Egypt and Greece signed an agreement Thursday designating an exclusive economic zone in the Eastern Mediterranean between the two countries, an area containing promising oil and gas reserves, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said. Shoukry [ More … ]
Ankara and Baku are launching on Wednesday large-scale military exercises as part of the Agreement on Military Cooperation between both countries after the Azerbaijani defense ministry announced that a group of servicemen and the aircraft [ More … ]
Muslim prayers have been held in the iconic Hagia Sophia for the first time in 86 years after the reconversion of the Istanbul landmark into a mosque earlier this month. The Friday prayers took place [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia has reportedly been putting pressure on local businesses not to trade with Turkey and its industries in a bid to boost an unofficial boycott. The detention of trucks carrying produce from Turkey has [ More … ]
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said Egypt’s actions in Libya and its support for the eastern-based forces of Khalifa Haftar were illegal. Erdogan was responding to a question about Egypt’s possible intervention in Libya’s conflict, where [ More … ]
Libya’s UN-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) will agree to a cease-fire only if warlord Khalifa Haftar withdraws his forces from country’s central and western regions, the Turkish foreign minister said, Anadolu Agency reported. Speaking [ More … ]
Fake journalists, experts, news outlets attack role of Turkey, Qatar in the region, investigation finds out. At least 19 fake experts with fake personas have placed more than 90 opinion pieces in 46 different publications [ More … ]
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar and Chief of General Staff Gen. Yasar Guler went to Libya Friday to review activities carried out under MoU signed by Turkey, Libya. Meanwhile, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said [ More … ]
For the first time since September, the three key players in the conflict hold a virtual meeting to map the way forward. Opposing sides in Syria’s war Iran, Russia, and Turkey have held talks reflecting “harmonized” [ More … ]
A senior Turkish delegation headed by Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has arrived in the Libyan capital Tripoli to hold talks with Libya’s UN recognised government. Cavusoglu was accompanied by Finance Minister Berat Albayrak and intelligence [ More … ]
Amid Remarkable Progress in Military Industry, Turkey Constructing Modern Warship for Pakistan [ More … ]
Turkish president says there could be a ‘new era’ in the Libyan conflict following a phone call with his US counterpart. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said “some agreements” have been reached with his [ More … ]
Countries supporting Haftar biggest obstacle to peace in Libya, Turkish President said Thursday following a meeting with Libya’s GNA Prime Minister Fayez Sarraj Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday that countries supporting putschist Gen. [ More … ]
Turkey officials have held talks with Japan and the UK on setting up currency swap lines, sources tell Reuters. The recently embattled Turkish lira edged up on Friday and held gains from late Thursday following reports that [ More … ]
With no Fed swap line and depleting FX reserves, analysts say Turkey is running short on ammunition to defend the lira, Reuters Turkish Finance Minister Berat Albayrak told investors on Wednesday that the country’s foreign [ More … ]
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