Over the weekend, Turkey and Armenia's foreign ministers signed an accord to establish ties between the two countries and open their shared border, but an occupied territory in Azerbaijan remains a major sticking point for final approval.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and his Armenian counterpart Eduard Nalbandiana signed the Swiss-brokered agreement to establish ties on Saturday.

While Turkey's strategic geographic location elevates it regionally and internationally, its position at the intersection point of so many worlds generates questions among some of its 70 million citizens about who they are.

In the farming village of Yatir in southeastern Turkey, little has changed over time. Rural areas, especially in the East, are some of the poorest parts of the country. A pilot project is aiming to bring more economic opportunities.

After decades of intermittent negotiations, the divided island Cyprus appears to be in its best position yet to reach an agreement on a reunification plan. Hugh Pope of the International Crisis Group explains.