Gul receives turkmen delegation

President Abdullah Gul received Mammetniyaz Nurmammedov, deputy chair of Turkmenistan's Cabinet, and an accompanying delegation in Istanbul yesterday. Gul's closed-door meeting with the Turkmen delegation took place at the Tarabya Mansion and lasted around half an hour. Nurmammedov later said that Gul praised strengthening relations between Turkey and Turkmenistan.