of the press conference of Turkish presidential spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin 8. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): IBRAHIM KALIN, Turkish presidential spokesperson 9. various of the meeting between Turkish presidential spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin and Finnish delegations in Turkey STORYLINE: Turkey has set out conditions for the Swedish and Finnish delegations to earn its

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TURKEY-ANKARA-SWEDEN-FINLAND-NATO MEMBERSHIP-TALKS

(220525) -- ANKARA, May 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Turkish presidential spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin speaks at a press conference after Turkey's talks with Sweden and Finland in Ankara, Turkey, on May 25, 2022. Turkey has set out conditions for the Swedish and Finnish delegations to earn its support over the two Nordic countries' bids to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Turkish presidential spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin said on Wednesday. (Xinhua)

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TURKEY-ANKARA-SWEDEN-FINLAND-NATO MEMBERSHIP-TALKS

(220525) -- ANKARA, May 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Turkish presidential spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin speaks at a press conference after Turkey's talks with Sweden and Finland in Ankara, Turkey, on May 25, 2022. Turkey has set out conditions for the Swedish and Finnish delegations to earn its support over the two Nordic countries' bids to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Turkish presidential spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin said on Wednesday. (Xinhua)

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TURKEY-ANKARA-SWEDEN-FINLAND-NATO MEMBERSHIP-TALKS

(220525) -- ANKARA, May 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Officials from Finland meet with Turkish counterparts in Ankara, Turkey, on May 25, 2022. Turkey has set out conditions for the Swedish and Finnish delegations to earn its support over the two Nordic countries' bids to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Turkish presidential spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin said on Wednesday. (Xinhua)

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TURKEY-ANKARA-SWEDEN-FINLAND-NATO MEMBERSHIP-TALKS

(220525) -- ANKARA, May 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Officials from Sweden meet with Turkish counterparts in Ankara, Turkey, on May 25, 2022. Turkey has set out conditions for the Swedish and Finnish delegations to earn its support over the two Nordic countries' bids to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Turkish presidential spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin said on Wednesday. (Xinhua)

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Turkey has no intention of joining sanctions against Russia: foreign minister

STORY: Turkey has no intention to impose sanctions on Russia: foreign minister DATELINE: March 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:21 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of televised interview of Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Turkish TV news channel Haberturk 2. SOUNDBITE (Turkish): MEVLUT CAVUSOGLU, Turkish Foreign Minister STORYLINE: Turkey has no intention of joining international sanctions against Russia, Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has said to Turkish TV news channel Haberturk. SOUNDBITE (Turkish): MEVLUT CAVUSOGLU, Turkish Foreign Minister "As a principle, we didn't participate in such sanctions in a general sense. We have no intention of joining these sanctions, either." Turkish Presidential Spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin said on the same day that Turkey does not favor the opinion of imposing sanctions against Russia. Turkey has commercial relations with Russia in natural gas, tourism and agriculture. Tourism is a significant source of the Turkish economy

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Turkey chief adviser Kalin

TOKYO, Japan - Ibrahim Kalin, the chief adviser to the Turkish prime minister, speaks in an interview in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2011. Kalin said Turkey hopes to formalize a deal with Japan on the construction of a nuclear power plant in the northern Turkish city of Sinop within two to three months. (Kyodo)