TURKEY: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul, Turkish police in the city arrest eight anti-American protesters

Record ID: 217620

  • Title: TURKEY: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul, Turkish police in the city arrest eight anti-American protesters
  • Date: 7th April 2013
  • Summary: ISTANBUL, TURKEY (APRIL 7, 2013) (REUTERS) ANTI-AMERICAN PROTESTERS TRYING TO OPEN BANNERS/ POLICE CHARGING VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS BEING ARRESTED BY POLICE PROTESTER BEING PUSHED INTO POLICE VAN
  • Embargoed: 22nd April 2013 13:00
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  • Location: Turkey
  • Country: Turkey
  • Topics: International Relations,Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVAA1MLXTO00570AMQV64XVRSPH5
  • Story Text: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday (April 7) before winding up his visit to Istanbul.
    Kerry was on a short visit to Turkey's largest city of Istanbul where he met Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and Prime Minister Erdogan to discuss the latest developments in the region.
    Kerry arrived in Istanbul some two weeks after U.S. President Barack Obama brokered a rapprochement between Turkey and Israel, whose relations were shattered by the killing of nine Turkish citizens in a 2010 Israeli naval raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla.
    The rapprochement could help regional coordination to contain spillover from the Syrian civil war and ease Israel's diplomatic isolation in the Middle East as it faces challenges posed by Iran's nuclear program.
    Despite Obama's having pulled off a diplomatic coup on March 22 - a three-way telephone call with the Israeli and Turkish prime ministers, who had not spoken since 2011 - Washington has some concerns that Turkey might be backtracking on the deal.
    Israel bowed to a long-standing demand by Ankara, once its close strategic partner, to apologize formally for the deaths aboard the Turkish vessel Mavi Marmara. The two sides are now discussing compensations.
    A small group of anti-American protesters gathered outside Erdogan's office. Eight men shouting slogans against what they called U.S. imperialism were arrested.
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