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Turkey s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses media representatives during a press conference at a European Union (EU) summit at EU Headquarters in Brussels on March 24, 2022. AFP

Erdogan, who has been trying to broker peace between Moscow and Kyiv, made the comments while returning from a emergency NATO summit in Brussels.

Erdogan said he would telephone Ukrainian President Volodmyr Zelensky on Friday and speak to Putin at the weekend or early next week, in comments published by the private NTV broadcaster and other media outlets.

"We should tell (Putin) you should be the architect of the step to be taken for peace," Erdogan said.

"We should look for a way to resolve this issue by telling him 'make an honourable start'", said the Turkish leader, who has held direct talks with Putin.

An ally of Kyiv and a NATO member, Turkey has been trying to broker peace while declining to join Western sanctions against Russia.

Erdogan also said he would review the NATO summit's results with Putin and Zelensky.

NATO on Thursday announced new troop deployments to Romania, Hungary, Slovakia and Bulgaria and a plan to bolster chemical and nuclear defences.

Erodgan also said Russia and Ukraine appeared to have reached agreement on the four out of six negotiating points: Ukraine's withdrawal from NATO, the use of Russian in Ukraine, disarmament and security guarantees.

"Of course Ukraine is a state. It's out of the question (for Kyiv) to accept disarmament from A to Z but the Ukrainian side said some compromises might be made there," said Erdogan.

But he made clear that Ukraine was not that flexible with the status of the breakaway pro-Russian Donbas region and Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014.

Turkey hosted the Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers in the southern resort of Antalya this month.

Erdogan has repeatedly said his country is ready to be a venue for a meeting between Putin and Zelensky.

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Trkiye's President Erdogan denounces discrimination against all vulnerable people around the world, stressing that "Islamophobia" is not only an issue for Muslims but it should also be for all people around the world.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that anti-Muslim sentiments are continuing to spread like a plague in Western countries.

Anti-Muslim hatred "is poisoning all segments of society, from people on the street to politicians, workers, and civil servants, he said in a video message at the 2nd International Media and Islamophobia Forum in Ankara on Tuesday.

The atmosphere of hatred promoted by irresponsible media negatively affects Muslims as well as millions of people with different languages, religions, origins, and cultures," he added.

The embarrassing debates in the context of the Ukraine crisis reveal the dangerous dimensions of Islamophobia and cultural racism.

Erdogan denounced discrimination against all vulnerable people around the world, stressing that anti-Muslim sentiment is not only an issue for Muslims, but it should also be for all people around the world.

Otherwise, we cannot prevent Islamophobic attacks like (the ones in) New Zealand in 2019 and Canada in 2021, he warned.

The president emphasised that along with Western politicians, media outlets and state institutions, the biggest responsibility falls on the Islamic world and its institutions.

Muslims must react strongly, seek their rights on legitimate grounds, and fight against this injustice, unlawfulness and discrimination, which targets hundreds of millions of people along with them, he said.

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Trkiye cannot fight Islamophobia alone

At this very point, Islamophobia is not a problem only for the Western communities and societies. As part of racism, Islamophobia is already a global problem, Trkiyes Communications Director Fahrettin Altun said in his address at the forum.

We see that Islamophobic events are also disseminating on the social life and we see that in certain countries. The women are prohibited from reaching out to education due to their clothes and headscarves, Altun said.

People who are subjected to hate attacks are in need of greater safety and security, he urged.

Islamophobia is not a problem that Trkiye can fight on its own. We are in need of an international and multi-dimensional struggle against Islamophobia, he added.

This struggle should definitely start from Europe and disseminate to the whole world. As Islamophobia is becoming institutionalized in Europe, the fight against Islamophobia should be institutionalized in Europe as well, he stressed.

READ MORE:Study: Dutch Muslims spat on, beaten, discriminated in Islamophobic crimes

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is visiting Turkey Monday in his first official trip to the country since he took office in December

ByThe Associated Press

March 14, 2022, 8:44 AM

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ISTANBUL -- German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is visiting Turkey Monday in his first official trip to the country since he took office in December.

He will hold talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, followed by a news conference.

A Turkish presidency statement said the two leaders are expected to discuss the Russia-Ukraine war and Turkish-European Union Relations, along with bilateral relations.

NATO-member Turkey has close relations with both Russia and Ukraine and brought the two countries foreign ministers together last week for negotiations. Though those talks did not yield results, diplomatic efforts continue.

Germany and Turkey have significant trade relations, with bilateral trade 2021 rising above $41 billion in 2021. Some 3 million people of Turkish origin live in Germany, closely linking the two countries. But relations have been tested by Turkey's human rights record, including the jailing of German journalists and an activist, as well as Erdogan lashing out against European leaders.

Germany considers Turkey an important partner to handle the ongoing refugee and migrant crisis with people trying to reach Europe from Turkey. The German government is also aware that Turkey has an important geostrategic position as a NATO member.

In her 16 years in office, former German Chancellor Angela Merkel struck a delicate balance between cooperation and criticism, meeting with Erdogan numerous times. Her last visit was in October before she left office.

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Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis and Turkish President Erdogan had a productive meeting in Istanbul on Sunday. Credit: Press Office of Greek Prime Minister

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul on Sunday afternoon.

Mitsotakis first arrived in Istanbul on Sunday morning, attending church services with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at Saint George Cathedral, one of the most important churches in Orthodox Christianity.

Erdogan then hosted his Greek counterpart for lunch at his presidential residence, during which the pair discussed pressing issues of foreign policy and diplomacy for nearly two hours.

As confirmed by the Turkish Presidency, the two leaders focused much of their discussion on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has stunned Europe and the world. Both Greece and Turkey have denounced the war.

The pair agreed to reduce tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean, particularly in the wake of the war in Ukraine. The goal of both leaders is to provide stability in the region at this time.

They also agreed that the two countries should work toward better communication in the future and avoid provocative rhetoric.

The neighboring countries will also aim to strengthen their economic bonds, with Turkish President Erdogan even suggesting that the two continue their conversation on the topic during another meeting in the coming months.

Video of the two leaders before their meal showed Erdogan and Mitsotakis having a friendly conversation, aided by an interpreter. Neither of the leaders wore a tie, highlighting the casual tone of the meeting.

Before the meeting, Mitsotakis stated that he had realistic and measured expectations from todays conversation, indicating that the meeting was not meant to mend the rocky relationship between the two countries, but to foster better understanding and cooperation.

Yet it seems that the meeting may have laid the groundwork for a period of better relations between the two countries which share a long and turbulent history. Rather than as enemies, the two leaders approached the conversation as allies.

Later in the afternoon, Mitsotakis will meet with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew yet again at the Greek consulate in the Turkish city.

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Bangladesh foreign minister AK Abdul Momen and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu pose for a photograph in Turkey on Saturday. BSS photo

Dhaka and Ankara have agreed that foreign ministries of the two countries would work together for a bilateral visit of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Bangladesh within this year.

This was revealed at a bilateral meeting between Bangladesh foreign minister AK Abdul Momen and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu on the side-line of Antalya Diplomacy Forum in Turkey on Saturday, a foreign ministry press release said on Sunday.

During the meeting, Momen discussed the issue of Rohingya crisis in details while Turkish foreign minister assured to continue his governments support for the forcibly displaced Rohingyas.

At the invitation of Bangladesh foreign minister Cavusoglu, informed that he would soon visit Bangladesh at a mutually convenient time.

Momen paid a one-day official visit to Tukey on Saturday to join second Antalya Diplomacy Forum, attended by several other foreign ministers from Asian countries held in Antalya.

On the side-line, Momen also held bilateral meeting with foreign ministers of Austria and Kyrgyz Republic.

During the meeting with Austrian foreign minister Alexander Schallenberg, Momen discussed the issue of joint celebration of the golden jubilee of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

In line with the last months telephone meeting between prime ministers of Bangladesh and Austria, the two foreign ministers discussed ways for further augmenting the bilateral relations.

At his meeting with Kyrgyz foreign minister Ruslan Kazakbaev Aitbaevich, Momen flagged the potential of increasing trade between the two countries.

The Bangladeshi foreign minister assured his Kyrgyz counterpart that Dhaka would be willing to work together with Kyrgyz Republic in the coming days to increase relations between the two countries in the areas of trade, connectivity and people to people contact.

Executive director of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-building Measures in Asia Kairat Sarybay also called on Bangladesh foreign minister.

During the meeting, the CICA executive director explained the recent activities of the inter-government organisation while Momen emphasised on the importance of a peaceful and stable Asia for its prosperous.

The view that the role of CICA, where Bangladesh is a member, should play an active role in this regard, the foreign minister observed.

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