Turkish PM: Turkey, Armenia to sign deal for diplomatic ties on Oct. 10

October 11th, 2009 Turkey:Armenia must withdraw from Nagorno-KarabakhANKARA, Turkey — Turkey's prime minister says Armenia must withdraw from the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, a day after the two countries signed a deal to normalize ties. Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey cannot take a "positive step" toward opening the joint border with Armenia until Armenian troops leave the breakaway enclave in Azerbaijan.

October 11th, 2009 Turkey: Armenia must pull out of Nagorno-KarabakhANKARA, Turkey — One day after Turkey signed a deal the U.S. helped salvage to end a century of enmity with Armenia, Turkey's leader set a tough condition for normalizing ties on Sunday: Armenia must withdraw from the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh.

October 10th, 2009 Turkey, Armenia to sign historic accordZURICH — The foreign ministers of the United States, Russia, France and the European Union gathered Saturday in Switzerland to watch Turkey and Armenia sign an accord establishing diplomatic ties in hopes of reopening their border and ending a century of acrimony over their bloody past. Nationalists on both sides are seeking to derail implementation of the agreement.

October 10th, 2009 Clinton pulls back from Turkish-Armenian signingZURICH — The signing of an accord to restore diplomatic ties between Turkey and Armenia was delayed at the last minute Saturday due to concerns over the wording of the final statement the parties will make. U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Rodham Clinton abruptly returned to her hotel just before she was to attend the signing ceremony.

October 2nd, 2009 Armenia president explains Turkey ties to diasporaPARIS — Armenian President Serge Sarkisian kicked off a tour of influential Armenian communities worldwide with talks in Paris on Friday, as he seeks support for his landmark bid to establish ties with Turkey after a century of enmity. The killing of up to 1.5 million Armenians under the Ottoman Empire has been the main barrier to reconciliation.

October 2nd, 2009 Violent protests in Paris greet Armenian presidentPARIS — Violent protests broke out Friday at the start of Armenian President Serge Sarkisian's tour of Armenian communities worldwide, with demonstrators in Paris shouting "traitor!" at him and decrying his plans to establish ties with Turkey. Sarkisian embarked on the tour — which will also take him to the United States, Russia and Lebanon — to seek support for his landmark bid for diplomatic ties with Turkey after a century of enmity.

September 30th, 2009 US prods Armenia, Turkey on diplomatic tiesNEW YORK — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday pressed Armenia and Turkey to follow through on their commitment to normalize relations after decades of hostility. In separate meetings on the sidelines of the U.N.

September 1st, 2009 Turkey, Armenia to launch talks on diplomatic tiesYEREVAN, Armenia — Armenia and Turkey, bitter foes for a century, took a step toward reconciliation Monday by announcing they would launch final talks aimed at establishing diplomatic ties. But they won't discuss the deepest source of their enmity: the World War I-era massacres of Armenians under Ottoman rule.

September 1st, 2009 Turkish FM: Turkey, Armenia still have far to goANKARA, Turkey — Turkey and Armenia are at the beginning of a "long process" toward normalizing relations, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Tuesday, suggesting the issue surrounding the massacres of Armenians 90 years ago remains tricky. Armenia and Turkey, bitter foes for a century, took a major step toward reconciliation late Tuesday, announcing they were launching final talks aimed at establishing diplomatic ties.

August 31st, 2009 Turkey, Armenia agree to establish diplomatic tiesYEREVAN, Armenia — Armenia and Turkey agreed Monday to final talks aimed at establishing diplomatic relations and resolving a seemingly intractable rift that dates to the massacres of Armenians under Ottoman rule nearly 100 years ago. Both sides said in a joint statement they expected the talks to take six weeks and to end with an agreement setting up and developing ties.

August 31st, 2009 Issues dividing neighbors Armenia and TurkeyIssues dividing neighbors Armenia and Turkey, which announced Monday they would establish diplomatic relations for the first time: GENOCIDE: Bitterly divided by killing of up to 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turks during World War I, which many scholars consider first genocide of 20th century. Armenia wants it recognized as one of worst humanitarian atrocities.

April 25th, 2009 Turkey says Obama failed to mention slain TurksANKARA, Turkey — Turkey's president said Saturday that President Barack Obama failed to honor Turks slain by Armenians in a message remembering the dead in massacres nearly a century ago. Obama on Friday refrained from branding the WWI-era massacre of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians in Turkey a "genocide," and instead referred to the killings that began in 1915 as "one of the great atrocities of the 20th century." The phrasing of Obama's statement attracted heightened scrutiny, as using the "genocide" label could have angered U.S.

April 24th, 2009 Obama faces dilemma on Armenian killingsWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama faces a dilemma as he prepares to issue an annual presidential statement on the World War I-era killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks. Referring to the killings as genocide could upend recent pledges of a closer partnership with Turkey, a vital ally in a critical region.

April 24th, 2009 Thousands of Armenians mourn WWI-era mass killingsYEREVAN, Armenia — Thousands of Armenians are marking the anniversary of what they call the 1915 genocide despite a diplomatic thaw between Armenia and Turkey. They marched through Armenia's capital of Yerevan on Friday holding torches and candles on the killings' 94th anniversary.

April 22nd, 2009 Turkey says accord reached with Armenia on roadmapANKARA, Turkey — Turkey and Armenia have agreed on a roadmap for normalizing relations and reaching reconciliation, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said Wednesday, but it wasn't immediately clear how they would tackle their bitter dispute over Ottoman-era killings of ethnic Armenians. Turkish officials would not discuss that issue and the ministry statement said only that the two countries had worked out a framework for reaching a solution that would satisfy both sides.