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Turkey’s Erdoğan to make first post-pandemic visit to Qatar: report
July 2, 2020
Turkey’s Erdoğan to make first post-pandemic visit to Qatar: report
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is heading to Qatar to meet with Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, his…
Turkey to investigate TikTok over data security concerns
July 2, 2020
Turkey to investigate TikTok over data security concerns
Turkey’s Personal Data Protection Board (KVKK) has launched an investigation into social media platform TikTok over concerns about a possible…
Turkey wants French apology over Mediterranean warships incident
July 2, 2020
Turkey wants French apology over Mediterranean warships incident
Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Thursday Turkey expects France to apologize after an incident between Turkish and French warships…
Britain to allow travel to and from Turkey in boost to tourism industry
July 2, 2020
Britain to allow travel to and from Turkey in boost to tourism industry
Britain will allow travel to and from Turkey without the need to quarantine, giving a boost to Turkish efforts to…
Turkey, Russia, Iran leaders commit to Syrian peace process
July 1, 2020
Turkey, Russia, Iran leaders commit to Syrian peace process
Turkey, Russia and Iran on Wednesday expressed their commitment to bring stability and security to war-torn Syria through peaceful dialogue.…
Erdoğan announces tighter gov’t control over social media following insults to family
July 1, 2020
Erdoğan announces tighter gov’t control over social media following insults to family
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan vowed on Wednesday to tighten the government’s control over social media, a long-standing mission of…
Academic says Gülen movement followers should be sent to rehabilitation camps
June 28, 2020
Academic says Gülen movement followers should be sent to rehabilitation camps
A professor of communications, Muttalip Kutluk Özgüven, has said followers of the Gülen movement, accused by the Turkish government of…
Magnitude 5.2 earthquake jolts western Turkey
June 28, 2020
Magnitude 5.2 earthquake jolts western Turkey
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck Turkey’s western province of Muğla on Sunday, according to the country’s disaster management agency. The…
Turkey jails 10-day-old baby along with mother
June 27, 2020
Turkey jails 10-day-old baby along with mother
A 10-day-old baby was sent to prison along with her two-year-old sister and their mother, Eylem Oyunlu, when the mother…
Plastic waste sent from EU to Turkey increased by almost 200 times
June 27, 2020
Plastic waste sent from EU to Turkey increased by almost 200 times
The amount of plastic waste sent from European Union countries to be processed in Turkey increased 173-fold since 2004, news…