Turkey does not recognise the Greek-Cypriot republic as the legitimate representative of the island so "we would not accept them as interlocutors", said Mr Davutoglu.

土耳其并不承认希腊-塞浦路斯共和国作为该岛的合法代表，因此“我们不会接受他们作为对话者”，达武特奥卢先生如是说。

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Mr Aktar suggests that individual EU countries which back Turkey should name an unofficial target date for entry: perhaps 2023, the centenary of the Turkish republic.

Aktar表示，支持土的欧盟各成员国应确定土入盟的非正式目标：也许2023年较合适。那是土耳其共和国建国100周年。

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The most visible holds are several U.S. ambassadorial nominees, such as Robert Ford to Syria, Frank Ricciardone to Turkey, Matthew Bryza to Azerbaijan, and Norm Eisen to the Czech Republic.

最显而易见的阻挠是对几位美国大使的提名者，比如到叙利亚任命的罗伯特•福特，土耳其的弗兰克•里奇昂多，阿塞拜疆的马修•布雷扎以及去往捷克共和国的诺姆•艾森。

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Before visiting Iraq and Turkey, the president was in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic.

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This tiny enclave of the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus is not recognized by the United Nations and reluctantly recognized by Turkey.

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In 1993,Spiegler earned the gratitude of the Republic of Turkey for recovering 6th century gold and silver treasures which had been stolen by tomb raiders and eventually sold to New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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NATO, and is now the border between Turkey and the republic of Ajaria in Georgia.

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Azeris have a history of tensions with the central government over their close cultural ties to Turkey and the Republic of Azerbaijan and occasional separatist movements.

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But its residents do not appear to mourn - or even notice - the passing of the man who abolished the Islamic Caliphate and declared Turkey a secular Republic.

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