A chef and his team at a bakery in Istanbul began to cook “Ramadan pitas” in the early morning on the first day of the holy month of Ramadan. They planned to prepare about 4,000 [Read More]
Türkiye’s Foreign Ministry on Monday summoned the French ambassador to condemn the French Senate for hosting members of two Syrian Kurdish groups that Ankara considers as “terrorists.” The ministry officials told Herve Magro, French ambassador [Read More]
Six people died Monday when a semi-trailer truck crashed into two automobiles in Istanbul, Türkiye’s largest city, Istanbul governor’s office announced in a statement. The accident occurred at 3:30 p.m. local time (1230 GMT) on [Read More]
The United Nations and partners continue to ramp up relief deliveries to earthquake-ravaged regions in Türkiye and Syria, UN humanitarians said on Wednesday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said 937 [Read More]
Türkiye and Iraq will build a land and railroad transportation corridor stretching from the Iraqi province of Basra to the Turkish border, Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday. “We have tasked our minister [Read More]
A total of 7 billion euros (7.5 billion U.S. dollars) were pledged by the international community at the “Together for the people of Türkiye and Syria” International Donors’ Conference on Monday. The conference was hosted [Read More]
A total of 7 billion euros (7.5 billion U.S. dollars) were pledged by the international community at the “Together for the people of Türkiye and Syria” International Donors’ Conference on Monday. The conference was hosted [Read More]
The twin earthquakes that struck southern Türkiye last month incurred a loss of about 24 billion Turkish liras (1.3 billion U.S. dollars) on the country’s agricultural sector, according to an official report released on Monday. [Read More]
An official report released on Friday estimated that the twin earthquakes that hit southern Türkiye on Feb. 6 cost approximately 2 trillion Turkish liras (about 105.2 billion U.S. dollars) for the country. The report, announced [Read More]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed Friday to ask the parliament to vote on Finland’s NATO membership bid, but delayed that of Sweden, saying Finland has taken concrete steps to address Türkiye’s security concerns. “We [Read More]
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