Turkey’s Defense Minister Hulusi Akar on Monday received the commander of Libya’s naval forces in the capital Ankara, the ministry announced. Meanwhile, Libyan authorities have reportedly invited Turkish companies to assist in production by taking [ More … ]
Greece said it will bolster its military with new weapons, troops, and the development of its defence industry as a tense standoff with neighbouring Turkey has sparked concerns of open conflict between the two NATO [ More … ]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan protects his nation’s interests while his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron “sells out France”, Prominent French philosopher Michel Onfray told The Independent Turkish in an interview published Thursday. Speaking to The [ More … ]
Tensions between NATO members Greece and Turkey escalated again. Both sides are staging navy drills. In a message on NAVTEX, the international maritime navigational system, Turkey said it would carry out “gunnery exercises” from Saturday [ More … ]
President Erdogan says 320 billion cubic meters of natural gas reserves found by drillship Fatih in the Black Sea. Turkey’s president on Friday announced the discovery of major natural gas reserves in the Black Sea, [ More … ]
Democratic presidential front-runner says if elected this November he will seek regime change in Turkey In a newly surfaced video, the current front-runner in the US presidential race said he would seek regime change in [ More … ]
The European Union desires to see stronger relations with Turkey, according to a statement by the bloc following a meeting Thursday between Turkey’s top diplomat, Mevlut Cavusoglu, and the EU’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell. [ 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 … ]
Syria’s civil war is in its tenth year with no end in sight. UN-brokered talks in Geneva have failed to emerge with tangible results; the Astana process, led by Russia, Iran, and Turkey, has also [ 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 … ]
U.S. remains on the sidelines in Libya’s conflict as Russia extends its reach in the north African country, says a WP report An absence of U.S. leadership in Libya has allowed a dangerous international confrontation [ 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 … ]
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