Finland, Sweden, and Turkey had “good” negotiations on NATO bids of Nordic countries, Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto said on Friday. “Regarding Turkey, our delegations visited [Turkey] on Wednesday … had good negotiations there. Negotiators agreed to continue those talks,” Haavisto said after his meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. (ANI/Sputnik)
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Turkey’s missions in Iran recruit Afghans to partake in hostilities on Kiev’s side
Turkey’s foreign missions in Iran are recruiting Afghans living there to fight alongside Kyiv in combat, Sputnik reported a diplomatic source as saying on Friday. “According to information, Turkish foreign missions in Iran, at the direction of Ankara, are recruiting Afghan citizens in Iran to participate in hostilities on the […]
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NATO chief vows to settle Turkey’s concerns over expansion
Jens Stoltenberg, secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), on Thursday pledged to address Turkey’s concerns on Finland’s and Sweden’s applications to join the military alliance. “We are addressing the concerns that Turkey has expressed,” he said at a press conference held here jointly with his host, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. Finland […]
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Islamization, religious intolerance still prevails in Turkey: Report
In the name of Islamization, the Armenians and Assyrians of Turkey have been reeling under religious intolerance, continuing their search for rights and justice. As per the strict education system in Turkey, a child’s freedom of religion, their right to participate, and the rights of their parents to raise their […]
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Granting citizenship to Syrian refugees could tip the scales in Turkey’s elections next year
The question of granting citizenship to refugees from Syria and Afghanistan is gradually becoming a controversial issue in Turkey, as the leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party Kemal Kilicdaroglu openly accuses President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of naturalizing asylum seekers allowing them to vote so that he may keep […]
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Turkey steps up offensive against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq
Turkish defense ministry announced early morning that the country has launched a new ground and air cross-border offensive against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq. Defense Minister Hulusi Akar in a video posted on the ministry’s website said that the Turkish jets and artillery struck targets belonging to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party or PKK, […]
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Tayyip Erdogan to host cabinet meeting on Turkey’s Ukraine mediation on Monday
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will host an hours-long cabinet meeting on Monday to discuss ways to advance peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia, a source familiar with the matter told Sputnik. Erdogan spoke by phone on Sunday with Russian President Vladimir Putin. They agreed that the next round of […]
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Turkey detains at least 10 suspects over failed coup in 2016
The Turkish police on Tuesday detained at least 10 suspects over their alleged links to a network accused of orchestrating a coup attempt in 2016. An arrest warrant was issued for 17 suspects that allegedly linked to the Gulen movement, which the Turkish government accused of infiltrating into the state bureaucracy […]
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Pakistan, Turkey ‘future threats’ to Israel: Report
Isreal has to be more cautious over its national security as two new “threats” — Pakistan and Turkey are at its doorstep, joining the footstep of Iran that is a current threat to Tel Aviv’s security, Sergio Restelli has written in a local newspaper. In his blog in The Times of Israel, Restelli said that for Israel, this […]
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Turkey in solidarity with Kazakhstan after violent protests put the country in turmoil
Turkey showed its support to Kazakhstan in light of the violent riots that shook the country and initiated an online meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Turkic States (OTG). Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, after a conversation with his Kazakh counterpart Mukhtar Tleuberdi, said that the event will take place […]
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Under Erdogan’s misguided policies, Turkey’s Lira has its worst performance in two decades
As a result of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s unorthodox and misguided economic policies and especially his conviction that high-interest rates raise prices, the Turkish Lira is expected to have lost 44 per cent of its value in 2021, scoring its worst performance in 20 years. On Friday Erdogan urged […]
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Turkey opens new consulate in Sri Lanka
Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has said that Turkey wants to flourish holistic relations with Asia that has become the centre of global economic power, reported Anadolu Agency. Inaugurating a new office of Sri Lanka’s Antalya Honorary Consulate General in the town of Alanya, the foreign minister expressed Turkey’s desires […]
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Turkey shells two localities in Northern Syria
The Turkish army fired missiles and rockets on the villages of Ain Digna and Bailunia in the north of the Aleppo Province in Syria, according to media reports. The Turkish troops and their allies on the ground attacked the villages late Thursday, the Kurdish ANHA news agency reported. In response, the Syrian […]
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Turkey officially thrown in FATF grey list
An international watchdog downgraded Turkey to a so-called grey list on Thursday for failing to head off money laundering and terrorist financing, a decision that could further erode foreign investment after a years-long exodus. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), set up by the G7 group of advanced economies to […]
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Turkey and Russia: Are they rivals or cooperating competitors?
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin on September 29 discussed the situation in northwestern Syria, where the two sides support opposing camps, as well as ways of deepening the cooperation between their defence industries. In recent years, Turkey and Russia have had a complex and strange relationship, as in some issues they act as cooperating […]