At least five migrants were killed when a dinghy sank off the coast of southwest Türkiye on Saturday, the daily Hurriyet reported. Turkish coastguard arrived off the coast of Didim district in Aydin province after [Read More]
Representatives of Sweden, Finland and Türkiye held talks in Brussels on Thursday to discuss progress on fulfilling Türkiye’s conditions for agreeing to the Nordic countries’ accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the military [Read More]
Türkiye’s capital Ankara has become a hub for hundreds of thousands of earthquake survivors looking forward to starting a new life in the aftermath of the devastating quakes in their homeland. The capital hosts some [Read More]
A Turkish minister said on Thursday that Ankara is making efforts to extend the Black Sea Grain Initiative set to expire on March 18. “We continue our discussions (on the deal) with the United Nations, [Read More]
Türkiye’s opposition bloc announced Monday a presidential candidate to run against the incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the May elections. Following hours-long negotiations, the six-party Nation Alliance picked Kemal Kilicdaroglu, leader of the main opposition [Read More]
Turkish health experts urged authorities to take a series of strict measures to eliminate the threats of epidemics against public health in Türkiye’s earthquake zone. Bulent Ertugrul, an infectiologist and clinical microbiologist from Istanbul’s Reyap [Read More]
Türkiye’s annual inflation eased for the fourth month in a row to 55.18 percent in February, the lowest level in the past 12 months. Consumer prices registered a month-on-month growth of 3.15 percent, while the [Read More]
Already a vulnerable community, Syrian refugees in Turkiye face in the wake of killer earthquakes the dilemma of returning home or trying to survive in increasingly tough conditions in their host country. “We had to [Read More]
The annual peak season for Turkish tourism is expected to come in time, as popular resorts are largely far away from regions recently hit by massive earthquakes, local experts have said. Türkiye was still recovering [Read More]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Wednesday that his government plans to hold the presidential and parliamentary elections on May 14, as the country is still recovering from two devastating earthquakes that struck a [Read More]
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