Turkey
Turkey in talks with Russia, Germany, China on COVID vaccine trials: report
World
August 20, 2020
Turkey in talks with Russia, Germany, China on COVID vaccine trials: report
Turkey is in talks with Russia, Germany and China about conducting Phase 3 trials for coronavirus vaccines developed in those…
US warship arrives in east Mediterranean as Turkish-Greek tension escalates: report
World
August 20, 2020
US warship arrives in east Mediterranean as Turkish-Greek tension escalates: report
The massive American warship, the USS Hershel Woody Williams, has arrived in the Greek island of Crete, on a mission…
Some 20,000 Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood members live in Turkey: report
World
August 19, 2020
Some 20,000 Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood members live in Turkey: report
A report on the Turkish government’s ties to the Muslim Brotherhood has estimated the majority of the Egyptian community living…
Turkey discovers energy resource in Black Sea, Erdoğan heralds ‘new era’: report
World
August 19, 2020
Turkey discovers energy resource in Black Sea, Erdoğan heralds ‘new era’: report
Turkey has made an energy discovery in the Black Sea, most likely natural gas, two people with direct knowledge of…
Syrian refugee shot dead by drunk, xenophobic Turk
Turkey
August 19, 2020
Syrian refugee shot dead by drunk, xenophobic Turk
Abdulkadir Davud, 21, a Syrian refugee living in Turkey, was shot dead over the weekend in İstanbul by a drunk…
Turkey has removed 146 mayors from Kurdish parties in 4 years, HDP report says
Turkey
August 19, 2020
Turkey has removed 146 mayors from Kurdish parties in 4 years, HDP report says
The Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) on Tuesday published an 84-page report on the removal of HDP mayors in the…
Tunceli Governor’s Office: Search efforts for Gülistan Doku ended
Turkey
August 18, 2020
Tunceli Governor’s Office: Search efforts for Gülistan Doku ended
The Governor’s Office of Tunceli has announced that the search efforts for Gülistan Doku ongoing for 13 days have been…
Erdoğan calls economy summit as lira hits new record low
Business
August 17, 2020
Erdoğan calls economy summit as lira hits new record low
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called a meeting of the country’s top economy officials for this week as the lira…
Turkey may be placed on British quarantine list after COVID-19 spike
World
August 17, 2020
Turkey may be placed on British quarantine list after COVID-19 spike
Turkey, Greece and Croatia may be put on Britain’s quarantine list as cases of COVID-19 in the countries rise, the…
UAE deal places Israel at centre of Middle East disputes – analyst
World
August 17, 2020
UAE deal places Israel at centre of Middle East disputes – analyst
A UAE-Israeli normalisation agreement signed last week places Israel closer to many of the Middle East’s conflicts and diplomatic rows,…