ANKARA (News.az)-Turkey is keen to see the OSCE, and Russia in particular, step-up efforts to secure a settlement to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

ISTANBUL (AFP)-Two retired Turkish generals and 54 co-accused went on trial Monday over an alleged coup plot in a case that has deepened the rifts between secularists and the Islamist-rooted government.

WASHINGTON: US lawmakers have voted to brand the killing of Armenians by Ottoman forces during World War I a "genocide", drawing a sharp response from Turkey, which immediately recalled its ambassador.

ANKARA (Hurriyet)-Turkey's foreign minister has said Ankara does not support new US-led sanctions against Iran, indicating that Washington still lacks full backing for the move.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday Turkey will not return its ambassador to Washington until it gets a "clear sign" from the administration after on the Armenian Genocide resolution, approved by the US House Foreign Affairs committee on March 4.

Turkey will never abandon its rights as a "guarantor" power on Cyprus, even if a peace deal is signed between Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders later this year, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Cemil Cicek said on Monday.