Tag: Turkey
Turkey halts Syria offensive after US pressure
Turkey has agreed to suspend its Syria offensive for five days and will end the assault if Kurdish-led forces withdraw…
Syria: Trump talks tough, slams sanctions against Turkey
US President Donald Trump on Monday authorized sanctions on Turkey's leaders, reimposed steel tariffs and ended talks on a trade…
Ukraine qualify for Euro 2020 while France, England, Turkey, Portugal wait
Ukraine booked their place in Euro 2020 after squeezing past Portugal as Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 700th career goal on…
Syrian government deploys army near Turkish border
Syrian Government forces were on Monday deployed to Kurdish-led areas in North-Eastern Syria following an agreement between the Kurds and…
Invasion of Syria: EU threatens to sanction Turkey
EU threatened sanctions against Turkey on Friday over its offensive in Syria, angrily rejecting President Tayyip Erdogan’s warning that he…
Turkey will send 3.6m refugees to Europe if criticised – Erdogan warns
Turkey will “open the door” and send millions of Syrian refugees to Europe if its undergoing military operation in Syria’s…
Turkey invades Syria
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the country's army offensive into northeast Syria has started.
Turkey neutralises 109 PKK members nationwide
Turkish Interior Ministry on Wednesday announced that the country had neutralised 109 members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in…
Trump says ‘US had paid Kurds’ in defence of troop pullout from Syria
President Donald Trump has defended his move to withdraw US troops from northern Syria, amid concerns by allies that it…
Russia delivers missile defence system to Turkey, in test of NATO
Russia began delivery of an advanced missile defense system to Turkey on Friday, a move expected to trigger U.S. sanctions…
Turkey sacks central bank governor Cetinkaya
Turkey has peremptorily sacked the governor of its central bank, Murat Cetinkaya and replaced him with his deputy, a presidential…
Turkey orders arrest of 82 soldiers linked with Gulen
Turkey has ordered the arrest of 82 military personnel over suspected links to U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, whose network…
Mikel Obi joins Turkish club Trabzonspor.
Super Eagles captain, John Obi Mikel, has joined Turkish Super Lig club Trabzonspor. Mikel Obi has been without a club,…
Turkey’s Erdogan disgraced as party loses Istanbul mayoral vote
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan suffered a major blow on Sunday as the opposition candidate in Istanbul’s mayoral election re-run…
Surprise! Turkey demystify world champions France with 2-0 win
Turkey team sprang surprise on Saturday when the World champions France lost to them 0-2 in a Euro 2020 qualifier…
Turkey neutralises 43 Kurdish militants in Northern Iraq
Turkey’s Defense Ministry on Saturday said 43 members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) had been “neutralized” so far…
F-35 fighter jet or Russia’s S-400? US gives Turkey ultimatum
The United States on Friday gave Turkey until the end of July to abandon its purchase of a major Russian…
Arrested UAE spy commits suicide in Turkey
One of the suspects, who was arrested on charges of spying for the UAE, committed suicide by hanging himself in…
Magnitude 5.6 quake hits western Turkey
A moderate 5.6 magnitude earthquake shook Turkey’s western province of Denizli on Wednesday, damaging some buildings and knocking bricks and…
UK, Turkey congratulate Buhari on victory
United Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Friday joined other world leaders in congratulating President…
We will devastate Turkey economically if they hit Kurds -Trump
President Donald Trump threatened Turkey with economic devastation if it attacks a U.S-allied Kurdish militia in Syria, weakening the Turkish…
9 killed, 47 injured as train crashes in Turkey
A crash involving a high-speed train at a station in the Turkish capital Ankara has killed at least nine people…
We will launch operation against U.S.-backed Kurds in Syria -Turkey President
Turkey President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday his country will launch a new military operation in northern Syria within days,…
Turkey shares tape of Khashoggi’s killing
Turkey has given recordings on the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi to Saudi Arabia, the United States, Germany, France…
Khashoggi: Saudi team must have acted on orders – Turkey
A 15-man Saudi team that flew to Turkey before the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, the slain Saudi journalist, must have…
Khashoggi’s body dissolution in acid must be investigated -Turkish VP
Reports that the body of slain Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, was dissolved in acid need to be investigated, Turkey’s Vice…
Iran sanctions: Turkey has not received notification waiver – Minister
Turkey has not received written notification regarding any waiver on buying Iranian oil after the U.S. reimposes sanctions on Tehran…
Turkey rejects Syrian accusations over Idlib deal
Turkey on Tuesday rejected Syrian government’s accusations that it is not meeting its obligations under an agreement to create a…
Russian S-400 systems installation to begin in 2019 – Turkey
The installation of Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile systems in Turkey will begin in October 2019, state-owned Anadolu News Agency quoted…
Turkey demands Saudi punish all Khashoggi’s ‘savage’ killers
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday dismissed attempts by Riyadh to blame Jamal Khashoggi’s “savage” killing on rogue operatives.