Iraq decided Sunday to withdraw from the Islamic Solidarity Games scheduled to be held in neighboring Turkey in August to protest against a deadly bombardment on an Iraqi resort. A statement by Iraq’s National Olympic [Read More]
Russia and Ukraine separately signed a deal in Istanbul Friday with Turkey and the United Nations to resume grain shipments from Ukrainian ports to international markets via the Black Sea. The deal was first signed [Read More]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said “good news” would be delivered on grain exports with the signing of a deal with Ukraine, Russia, and the United Nations on Friday. “With the participation of the United [Read More]
At least 98 people Thursday were affected by mass drinking water poisoning in a village in Turkey’s northwestern Bolu province, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca announced. Fourteen of them are in intensive care, while 43 [Read More]
Turkey’s central bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 14 percent for a seventh straight month on Thursday amid soaring inflation. “The Committee expects the disinflation process to start on the back of measures [Read More]
Turkey on Wednesday denied responsibility for a deadly bombardment on a resort in Iraq’s semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan, urging Iraqi authorities to keep off the “influence and propaganda” of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). “Turkey [Read More]
Iraq on Wednesday decided to recall its charge d’affaires from Ankara for consultations and summoned the Turkish ambassador over the deadly bombardment on a northern Iraqi resort. The Iraqi Ministerial Council for National Security announced [Read More]
Launching a new military operation into northern Syria is on Turkey’s agenda as long as its security concerns are not met, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said following his meetings with leaders of Iran and [Read More]
At least 775 illegal migrants and five organizers were detained in the Turkish western city of Izmir over the last weeks, the state-run broadcaster TRT reported on Wednesday. Twenty different human smuggling schemes in different [Read More]
Turkish currency hit its lowest point against the U.S. dollar as of 2022 on Tuesday, accelerating its continuous downward trend. One dollar was traded at 17.57 Turkish liras at 13:45 a.m. local time (1045 GMT), [Read More]
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