Turkey has inaugurated an international horticultural expo in its southern province of Hatay, a place of cultural heritage, highlighting green development in cities across the world. Being postponed for one year because of the COVID-19, [Read More]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has “sharply condemned” recent attacks against Israelis in a phone conversation with his Israeli counterpart Isaac Herzog, according to the Israeli President’s Office. Herzog thanked Erdogan for his “important remarks,” [Read More]
The Russian and Ukrainian delegations have arrived in Turkey’s largest city Istanbul on Monday for a fresh round of face-to-face peace talks, aiming to achieve substantial progress to end the crisis. The Russian delegation has [Read More]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday announced value-added tax (VAT) cuts on several products to fight inflation. The VAT cuts included mostly necessities, such as hygiene products and medical equipment, Erdogan said at a [Read More]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on Sunday agreed to hold the next round of Russia-Ukraine negotiations in Turkey’s Istanbul city, the Turkish presidency said. The two leaders had a [Read More]
The next round of negotiations between Ukraine and Russia will take place next week in Turkey, a member of the Ukrainian delegation said Sunday. “Today, at the video talks, it was decided to hold the [Read More]
Western economic sanctions on Russia have hit consumers in Turkey, with soaring food prices and rising inflation raising global food security concerns. Turkey was already on the verge of high inflation, which reached nearly 55 [Read More]
Turkey’s Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said on Saturday that the object found in the waters of the Bosphorus Strait was a mine and was deactivated by underwater defense teams. Speaking to the state-run Anadolu agency [Read More]
Turkish people on Saturday turned off their lights on the occasion of the global Earth Hour event to bring broader public attention to the climate change issue. From 8:30 p.m. local time (1730 GMT), the [Read More]
Lebanon has received 524 tonnes of food aid from Turkey, the National News Agency (NNA) reported. This humanitarian aid, including baby formula and other food products, arrived at the Port of Tripoli and will be [Read More]
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