Turkey

President Rouhani offers aid to Turkey after Izmir temblor

Nov 01, 2020 03:54

President Hassan Rouhani expressed Iran’s readiness to provide neighboring Turkey with disaster relief after an earthquake struck the Turkish city of Izmir.
24 killed as strong earthquake shakes Turkey, Greece

Oct 31, 2020 02:59

Twenty-four people were killed and 799 wounded in Turkey after a strong earthquake struck the Aegean Sea on Friday, bringing buildings crashing down and setting off tidal waves that slammed into coastal areas and nearby Greek islands.
Erdogan says Western countries attacking Islam seek to ‘relaunch the Crusades’

Oct 29, 2020 05:18

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the Western countries attacking Islam want to "relaunch the Crusades", amid worldwide outrage against the publication of blasphemous cartoons of Prophet Muhammad (Blessings of God upon him and his progeny).
Putin, Erdogan discuss Karabakh, Syria, Libya

Oct 28, 2020 10:02

Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed deep concern about the persisting conflict in -Karabakh as well as the rising presence of foreign terrorists in the clashes in a phone conversation with his Turkish counterpart.
Turkey’s Erdogan sues extremist Dutch politician over insulting cartoon

Oct 28, 2020 03:21

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has filed a criminal lawsuit against a far-right Dutch politician for posting an insulting cartoon of him on Twitter.
Turkish president urges boycott of French goods

Oct 27, 2020 04:56

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on all Turks to boycott French goods over controversial comments about Islam by France’s President Emmanuel Macron, warning that Muslims are now being targeted by a ‘lynch campaign’ like the one against European Jews prior to World War II.
Greece denounces as ‘illegal’ Turkey’s extension of survey mission in Mediterranean Sea

Oct 25, 2020 12:13

Greece has condemned Turkey’s decision to once again extend the work of its seismic research vessel in disputed waters in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, vowing to lodge a complaint against Ankara.
Pentagon warns Turkey of 'serious consequences' over missile system test

Oct 24, 2020 03:00

The United States military has warned Turkey of “serious consequences” after Ankara confirmed that it has tested a Russian-made missile defense system.
US suspends visa services in Turkey after reports on potential attacks

Oct 23, 2020 13:42

The United States has temporarily suspended all visa services at its missions across Turkey over what it claimed to be credible reports of potential terrorist attacks and kidnappings against American citizens in the country.
Erdogan confirms tests of Russian S-400s, brushes aside US objections

Oct 23, 2020 13:32

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirms that Turkey has tested its Russian-made S-400 missile defense systems despite objections from the US, saying Ankara does not need Washington’s permission for evaluating the performance of its military hardware.