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Turkey Turkey
Official Name: Republic of Turkey
Region: Southeastern Europe, Western Asia, Middle East
Capital: Ankara
Dialing code: 90
Currency: Turkish lira
Government: Parliamentary republic
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- Sunday 30 December 2012
December 29, 2012 (KHARTOUM) - Sudanese foreign minister Ali Ahmed Karti said that Turkey presented a proposal to resolve the disputed issues between Sudan and South Sudan.
In statements to the Turkish Anadolu Agency in Ankara, Karti (...)
- Sunday 21 April 2013
April 21, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese Ministry of Oil signed on Saturday a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Turkish company Soma Group by which it will grant the latter a concession to begin oil exploration and production (...)
- Friday 3 February 2012
February 2, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – Five Turks held hostages for five months in Sudan’s western region of Darfur have been freed and flown to Khartoum on Thursday, according to multiple sources. A volunteer from Kimse Yok Mu, a Turkish (...)
- Sunday 17 March 2013
March 16, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Turkish president, Abdullah Gul, on Thursday signed into law a 2011 framework agreement with Sudan on military cooperation. Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul (JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP/Getty Images)
According (...)
- Thursday 25 April 2013
April 24, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – A visit to Sudan originally set for this month by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been postponed, diplomatic and government sources told Sudan Tribune today. Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip (...)
- Sunday 1 July 2012
June 30, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) - Ethiopia has signed two agreements with Chinese and Turkish companies to construct a 3.2 billion dollar railway network.
According to the Ethiopian Railways Corporation (ERC), a Turkish firm Yapi Merkezi (...)
- Monday 12 March 2012
March 11, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – A long awaited economic conference in Turkey that was to discuss Sudan’s ailing finances after the South’s secession, has been postponed indefinitely, officials and diplomats in Khartoum said. Two landmarks, (...)
- Friday 23 November 2012
November 22, 2012 (KHARTOUM) - The fourth European Film Festival in Sudan was launched in Khartoum on Tuesday by Sudan’s Minister of Culture and Information, Ahmed Bilal Osman at the offices of the European Union Delegation.
This (...)
- Saturday 7 November 2009
November 6, 2009 (WASHINGTON) – The Turkish government on Friday fought to fend off mounting criticisms of its invitation to Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir for participation in the a summit of the Standing Committee for (...)
- Sunday 8 November 2009
(Corrects Bashir arrival date to Sunday afternoon)
November 7, 2009 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir will arrive in Turkey on Monday afternoon to take part in the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial (...)
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