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Turkish, Qatari officials in Damascus for talks with militant leaders: Syrian interim govt
Damascus: Senior officials from Turkey and Qatar arrived in Damascus to engage in discussions with militant coalition leaders that overthrew the government of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Syria’s interim information ministry…
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Gain for the US, and Israel in Syria, not for Turkey
Only a politically naïve person—or a fool–would believe that the people of Syria and Turkey and not the United States (which has a base not very far away from Damascus) and Israel…
- Middle East
Turkey fines Meta over child privacy breach
Ankara: Turkey’s data protection authority, the Personal Data Protection Authority (KVKK), has fined Meta, the parent company of Instagram, 11.5 million Turkish liras (around 330,000 US dollars) for violations related to the…
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Turkey urges caution to prevent terrorists from exploiting Syria’s situation
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan stressed here on Sunday the need to prevent terrorist organisations from exploiting the situation in Syria for their agendas. Speaking at a press conference during the Doha…
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Nearly 1 million Afghan refugees return home in eight months
Kabul: A total of 970,000 Afghan refugees have returned to their motherland from Iran, Pakistan and Turkey in the past eight months. “Among them, about 88,000 are from Pakistan, around 5,000 from…
- Middle East
Turkey’s Erdogan, UN chief discuss Syrian conflict over phone
Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres held a phone call, discussing the latest developments in Syria, according to a statement from Erdogan’s office. During the phone conversation…
- Middle East
Hamas denies its leaders leaving Qatar for Turkey
A Palestinian-based resistance group Hamas has publicly denied reports claiming that some of its leaders have moved from Qatar to Turkey amidst rising tensions and shifting diplomatic dynamics following the victory of…
- Middle East
Turkey blocks Israeli President’s flight to COP29 in Azerbaijan
Ankara: Turkey has denied Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s airplane access to Turkish airspace on his way to Azerbaijan, the semi-official Anadolu Agency reported. The Israeli government had requested permission for Herzog’s plane…
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Turkey has cut all relations with Israel, says Erdogan
Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that his government has cut all ties with Israel due to the ongoing genocide in Gaza Strip. Erdogan made these remarks on Wednesday, November 13,…
- Middle East
Turkey denies oil exports to Israel
Ankara: Turkey on Monday denied reports claiming that it is allowing crude oil shipments to Israel via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline. The BTC pipeline, which originates in Azerbaijan and passes through Georgia…
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Turkey faces growing labour shortage amid rising salaries
Istanbul: Ugur Eroglu, sales manager at Egece Metal, a Turkish company with 64 blue-collar employees in Istanbul, said that Turkish youths have shown little interest in blue-collar jobs in recent years, preferring…
- Middle East
Egypt, Turkey, Tunisia express concern over dangerous escalation in region
Cairo: Egypt, Turkey, and Tunisia expressed concerns about the dangerous and accelerating escalation in the Middle East, the latest of which was the Israeli attack on Iran. The Egyptian Foreign Ministry reaffirmed…
- Middle East
17 YPG members ‘neutralised’ in Syria after Ankara terror attack
Ankara: At least 17 members of the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) were “neutralised” by Turkish forces in northern Syria, according to Turkey’s Defence Ministry. In a statement, the Ministry said…
- Middle East
Turkey strikes Syria, Iraq after Ankara ‘terror attack’
The Turkish Armed Forces has launched airstrikes against Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets in northern Syria and Iraq as a response to a terror attack on the headquarters of Turkish Aerospace Industries (TUSAS)…
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Turkey identifies attacker involved in terror attack on aerospace firm
Ankara: Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced on Thursday the identity of one of the attackers involved in the terrorist attack on the facilities of Turkish aerospace company TUSAS in Ankara. In…
