Two children, four women, and a man drowned when a boat carrying them overturned off the Greek island of Lesbos on Tuesday, the coast guard said. Another 57 people were rescued in an operation that was still ongoing, the coast guard added. It did not provide further details on the …
Read More »Opinion | The Evil Eye in Turkish Culture.
Since the dawn of time, mankind has always been afraid of evil and evil spirits. In all parts of the world, it is possible to come across rituals for keeping evil spirits away. The evil eye is believed to cause harm to someone or something. Supernatural harm may come in …
Read More »Syrians displaced called on Turkey to open border.
Camped on the Turkish border to escape bombardment by Russian and Syrian government forces, many displaced Syrians are angry and frustrated that Turkey has not done more to protect them from the bombs or let them cross the frontier to safety. The border wall a few hundred meters (yards) away …
Read More »Turkey will not bow to U.S. sanctions over S-400 deal: Vice President.
Turkey will never bow to U.S. sanctions over its agreement to purchase Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile defense systems, Vice President Fuat Oktay said on Sunday regarding a deal that has strained ties between the NATO allies. Washington says the systems are not compatible with NATO equipment and may compromise its …
Read More »Erdogan opens Turkey’s largest mosque in Istanbul.
Camlica Mosque, which has a combination of Ottoman and Seljuk architectural style, can accommodate 63,000 worshippers. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan inaugurated Turkey’s largest and newest mosque on Friday. Construction on the Camlica Mosque Complex began in 2013 and has a capacity of 63,000 worshippers. The previous Turkish record holder in …
Read More »Turkey to get first S-400s in July.
Moscow will start shipping its S-400 air defense missile systems to Turkey this summer, the chief of Russia’s state arms trade agency said. The deal is going through as Ankara ignores pressure from its ally, the US. Aleksandr Mikheyev of Rosoboronexport told Russian media on Wednesday that all issues pertaining …
Read More »Turkey defiant as US threatens Ankara over S-400 missiles.
US Vice President Mike Pence warned Turkey on Wednesday that it could risk its membership in NATO if it goes ahead with plans to buy a Russian air defense system despite widespread international opposition. Pence’s escalating rhetoric came after Turkey insisted on Wednesday that the Russian deal was done, signaling …
Read More »US plans to keep troops in Syria’s al-Tanf base: Report.
The United States is reportedly planning to keep some of its forces in a military base in southeastern Syria despite a total withdrawal ordered by US President Donald Trump. Informed sources told Washington-based Foreign Policy magazine on Friday that given the strategic importance of the al-Tanf garrison, situated in Syria’s …
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