Tag: Turkey
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…