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Erdogan wants a new constitution for Turkey
Nicosia: President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a speech made last Friday in Ankara which was presented as Erdogan’s vision for Turkey in the next century but was generally seen as…
- Middle East
Israel, Turkey restore defence ties post a decade
Ankara: Israel and Turkey renewed their official security relationship during the meeting of the two countries’ defence ministers in Ankara on Thursday. Gantz’s visit to Turkey is significant because it was the…
- Middle East
Erdogan invites Sweden’s new PM to visit Turkey
Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he would be pleased to host new Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson in Turkey during a phone talk between the two leaders, after months of…
- Technology
Turkey fines Meta $18.63 mn for violating competition law
Ankara: Turkey’s Competition Authority announced on Wednesday that it has fined Meta Platforms Inc. 346.72 million liras ($18.63 million) for violating competition law. The company merged the data collected from its three…
- Middle East
Istanbul among 5 shortlisted venues to host IPL mini auction in December
New Delhi: Istanbul is among the five venues shortlisted to host the IPL auction which is likely to be held on December 16, according to a BCCI official. Besides the Turkish capital…
- Middle East
Turkey: Erdogan calls for referendum on right to wear headscarves
Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday proposed holding a referendum to establish a constitutional guarantee of the right to wear a headscarf in state institutions, schools and universities. This came…
- Middle East
Turkish FM Cavusoglu says US bullying Saudi Arabia over OPEC
Ankara: Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that what he described as the ‘bullying’ of the United States against Saudi Arabia regarding the decisions of the OPEC+ union to reduce oil production,…
- Middle East
Saudi: Quran reciter sentenced to 12 years for leading prayer at Hagia Sophia
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has sentenced a renowned Quran reciter Sheikh Dr Abdullah Basfar, to 12 years in prison for leading prayers at Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia, eight years ago.…
- Middle East
Turkey detains 543 for suspected links to 2016 failed coup
Ankara: Turkish police detained 543 people in an operation across 59 provinces for their suspected links to a network accused by the government for orchestrating the failed 2016 coup, Interior Minister Suleyman…
- Middle East
2 tourists killed, 3 injured in Turkey hot air balloon accident
Ankara: Two Spanish tourists were killed and three others injured on Tuesday in a hot air balloon accident in Turkey’s popular tourist destination of Cappadocia, local authorities said. The balloon belonging to…
- Middle East
Family mourns miner’s death in Turkey, demanding punishment
Ankara: “My one and only, where are you,” a mother cried at a cemetery beside a freshly-laid mound of earth. She couldn’t process the death of her 33-year-old son who was killed…
- Middle East
Death toll rises to 41 in mine blast in Turkey
Ankara: The death toll rose to 41 in an underground coal mine explosion in the northern Bartin province of Turkey that trapped 110 workers, Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said. The Minister…
- Middle East
At least 28 killed in Turkey mine explosion
Ankara: At least 28 people were killed and several others remain trapped following an explosion at a coal mine in Turkey’s Bartin province, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca confirmed on Saturday. The Minister…
- Middle East
Turkey, Qatar reach agreements to promote bilateral ties
Istanbul: Turkey and Qatar signed 11 new agreements during the eighth meeting of their Supreme Strategic Committee in Istanbul, state-run news agency reported. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and visiting Qatari Emir…
- Middle East
Erdogan says Turkey ready to help resolve Ukraine crisis
Ankara: Turkey was ready to contribute to a peaceful resolution of the Ukraine crisis in the interests of all, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in a…
