Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
On an official visit to France, Turkey’s president this weekend will attend events marking the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will pay an official visit to France on Nov. 10-11, the presidential press office said on Friday.
Erdoğan’s visit comes at the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron, said the statement.
During his visit, Erdoğan will attend Armistice Day commemorations.
Turkish president on Friday commemorated the 80th death anniversary of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, "the founder of our republic".In a commemorative message marking the day, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said, "Gazi [Veteran] Mustafa Kemal, who managed to unite our nation around a common ideal in the difficult path he took with endless confidence and belief in the nation, has crowned our war of independence with the foundation of our republic."According to the president’s office, Erdoğan said in his message:"While Turkey keeps on strengthening and growing in stability as we celebrate the 95th anniversary of our republic, we should never forget that our ancestors always overcame all obstacles for unity and solidarity, that they sustained the national and spiritual values under all circumstances, never gave up what they believed in and always protected their independence and future at the cost of their lives."Atatürk was born in 1881 in Thessaloniki, in what was then the Ottoman Empire. He made his mark in the military in 1915 when he led forces to repel the allied invasion in Canakkale, known in the West as the Dardanelles.Following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire after the World War I, Atatürk led the Turkish War of Independence, which defeated European powers. When he became president, Atatürk transformed the former empire into a modern and secular country.Atatürk passed away in Istanbul on Nov. 10, 1938, at the age of 57.
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The ceremonies -- to be hosted by Macron in Paris -- will also see the attendance of nearly 100 world leaders, including U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Nov. 11 Armistice Day marks the 1918 end of World War between the Allies and their opponent, Germany, on land, sea, and air.
Erdoğan is also expected to hold bilateral meetings, particularly with his counterparts Trump and Putin.
France and the Indian Ocean state of Comoros have agreed to resolve a row linked to immigration and territorial disputes, they said on Wednesday.Comoros will reverse a March 21 decision to refuse to accept Comoros citizens turned away from the island of Mayotte, which is officially part of France, although Comoros claims it. In turn, France will rescind a suspension on visas for Comorians.Faced with a wave of migrants this year, many of them pregnant women hoping to give birth in Mayotte so their children could become French, France this year began deporting would-be immigrants back to Comoros.French police detain woman after bomb threat at Dunkirk hospitalComoros considers Mayotte, 400 km (250 miles) east of Mozambique, as part of its archipelago.But Mayotte is a former French colony that voted against independence in 1974 and 1976. In 2009, its people voted overwhelmingly to become a full part of France.That has kept Mayotte richer and more stable than the coup-prone Comoros, and many Comorians try to move to Mayotte.Further agreed steps will be set out in a document to be signed later this month, the two foreign ministries said in a joint statement. 
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