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Erdogan, Obama discuss Armenia
A meeting between Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Barack Obama "focused on many issues, including Armenia and Iran," while a trilateral meeting between the Turkish, U.S. and Brazilian leaders was centered "exclusively on Iran," reported Erdogan's office.
Erdogan: Armenians exterminated Turks; never faced Genocide
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday claimed that Armenians in the Ottoman Empire never faced genocide and, on the contrary, themselves plotted to exterminate Turks.
Erdogan: Diaspora does not share my vision
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday met in Ankara with the editor of the Jamanak Turkish-Armenian newspaper, Ara Kochunyan. During the meeting, Erdogan congratulated Jamanak (established in 1908)
Erdogan: Europe needs Turkey more than we need it
Erdogan this week shot back at the European Union for criticizing freedom of press in Turkey in its annual progress report on the Islamic country, saying that Europe had more to gain from Turkey's membership than it did
Erdogan: Only diaspora can stop protocol signing
The Wall Street Journal reported that Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in an interview that the signing of the Armenia-Turkey protocols was not dependent on progress of talks to be held Thursday in Moldova between the Armenian and Azeri presidents.
Erdogan: We will never betray Azerbaijan
ANKARA (RFE/RL)-Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was reported on Monday to have again linked the normalisation of Turkish-Armenian relations with a settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict that would satisfy Azerbaijan.
Etchmiadzin follows Cilicia Catholicosate in abandoning Akhtamar mass
  On Sept. 4, Etchmiadzin announced that it will not take part in the Divine Liturgy scheduled to take place on Sept. 19 at Akhtamar because Turkish authorities have declined to place a cross on top of the Holy Cross Church.