Turkey arrested two intelligence operatives in Istanbul on Monday who confessed to spying on Arab nationals on behalf of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), one of whom is suspected of having connections to the murder [ More … ]
Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) is getting ready to apply to the Supreme Election Council (YSK) with its legal right to extraordinary objection to re-hold the municipal elections that saw a large [ More … ]
The meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation to be held in Istanbul in the wake of Christchurch massacre. Turkey has called an emergency meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to discuss the [ More … ]
Egypt has so far managed to keep its economic interests away from its foreign political disputes. The head of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey, Rifat Hisarcıklıoglu, visited Cairo March 5 for [ More … ]
Vice President Fuat Oktay says terror and terrorists have ‘no religion, no race, no geography’ Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay on Monday has called on the world to stop promoting “provocative language” after Friday’s terrorist [ More … ]
Turkey requested notice for 20 Saudis suspects wanted in relation to Khashoggi killing A red notice was issued for 20 suspects related to the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi last fall in the Saudi [ More … ]
Turkey urges end to ‘Islamophobic fascist terrorism”, says presidential spokesman Turkey is urging the world to stop “Islamophobic fascist terrorism” after armed terrorist attacks on two mosques in New Zealand early Friday which left at least 49 people [ More … ]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan calls for release of prisoners in Egypt days after 9 people were executed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he will never meet Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi unless [ More … ]
Jordanian King Abdullah quietly visited Istanbul and transited to Tunis. King Abdullah was President Erdogan’s guest on Saturday at the Huber mansion in Tarabya, where the king’s grandfather had also lived for a period of [ More … ]
The democracy developed in the West, discourses such as the superiority of law, freedoms and human rights, are primarily discourse developed for Western societies. By: Yusuf Kaplan* What’s certain is that the West took democracy, [ More … ]
The report, titled “FETO- An as an international threat,” unveils the terror group’s ongoing activities overseas and reveals its overseas structure and new strategies The ringleader of the Fetullah Tterror Oorganization (FETO), Fetullah Gulen, may [ More … ]
Turkey to establish and control safe zone in northern Syria [ More … ]
‘Turkey fights against terrorists, not Kurds,’ presidential spokesman tells US president over his threat on Turkey Turkey on Sunday warned U.S. President Donald Trump against conflating Syrian Kurds with the PKK terror organization and its [ More … ]
Egyptian security teams reportedly made contacts in Manbij to coordinate steps taken against Turkey Things are heating up in Syria’s Manbij, located in the northeast of the Aleppo governorate, after U.S. President Donald Trump decided [ More … ]
Haniyeh attributed Netanyahu’s hostile remarks to ‘panic’ for facing ‘a global boycott’ and ‘a torrent of graft allegations’ Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh has blasted recent criticisms of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan by Israeli [ More … ]
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