Turkish President Abdullah Gül said he will call for a Middle East totally free of nuclear weapons when he addresses the UN General Assembly later this week. Read more »

The most assertive remarks concerning Turkey's growing influence on the global stage came from Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, who hailed the EU candidate country as “one of the top five countries in the world today” with respect to foreign policy. Read more »

Three days before the official end of the US combat mission in Iraq, US President Barack Obama said on Saturday Iraq was now a "sovereign" nation free to determine its own destiny. Read more »

What Arabs who look admiringly to Ankara do not understand is that Turkey's leaders act in concordance with Turkish public sentiment, not to save Arab dignity, writes Azmi Bishara Read more »

The shift in Turkey's foreign policy orientation towards the Middle East has raised fears that the country could turn away from the West. In his essay, Hüseyin Bagci, professor of international politics at the Technical University of Ankara, explains that despite appearances, the USA and the EU remain Turkey's most important partners Read more »