He left with what the Turkish Foreign Minister called a "frank and friendly" message about intemperate language.
Clinton spoke by phone with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and with U.S. Ambassador Francis Ricciardone, Ms. Nuland said.
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said this month that the missile batteries will stay only as long as there is a threat.
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said a "humanitarian tragedy" was taking place in Syria, and he called on the UN Security Council to act.
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Earlier, the Turkish foreign minister, Abdullah Gul, said Turkish military observers, whom the US have invited into northern Iraq, would be arriving in Kirkuk shortly.
Earlier, in Istanbul, Mr Kerry said after talks with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu that he saw Turkey as an "important contributor" to efforts to achieve peace in the Middle East.
At a news conference with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, Mr Kerry said the two Nato allies shared a common goal - to end the suffering of innocent civilians in Syria.
Mrs Clinton met Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in New York and made it clear to him that this was not the time for more tension and volatility in the region.
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davotoglu recently called on Barzani in Irbil, and they "emphasized that any attempt to exploit the power vacuum by any violent group or organization (in Syria) will be considered as a common threat, " a not-so-veiled warning to the PYD.
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"There is a very clear understanding about the need to end this conflict quickly, but not doing it in a way that produces even more deaths, injuries and destruction, " Clinton said after talks with her Turkish counterpart, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu.
The center would help address U.S. concerns about Turkish troop deployments in northern Iraq, said Ali Tuygan, Turkish deputy undersecretary to the foreign minister.
This plan came a few days after Turkey's foreign minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, became the first Turkish minister to set foot in the Iraqi Kurds' semi-independent state.
Abdullah Gul, briefly prime minister and now foreign minister, instructed Turkish embassies abroad to socialise with members of some rather shady pro-Islamic outfits.
Mr Papandreou has also had to react nimbly to an acceleration of diplomatic moves over Cyprus, which could make or break the Greek-Turkish rapprochement that is his biggest achievement as foreign minister.
Other members will include the European Union's Javier Solana, a former Turkish president, Suleyman Demirel, and Norway's foreign minister, Thorbjorn Jagland.
The foreign minister again criticised Israeli troops for killing nine Turkish activists in 2010.
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Bloch stays at home of Austrian Foreign Minister Mock and accompanies him to a farewell dinner for Turkish ambassador.
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As well as Mr Jalili's visit to Damascus, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has been holding talks in the Turkish capital, Ankara.
The Turkish prime minister said that he had raised the issue yesterday with the Iranian foreign minister.
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