Turkey was shaken by the news of another terrorist attack on Tuesday, with the deaths of five people as it dealt with the shock of the killing of more than a dozen soldiers in clashes with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) over the weekend. The rapid escalation of violence in the country has drawn [...]
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday he has recalled Turkey’s ambassador to Stockholm over a Swedish parliament vote branding the World War One killing of Armenians by Ottoman forces as genocide. “We strongly condemn this resolution, which is made for political calculations. It does not correspond to the close friendship of our two nations. [...]
The Turkish foreign minister said on Saturday that nobody could put pressure on Turkey. Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said that if the aim of the decision of the Swedish parliament was to put pressure on Turkey, nobody could put pressure on Turkey. Davutoglu’s remarks came after the Swedish parliament adopted a resolution on the [...]
Every year, many tourists decide to explore the cultural delights of Turkey. Walks are a fantastic way to see all that the country has to offer, taking you through ancient ruins and bustling towns and along spectacular coastlines. Wherever your walk takes you, there are a few cultural experiences that you simply cannot help but [...]
Iran and Turkey signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish joint industrial estate on the border of the two countries, the state IRIB TV reported on Tuesday. The MOU was signed by Iran’s Small-Scale Industries and Industrial Estates Organization Director Khodamorad Ahmadi and Turkey’s Artisanship and Small Industrial Sites General Director Ramazan Yildirim in [...]
Tarkan Tevetoglu was released from detention yesterday after being arrested on 26 February and charged with using illicit drugs. Tarkan was released along with two other individuals. Tarkan Tevetoglu was born on 17 October 1972 in Alzey, Germany and raised in Turkey. Popularly known as Tarkan, he is a World Music award winning singer. Known [...]
The killing of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in January in his hotel room in Dubai by a professional hit squad has provided us with several clues about the shape of things to come in the Middle East. Al-Mabhouh was one of the founders of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ military wing. There is no doubt that his [...]
Todays Zaman – A meeting with ambassadors of European Union member countries accredited to Ankara on Thursday offered Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan an opportunity to express his belief that the EU’s tendency to become an isolated body is discouraging for both the European and the Turkish public. Erdoğan hosted a luncheon for the EU [...]
Washington supports Ankara in its effort to tackle Kurdish PKK , but military action is not the only solution available, the U.S. defense secretary said. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates met with Turkish officials in Ankara during the weekend, saying he would propose a supporting role for the military effort against supporters with the Kurdistan [...]
Paris Hilton took part in an impromptu belly dance during the Miss Turkey 2008 contest in Istanbul yesterday. The heiress was a judge at the beauty pageant – but she clearly didn’t want to be left out of the limelight. Paris, 27, took to the stage to join a professional belly dancer and was seen [...]
Turkey will help the United States to operate and transport neighbouring Iraq’s oil as part of its drive to become an energy hub, Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler told CNN Turk on Friday. Guler visited the United States this week with President Abdullah Gul for talks with U.S. officials dominated by energy. ‘We have reached [...]
U.S. President George Bush meets with Turkey’s president Tuesday before departing this evening on a trip to visit several U.S. allies in the Middle East. Mr. Bush and Turkish President Abdullah Gul are expected to discuss the situation in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as Istanbul’s efforts to join the European Union. The talks are [...]
For property investors looking to put their money into the Mediterranean, Turkey is a cheaper alternative, an expert has said. Paul Collins, BuyAssociation’s property editor, made his comments while predicting a growth in popularity for the country over the next year. “The prices are rising, so people are well advised to get in before it [...]
Turkish anti-terror police today detained 45 people on suspicion of belonging to the Al-Qaeda extremist network and planning attacks, Anatolia news agency reported. The suspects, rounded up in simultaneous operations in eight districts of Istanbul, were being questioned by police, the report said. A court was to decide later whether they should be charged and [...]
Turkey is restoring access to YouTube after the video-sharing website removed the videos that prompted the officials to block access in the first place. The website said that it has removed the videos a prosecutor deemed insulting to Turkey’s founding father, who established the country after collapse of the Ottoman Empire Turkey has blocked access [...]
More than 100 Kurdish demonstrators and 10 policemen have been injured and more than 160 Kurds detained across southeastern Turkey, when police broke up spring festival celebrations, security sources say. Turkish police firing water cannons, teargas and wielding batons clashed with demonstrators in the streets in the southeastern cities of Van and Siirt on Saturday. [...]