According to Greek media, two male tourists, a 27-year-old from Sweden and a 39-year-old from Turkey, were killed when a roof collapsed at a bar on Kos. At least one hundred people were injured, three of whom severely. The region ...
Read More »Turkey says ‘pro-Kurd’ US envoy Brett McGurk should leave
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Brett McGurk, the US envoy to the coalition against so-called Islamic State, was “definitely” supporting the YPG in Syria and the separatist PKK, Joinfo.com reports with reference to the BBC. The minister was in ...
Read More »Turkey rallies row: Germany and Netherlands harden stance
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Germany and the Netherlands of “Nazism” after officials blocked rallies there, Joinfo.com reports with reference to the BBC. Dutch PM Mark Rutte called his comments “unacceptable”, while Germany’s foreign minister said he hoped Turkey would ...
Read More »Turkey’s Erdogan warns Dutch will pay price for dispute
The two ministers were blocked from addressing Turkish expatriates in Rotterdam on Saturday, with one of them escorted to the German border, Joinfo.com reports with reference to the BBC. The Dutch government said such rallies would stoke tensions days before ...
Read More »Turkish fabric manufacturers are important part of UK fashion industry
Turkey, whose factories have been manufacturing clothes for high street retailers such as Marks & Spencer, Karen Millen and Asda’s George for many years. The Turkish economy is heavily dependent on the fashion industry. Market research firm Euromonitor reports that ...
Read More »Istanbul nightclub attacker caught in Turkey
Masharipov, who is accused of killing a total of 39 people and wounding 65 others at the Istanbul Reina nightclub on New Year’s night, went to his home in Istanbul’s Zeytinburnu district after the attack and took his son before ...
Read More »Turkey: Two people killed in car bomb attack in Izmir
A police officer and a courthouse officer were killed in the terrorist attack, while five others were wounded, including three police officers, according to Izmir Governor Erol Ayyildiz, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Anadolu news agency. Two terrorists were also ...
Read More »Turkish police investigate Russian envoy killer’s Internet activity
Altıntas gunned down Russia’s ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov in the Center of Modern Art in Turkish capital Ankara on December 19, 2016, studied the pictures of the ambassador on his housemate’s computer, Hurriyet Daily News reports. The police searched the ...
Read More »ISIS claims responsibility for Istanbul nightclub attack
ISIS group said in a statement the attack on Reina night club in central Istanbul was carried out by “a heroic soldier,” the BBC reports. At least 600 revellers were celebrating in the early hours of Sunday at Istanbul’s Reina ...
Read More »Turkey’s president threatens EU with new surge of migrants
President Erdogan was reacting to a non-binding vote by the European Parliament to freeze talks on EU membership for Turkey, BBC reports. The MEPs were alarmed by Erdogan’s “disproportionate” response to a failed coup attempt in July. Attempts to get ...
Read More »Revolt on Turkish ship in Ukrainian sea port
“Apparently, there was a revolt and a knife fight happening. Part of the crew (mainly the Turks) cut off the power onboard the vessel and barricaded themselves inside. The vessel was adrift around the entrance to Yuzhny seaport. The dispatchers ...
Read More »Give us EU visa freedom in October or abandon migrant deal, Turkey says
His comments in Bild’s Monday edition coincide with rising tensions between Ankara and the West that have been exacerbated by the failed coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, Reuters reports. Turkey is incensed by what it sees as an ...
Read More »Turkey sacks 15,000 education workers in purge after failed coup
Turkey has escalated its purge of government officials in the aftermath of the failed coup, with about 35,000 public servants affected by the end of the day despite a government spokesman insisting that the crackdown was being carried out in ...
Read More »Turkey widens post-coup purge, demands U.S. hand over cleric – Reuters
Turkey purged its police on Monday after rounding up thousands of soldiers in the wake of a failed military coup, and said it could reconsider its friendship with the United States unless Washington hands over a cleric Ankara blames for ...
Read More »Ukraine and Turkey sign agreement on joint airplane manufacturing project
Ukraine and Turkey have agreed on cooperation in nuclear energy, aircraft industry, development of transit corridors, implementation of joint construction projects, facilitating access of Ukrainian metallurgical companies to the Turkish market, the Southern Gas Corridor, infrastructure projects in Crimea to ...
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