Tag Archives: Ankara

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was forced to suspend his election campaign events on Wednesday after abruptly falling ill during a live television interview. Erdoğan tweeted after the appearance, “Today I will rest at home upon the advice of my doctors… with God’s permission, we will continue our campaign from …

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani on Wednesday invited Turkish businesspersons to relocate their industrial and commercial activities to the industrial city adjacent to Basra’s al-Faw port in southern Iraq. According to a statement issued by his bureau, al-Sudani met this morning with a group of Turkish businessmen, investors, and …

Sweden is confident that Turkey will approve its application to join the NATO military alliance, but will not meet all the conditions Ankara has set for its support, Sweden’s prime minister said on Sunday. “Turkey both confirms that we have done what we said we would do, but they also …

‘Tiger Meet’ war games are taking place in Greece Turkey will not participate in NATO drills amid escalating tensions with Greece, Turkish media reported on Saturday, citing security sources. Ankara was scheduled to send its F-16 Fighting Falcon jets to the annual ‘Tiger Meet’ drill, which will be held at …

The European Union said on Thursday it was injecting around $368 million (325 million euros) for refugees in Turkey, part of a huge funding plan for the country, which hosts the world’s largest refugee population. The EU approved a plan in June to provide Turkey with three billion euros from …

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday US President Joe Biden displayed a “positive approach” on the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey. “We talked about the payment of $1.4 billion made before during our discussions. We talked about F-16s and the modernization of the F-16s we currently …

President Tayyip Erdogan’s political opponents said his call to expel the ambassadors of 10 Western allies was an attempt to distract attention from Turkey’s economic difficulties, while diplomats hoped the expulsions might yet be averted. On Saturday Erdogan said he ordered the envoys be declared ‘persona non grata’ for seeking …

Turkish media reports claim that the country’s intelligence forces have apprehended at least 15 people on charges of working for the Israeli Mossad spy agency. According to a report published by the Daily Sabah newspaper, a 200-strong team from the National Intelligence Organization (MIT) tracked the network, which consisted of …

Ukraine on Thursday said it will build a factory to produce Turkish armed drones that Kiev previously bought to use against pro-Russian separatists in the east, a deal that risks irritating Moscow. “A land plot on which the factory will be built has already been chosen,” Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro …

Turkey and Greece will hold the next round of bilateral talks aimed at addressing differences in the Mediterranean and elsewhere in Ankara on Oct. 6, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Friday, as the NATO members seek to repair their frayed ties. Greece and Turkey are at odds over issues …

Turkey’s military has begun evacuating from Afghanistan, the defence ministry said on Wednesday after the Taliban had asked Ankara for technical help to run Kabul airport but insisted it withdraws its military by the end of August. President Tayyip Erdogan’s government had said for months it could keep a presence …

Turkey’s chief prosecutor on Friday announced the arrest of 72 more people implicated in attacks on the shops of Syrian migrants in the capital Ankara. The new detentions bring the total number of people detained since Wednesday night’s violence to 148. The unrest broke out in response to a fight …

A crowd of Turks attacked shops and homes belonging to Syrians in the Turkish capital Ankara overnight in the wake of a street fight that led to a Turkish youth being fatally stabbed, a witness and media reports said. The windows of Syrians’ shops and homes were smashed and a …

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan heads to Northern Cyprus to mark the anniversary of Turkey’s 1974 invasion, a visit that is bound to draw the ire of Greek Cypriots. Erdogan will embark on the two-day trip to the Turkish Cypriot-controlled northern territories on Monday. He is scheduled to meet with …

A bus carrying Afghan, Pakistani and Bangladeshi migrants crashed in eastern Turkey early on Sunday, killing at least 12 people and injuring 26 others, local authorities said. The crash occurred in Van province’s Muradiye district near the Turkish border with Iran, where the vehicle caught fire after tumbling into a …

The United States on Thursday added Turkey to a list of countries that are implicated in the use of child soldiers over the past year, placing a NATO ally for the first time in such a list, in a move that is likely to further complicate the already fraught ties …

Turkey has offered to guard and run Kabul’s airport after the United States and other NATO forces withdraw from Afghanistan, but U.S. officials say Ankara is imposing conditions that need to be resolved as their leaders prepare to meet next week. Turkish officials say Ankara made the proposal at a …

A Turkish court on Friday handed down life sentences to 121 people for taking part in the 2016 attempted overthrow of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, state media reported. The court in Ankara sentenced 86 suspects to “aggravated” life imprisonment for “attempting to violate the constitution” while 35 individuals were given …

A Turkish court jailed a U.S. consulate employee for nearly nine years on Thursday for aiding a terrorist organization, a ruling the United States described as deeply disappointing and based on no credible evidence. Metin Topuz’s trial has been a major source of tension between the two NATO allies, which …

Turkish Airlines’ planned recommencement of some international flights for June 10th never took off. A failure to secure the necessary permits from the country’s civil aviation authorities resulted in the much-anticipated reboot being pushed back once more. However, starting today, its fully-owned subsidiary AnadoluJet is now able to fly from …