Representatives of Iran, Russia and Turkey discussed required mechanisms to monitor Syrian ceasefire and armistice on the second day of Astana talks on Syria.
Iranian delegation which is going to take part in Astana meeting on Syria held separate bilateral talks with Turkish and Russian teams in Astana, capital city of Kazakhstan.
Turkish MPs have once again engaged in physical violence after a female lawmaker handcuffed herself to the parliament’s podium in protest at a constitutional reform package under debates.
Turkey edged closer to adopting a constitutional bill extending President Tayyip Erdogan's powers overnight, with parliament approving four more articles of a reform.
Turkish prosecutors called for an imprisonment term of up to 142 years for the co-head of the country’s pro-Kurdish opposition party over alleged charges of links to Kurdish militants.
Four Turkish police officers have lost their lives and two others sustained injuries in a roadside bomb explosion that targeted their patrol vehicle in Turkey’s southeastern and Kurdish-populated province of Diyarbakir.
Turkey's parliament approved key articles of a constitutional reform overnight which would allow the president to be a member of a political party and issue decrees.
Russian and Turkish military officials have agreed to coordinate aerial attacks against the positions of foreign-sponsored militant groups in Syria, and signed a memorandum on combat flight safety during missions in Syrian airspace.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that Tehran-Moscow-Ankara close cooperation on the road to creating peace and stability in the region is quite considerable.
The Turkish parliament voted on Tuesday to press on with debate about a constitutional reform package that would expand the powers of President Tayyip Erdogan, taking another step on the path towards an executive presidency, Reuters reported.
Iran and Turkey are expected to sign a deal by the end of this year (March 2017) on building power plants in Iran, said Head of Thermal Power Plants Holding Company of Iran Mohsen Tarztalab.
Iranian Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Mohammad-Reza Nemat-Zadeh is in Ankara to discuss boosting bilateral trade exchanges between the two countries.
Turkey's parliament will this week debate and then vote on extending emergency rule by a further three months, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said in a speech to his ruling AK Party deputies on Tuesday.