"First state visit to Turkey to begin
Swiss President, Pascal Couchepin, begins an official visit to Turkey today – the first ever visit to Turkey by a Swiss president.
It is the second visit in a week to Turkey by a Swiss government minister and represents an improvement of relations between the two countries.
Couchepin - Switzerland's interior minister who holds the rotating Swiss presidency this year - will meet President Abdullah Gul and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan during his four-day visit"
More:President Couchepin begins four-day visit to Turkey. - swissinfo