TURKEY-RUSSIA TIES: A STRATEGIC GAME?
By Dr. Abdul Ruff Colachal

Kashmir Watch
http://www.kashmirwatch.com/showarticles.php?subaction=showfull&id=1236033204&archive=&start_from=&ucat=3&var0news=value0news
March 2 2009

As his first ever trip to Russia since becoming Turkish President,
Abdullah Gul paid a four-day visit to the Russian Federation
from February 12 to 15 and met the Russian leaders discussing
various diplomatic and economic matters. Russian Prime Minister
Vladimir Putin emphasized

CONCERNS WILL REMAIN

By David Petrosyan

March 2, 2009

The latest public rapprochement of two geopolitical opponents,
Russia and Turkey, was outlined last autumn, when, for stabilizing the
situation in the South Caucasus after the "five-day" Russian-Georgian
war, Ankara proposed establishing a Security Platform in the region by
the scheme 3+2 (Azerbaijan,

Today’s Zaman, Turkey
Feb 9 2009

Turkey in the United Nations Security Council

ABSTRACT - Turkey’s new seat in the UNSC marks a historic achievement
for Turkish foreign policy since 1961. Turkish diplomatic corps around
the world and political leaders have lobbied towards this end since
2003.

In recent years, Turkey has expanded its foreign policy parameters