Speaking to reporters, Parliament Speaker Koksal Toptan said, "any instability in Georgia causes uneasiness in Turkey. Our foreign minister and prime minister expressed our concerns to the parties and called for temperance on Friday. Every development in Caucasus concerns Turkey."

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged dialogue to end the conflict in South Ossetia in a telephone conversation with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili on Friday.

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