Following his assistance in arranging a Russian-US prisoner swap, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan informed Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday that Ankara was ready to do more to help end the war in Ukraine. Erdogan’s office said that Putin “thanked” the Turkish leader in a phone call for helping put together Wednesday’s exchange of … Read more
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday will visit Turkey, a vital mediator looking for a quit to Russia’s conflict with Ukraine, earlier than heading to Moscow and Kyiv, the UN stated in an assertion. “The Secretary-General will visit Ankara, Turkey, where, on 25 April, he will be received by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan,” the UN … Read more
Turkey’s opposition leader stated on Thursday that his power supply had been reduced after he stopped paying energy payments in protest at utility bill hikes that he blamed squarely on the president. Kemal Kilicdaroglu of the secular Republican People’s Party (CHP) has seized on Turkey’s monetary travails to try to mount a serious venture against … Read more
An explosion in northwest Turkey on Wednesday killed a jail guard and injured numerous others, in an incident branded a “terrorist assault” by using authorities. A remote-controlled homemade explosive detonated in Bursa province as a commute sporting approximately 30 humans, by and large, prison guards, was passing through, consistent with the Anadolu information company. “Unfortunately, … Read more
Iraq on Tuesday summoned Turkey’s ambassador to Baghdad in protest at a new Turkish offensive concentrated on rebels in the north’s independent Kurdistan region. Turkey on Monday said it has released air and floor offensive toward militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in northern Iraq. Iraq surpassed Turkish ambassador Ali Riza Guney a … Read more
ANKARA: Gold has a central place in Turkish customs from birth to weddings. As the country is battling economic woes and low foreign currency reserves, the authorities want to draw the yellow metal stored by citizens into the banking system. As Turkey’s annual inflation surged to a two-decade high of 48.7 per cent in January, … Read more
ANKARA – Turkey on Sunday reported 65,503 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 10,947,129, according to its health ministry. The death toll from the virus in Turkey rose by 185 to 85,969, while 75,422 more people recovered in the last 24 hours. A total of 392,281 tests were conducted over the past … Read more
ANKARA – Turkish police on Tuesday detained nine suspects over their alleged links to a network accused of orchestrating a coup attempt in 2016, semi-official Anadolu Agency reported. Ankara chief public prosecutor’s office said the suspects had various roles in the Gulen movement, which the Turkish government accuses of infiltrating the state bureaucracy and then … Read more
ANKARA: Turkey on Tuesday reported 54,724 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 9,652,394, according to its health ministry. The death toll from the virus in Turkey rose by 137 to 82,932, while 26,561 more people recovered in the last 24 hours. A total of 382,888 tests were conducted over the past day, … Read more
ISTANBUL: Private Turkish and Qatari companies have agreed to jointly operate five airports in Afghanistan, although they are still waiting to reach a final deal with the Taliban, officials said on Tuesday. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday that a “memorandum of understanding” had been inked in Doha earlier this month, covering Kabul and … Read more
ANKARA: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to rein in inflation decimating Turks’ purchasing power and doubled down on his opposition to high interest rates. Erdogan has gone against orthodox economic thinking as part of a “war of economic independence”, arguing repeatedly that high rates push up inflation. “Sooner or later, just as we lowered inflation … Read more
Fitch Ratings has downgraded the outlooks of more than 20 Turkish banks just weeks after Ankara appointed a new finance minister, Arab News reported. Nureddin Nebati was appointed treasury and finance minister on December 2 by President Erdogan and has taken the reigns of an ailing economy marred by a tanking currency. Fitch said on Friday: “The … Read more
ANKARA:Turkey’s central bank cut its main interest rate on Thursday after months of pressure from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for it to lower rates. The Turkish lira lost over 1.4 per cent in value against the US dollar after the bank announced it was cutting the one-week repo rate to 18 per cent from 19 … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The Turkish authorities on Tuesday issued revised policy regarding the mandatory quarantine requirement for the passengers arriving in Turkey. As per the new policy, which will come into effect on July 1, 2021, the quarantine period for the passengers arriving from Pakistan and Afghanistan has been reduced from 14 to 10 days. Meanwhile, the … Read more
Iran has summoned the Turkish ambassador to protest over controversial poems recited by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during his address to the Azerbaijani army on Thursday. On the other hand, Turkey responded to Iran by summoned the Iranian ambassador to Ankara to record protest. The Turkish Foreign Ministry has expressed outrage at Tehran’s accusations … Read more
The Embassy of Pakistan Ankara organized an event today to observe Youm-e-Istehsal as a show of solidarity with the oppressed people of the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). Pakistan community members, Kashmiris living in Ankara as well as media representatives attended the event. Messages of the President and Prime Minister of Pakistan were … Read more
The debate between two political party and lawyers of Turkey rose up over homosexuality. According to the details, this was happened between President Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling AK Party and the country’s lawyer associations over freedom of expression. The lawyers judged the cleric’s comment as harmful to human dignity, but an AKP spokesman said he had … Read more
ANKARA: At least six Turkish military personnel, the Turkish president said Monday. According to the sources of AP, The exchange between Ankara and Damascus came hours after a large Turkish military convoy entered the northwestern province of Idlib, the last rebel stronghold in Syria. It is likely to further increase tensions between the two neighboring … Read more
ISTANBUL: Turkey launches its first fully homemade produces car on Friday, saying it aimed to eventually produce up to 175,000 a year of the electric vehicle in a project expected to cost 22 billion lira ($3.7 billion) over 13 years. According to the sources of Reuters, The project has been a long-time goal of President … Read more
Turkey says they will test Russian S-400 defense system despite of US pressure. As part of the Air Defense System project, the Ankara Governor’s Office on Nov. 24 announced that high- and low-altitude test flights would be performed by F-16s and other aircraft on Nov. 25 and Nov. 26. Ankara’s purchase of the S-400s has … Read more
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has thrown the letter of US President Donald Trump in the trash. According to a report by the British Broadcasting Agency, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threw the letter of the US President which he sent to Turkey to stop military action in Syria in a ‘garbage bin’. According to … Read more
A day-long International Conference on Jammu & Kashmir was held in Ankara today, focusing on the history of the conflict as well as the prevailing grave human rights and humanitarian situation in the Indian Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IOJ&K). The International Conference was attended by a large number of prominent Turkish political figures; leading scholars; … Read more
Turkey moved ahead with its military operation against Kurdish fighters in northeast Syria leaving killed 14 militants. The Turkish defense ministry said in a post on Twitter “As part of the successful operations being conducted in the framework of Operation Peace Spring, the town of Rasulayn, located east of the Euphrates, has been brought under … Read more
