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Turkey Beckons German Firms Seek China Alternative
A shifting geopolitical landscape is prompting renewed German interest in Turkey as a potential economic hub, particularly as…
Germany Silent on Turkey Accession
Berlin remains steadfast in its existing stance regarding Turkey’s stalled accession process to the European Union, despite recent…
Germany Seeks Closer Ties With Turkey
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has embarked on a brief, high-stakes visit…
Germany Turkey Döner Deal Reached
A dispute concerning the designation of “Döner” as a protected traditional specialty has concluded between Turkey and Germany.…
Turkey Voices Concerns Over US Democracy
Concerns are mounting in Germany regarding recent developments impacting press freedom in the United States. Derya Türk-Nachbaur, Parliamentary…
Turkey Hit By Moderate 6.0 Magnitude Earthquake
A moderate earthquake struck western Turkey Sunday evening, initially measured at a magnitude of 6.0 by geologists. These…
Germany Greenlights Eurofighter Sales to Turkey
The German government has cleared the path for the potential export of Eurofighter Typhoon combat jets to Turkey.…
Ukraine Russia Talks Set for Wednesday in Turkey
Negotiations between Ukrainian and Russian representatives are scheduled to resume this Wednesday in Turkey, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy…
Turkey and Israel’s Historic Meeting to Prevent Conflict in Syria
Turkey and Israel have held “technical talks” to prevent clashes between their troops in Syria, a Turkish official…
Turkey Seeks to Thaw Ties with US in Major Policy Shift
A high-ranking Turkish diplomat, Hakan Fidan, is set to meet with US officials in Washington, seeking the lifting…
ERDOGAN’S U-TURN: Turkey Stays Out of Ukraine Conflict, Shattering Hopes for NATO’s New Front
Ankara is reportedly considering the deployment of Turkish soldiers to Ukraine as part of a peacekeeping mission, according…
BREAKING: PKK’s Shocking U-Turn: Ceasefire with Turkey, But Only on One Condition..
A ceasefire has been announced by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) with Turkey. The PKK’s Executive Council made…
Green Party Leader Hopes for a New Era in Turkey
A German politician, Berivan Aymaz, has expressed optimism regarding the call by Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan for the…
Russia-US Thaw Leaves Turkey and Britain in the Dust
The evolving global order has created new opportunities for the “second-tier powers.” Some observers even believe that the…
ÖCALAN’S BOMBSHELL: PKK’s 40-Year War Ends in Turkey?
A imprisoned PKK leader, Abdullah Öcalan, has called on the Kurdish Workers’ Party to end its armed struggle…
US Military Pullout from Syria, a Game-Changer for Turkey and Israel?
US President Donald Trump has announced plans to withdraw US troops from Syria, citing the country’s internal chaos…
Russia & Turkey Make Secret Deal!
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu held a phone conversation to discuss the…
Why EU aid to Turkey are not useful
Despite the strong earthquake, Turkey is bombing Kurdish areas in northern Syria. The blockade of Kurdish areas worsens…
Deadly Earthquake strikes Turkey and Syria
Deadly 7.8 Magnitude Earthquake strikes Turkey and Syria, causing widespread damage and fatalities An enormous and deadly earthquake…
President Erdogan to Meet with German Officials in Berlin
On January 27, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will meet with Turkish President Recep…
Berlin Police Ban Display of Abdullah Ocalan’s Image at Protest
On January 14, 2023, a protest occurred at Alexanderplatz in Berlin, Germany, with protesters rallying under the slogan…
Sweden: Turkey wants things that we cannot give
Turkey has demands that Sweden cannot and does not want to fulfill, the Swedish Prime Minister said on…
Bus accident in Turkey, at least five dead
On the Silvan highway in Turkey, five people died after a bus with passengers overturned. The bus that…
Protesters gather in Berlin to protest Turkish government’s treatment of Kurdish people
On January 6th, people gathered in Berlin to protest against the Turkish government’s treatment of the Kurdish people.…
Explosion in a restaurant in Turkey
A large explosion in a restaurant in Aydin, Turkey, left seven people dead and four others injured, one…
Erdogan removed the retirement age
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lifted the retirement age limit on Wednesday. With this act, more than two…
Turkey does not lift its veto, for Sweden to join NATO
Sweden has failed to lift Turkey’s veto on NATO membership. Foreign ministers met in Ankara on Thursday to…
USA: Sweden and Finland soon to become part of NATO
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Washington will soon be able to call Finland and Sweden “NATO…
Fight in the Parliament of Turkey
A Turkish opposition lawmaker was rushed to hospital and placed in intensive care in Ankara after being hit…
Turkey welcomes the extradition of the Kurdish militant
Turkey has welcomed Sweden’s extradition of a convicted Kurdish militant, but has signaled it expects more action before…
Sweden extradits Kurdish asylum seeker to Turkey
Sweden extradited Kurdish refugee Mahmut Tat to Turkey as Ankara continues to pressure the Nordic country to meet…
Sweden is taking steps towards NATO, but it is not enough
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu stated that Sweden’s new government is more determined to address Ankara’s security concerns…
Fan hits the opposing goalkeeper with the corner flag
A derby between teams in the Turkish second league (TFF 1. League) has been suspended after the away…
68 injured from the earthquake in Turkey
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 hit a city in northwestern Turkey in the early hours of…
Germany: Protest because of Turkish attacks on Kurds
Protest on November 20, 2022, at Hermannplatz in Berlin Neukoelln because of the latest attacks of the Turkish…
The directors of the CIA and the SVR are meeting in Ankara
CIA Director William Burns is in Turkey where he met with the head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service…
Turkey rejects US condolences over bombing
Turkey on Monday rejected US condolences for the deaths of six people in a bomb attack in Istanbul…
A bag left on the bench could be the source of the explosion
An explosion occurred on Sunday afternoon in Istanbul’s Taksim Square, where six people were killed and 53 injured.…
Six dead and 53 injured from the explosion in Istanbul
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced that six people were killed and 53 were injured in the explosion…
A powerful earthquake has hit Izmir
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck the western province of Izmir, Turkey’s third largest city. The tremors have…
Russia confirms the resumption of the grain agreement
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that Russia will resume its participation in the Black Sea grain agreement.…
Turkey commits to revive the wheat deal
Turkish officials are trying to win back Russia after it pulled out of a United Nations-brokered deal to…
Erdogan: Putin has softened and is more open to dialogue
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that “Putin is much softer now and more open to dialogue than…
The fire engulfed a 24-story building in Istanbul
A fire has engulfed a 24-story building in the city of Istanbul, Turkey, namely in the Kadikoy district.…
Erdogan telephone conversation with Putin
The President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, held a telephone conversation this Friday with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir…
Inflation in Turkey reaches a record level of over 80 percent
Inflation in Turkey in annual terms reached a new level of 83.4 percent in September, unlike that of…
Dendias: Greece ‘open’ for talks with Turkey
Greece’s foreign minister says his country is open to talks with Turkey, but only if Ankara stops its…
Erdogan: Over 500,000 refugees have returned to Syria
Since 2016, more than half a million Syrians, who had fled to Turkey because of the conflict in…
Greek-Turkish tensions deepen
Tensions between Greece and Turkey regarding the divided island of Cyprus are escalating. Ankara has declared that it…
Sweden lifts the arms embargo against Turkey
Sweden announced today that it will allow the export of weapons to Turkey. The decision means Sweden, which…
Turkey will not recognize the results of Russian referendums
Turkey has confirmed that it will not recognize the results of the referendums in the territories temporarily occupied…
A 9,000-year-old settlement is discovered in Turkey
Archaeologists have found bone and obsidian tools, beads and other ornaments at the Sircalitepe Mound site, which is…
Turkish banks stop using the Russian payment system
Two of Turkey’s largest banks have suspended acceptance of the Russian payment system, called Mir. This decision comes…
Anti-LGBTQ protests in Istanbul
Several thousand anti-LGBTQ demonstrators marched in Istanbul. They demanded the closure of all LGBTQ associations and a ban…
Erdogan holds Putin’s hand, helps him walk
A video has been published on Twitter, where the Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Russian counterpart Recep…
4 buses collide in Istanbul, 99 people are injured
A serious accident occurred in Turkey, where 99 people were injured. Turkish media reports that the incident happened…
“Bayraktar” drones will be built in Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met on Friday with the head of Turkish defense firm Baykar and said the…
After more than a decade, a Turkish warship docks in Israel
The Turkish warship has sailed past Israel, its first visit in more than a decade, as relations between…
Erdogan threatens Greece
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened Greece that he will pay a high price if it continues to…
Turkey offers to mediate on the nuclear power plant issue
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has offered to mediate the impasse over a Russian-occupied nuclear plant in Ukraine,…
Erdogan: Greece has no value for NATO
The President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, referred to the relations between this country and Greece, as well…
The founder of the Thodex platform is arrested in Albania
“The procedures for the extradition of Faruk Fatih Ozer to Turkey have started from the Interpol Department at…
Erdogan: Crimea is part of Ukraine
In the Crimea platform, Ukraine tried to mobilize international support to return the peninsula, which was annexed by…
Bayraktar drone destroyed two Russian crews
The Turkish Bayraktar drone, which was bought by Lithuania for Ukraine, has carried out its first actions against…
Turkey and Israel restore diplomatic relations
Turkey and Israel have restored full diplomatic ties. Both countries will re-appoint each other’s ambassadors, Turkish Foreign Minister…
Two more ships with grain have left from Ukraine
Two more ships with grain have left from Ukraine. Two other cargo ships carrying more than 63,000 tons…
Sweden agrees to extradite a man to Turkey
Sweden agrees to extradite a man to Turkey. The Swedish government has decided to extradite to the Turkish…
The first ship with grain could leave on Monday from Ukraine
The first ship with grain could leave on Monday from Ukraine. The possibility that the first grain export…
Details of the agreement for the export of grain
Details of the agreement for the export of grain. An agreement signed Friday in Istanbul between Ukraine and…
Turkey denies that it bombed the tourist resort in Iraq
Turkey denies that it bombed the tourist resort in Iraq. Eight tourists were killed and 23 others wounded…
Progress between Russia and Ukraine on wheat export
Progress between Russia and Ukraine on wheat export. Military delegations from Ankara, Kiev, Moscow and UN representatives met…
Russia and Ukraine will discuss the wheat crisis in Turkey
Russia and Ukraine will discuss the wheat crisis in Turkey. A new round of talks between Ukraine and…
The Turkish president holds talks with Putin and Zelensky
The Turkish president holds talks with Putin and Zelensky. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir…
Ukraine has purchased 50 Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drones
Ukraine has purchased 50 Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drones. Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksy Reznikov revealed on Tuesday that Ukraine…
Turkey says it has neutralized 16 terrorists in Syria
Turkey says it has neutralized 16 terrorists in Syria. Turkish soldiers have neutralized 16 “terrorists” of the Kurdish…
Turkey offers boat evacuation of people from Mariupol
Turkey offers boat evacuation of people from Mariupol. Turkey has offered to evacuate people trapped in the besieged…
The offer for a meeting in Istanbul is still valid
The offer for a meeting in Istanbul is still valid. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a telephone…
Ukraine and Russia will hold talks in Turkey
Ukraine and Russia will hold talks in Turkey. The next round of face-to-face talks between Ukraine and Russia…
France, Turkey and Greece will evacuate civilians
France, Turkey and Greece will evacuate civilians. Officials from Turkey, France and Greece have announced they will organize…
Mesut Özil’s message after he was expelled from the club
Mesut Özil‘s message after he was expelled from the club. Fenerbahce has expelled footballer Mesut Özil from the…
Erdogan invited Zelensky and Putin to a meeting
Erdogan invited Zelensky and Putin to a meeting. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a telephone conversation with…
Statements by the two Foreign Ministers
Statements by the two Foreign Ministers. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba spoke at a press conference after the…
Russian and Ukrainian diplomats have arrived in Antalya
Russian and Ukrainian diplomats have arrived in Antalya. The foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine will meet in…