Turkey and Qatar signed 10 new deals on Nov. 26 at a joint meeting held at the presidential palace in Ankara. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Qatar’s Emir Tamim Hamad al-Thani co-chaired the closed-door meeting. The 10% sale of [ More … ]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to further boost the country’s defense industry “We can never tolerate procuring [defense-related] products from abroad when we can produce them ourselves,” said Turkish President Erdogan at the inauguration ceremony of a new [ More … ]
pledged a new economic growth strategy on Wednesday based on stability, lower inflation “We are building a growth structure which creates qualified employment, which does not cause inflation and a current account deficit,” he said. [ More … ]
A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Seferihisar district in the western province of Izmir on Friday according to the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD). The tremors occurred in the Aegean Sea at [ More … ]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday announced the discovery of an additional 85 billion cubic meters of natural gas in the Black Sea, following a historic find this summer, reports Anadolu Agency. “Total amount [ More … ]
Turkey is preparing to revise upward its estimate of its natural gas discovery in the Black Sea, Bloomberg reported, citing sources with direct knowledge of the plans. The Bloomberg report says Turkey expects to raise [ More … ]
Erdogan in Qatar after official visit to Kuwait [ More … ]
Military de-confliction mechanism established between Greece, Turkey, NATO says NATO said Thursday that a military de-confliction mechanism between Greece and Turkey for the Eastern Mediterranean disputes has been established. Turkish and Greek military delegations reached [ More … ]
The Turkish president on Monday called on Armenia to immediately end the occupation of Azerbaijani territories, so the peace will reign in the region again. “The crisis in the region that started with the occupation [ More … ]
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 … ]
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