ANKARA: Turkish authorities have blocked a convoy carrying aid to Kobani, a predominantly Kurdish town in northern Syria encircled by the Syrian army, NGOs and a Turkish MP said on Saturday. They said the aid was blocked before it reached the Turkiye-Syria border, despite an agreement announced on Friday between the Syrian government and the […]
Read MoreUzbek specialists are set to join the construction of Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant, marking a new phase in labor and energy cooperation between Uzbekistan and Türkiye. Three regions of Uzbekistan will open professional skills assessment centers jointly with Türkiye, operating under Turkish standards. During an official visit to Türkiye, head of the Uzbek Migration Agency […]
Read MorePeriods of confrontation between the United States and Iran rarely unfold in isolation. Each escalation reverberates across the Middle East, placing pressure on neighboring states to respond, hedge, or intervene diplomatically. Türkiye, positioned at the crossroads of regional geopolitics and sharing a long border with Iran, has consistently sought to play a stabilizing role when […]
Read MoreTürkiye’s Unemployment Rate Dropped to a Historic Low of 7.7% in December, According to Official Data Released by the Country’s Statistical Authority on Thursday. The rate was down 0.8 percentage points from November’s 8.5%, according to data by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) and was the lowest rate since the records began in January 2005, […]
Read MoreTurkey’s foreign minister on Wednesday urged the US to resolve its disputes with Iran “one by one” instead of through a sweeping deal, saying this would avoid humiliating Iranian officials, and added that Tehran was ready for talks on its nuclear programme. US President Donald Trump said last week that Washington had an “armada” heading […]
Read MoreANKARA: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that he hoped the full integration of Kurdish forces in Syria would herald a new era for the neighboring country. In a speech to his AK Party’s lawmakers in parliament, Erdogan said he had a fruitful call with US President Donald Trump on Syria, including talks on […]
Read MoreANKARA: Turkiye’s pro-Kurdish DEM Party said on Monday that the Turkish government had no more “excuses” to delay a peace process with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) now that a landmark integration deal was achieved in neighboring Syria. On Sunday in Syria, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) agreed to come under the control of […]
Read MoreBy Tom Hussain As tensions between the United States and Iran threaten to plunge the Middle East into chaos again, regional military powers Turkey and Pakistan have revealed they are planning a tripartite defence partnership with Saudi Arabia. Thursday’s disclosure comes as Iran’s neighbours await clarity on US President Donald Trump’s announcement of a 25 […]
Read MoreISTANBUL: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday welcomed an agreement under which Spain will procure Turkish-made HURJET training aircraft, describing it as evidence of Turkey’s “pioneering role” in defence and aviation industry. Under the deal, signed this week, the Spanish Air Force will acquire 30 HURJET aircraft from Turkey in a contract valued at around […]
Read MoreISTANBUL: Thousands joined a New Year’s Day rally for Gaza in Istanbul Thursday, waving Palestinian and Turkish flags and calling for an end to the violence in the tiny war-torn territory. Demonstrators gathered in freezing temperatures under cloudless blue skies to march to the city’s Galata Bridge for a rally under the slogan: “We won’t […]
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