Turkey
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The president of a top Turkish football club has resigned after punching a referee to the ground at the end of a match. Faruk Koca, who has also been arrested, said he was “embarrassed” and “saddened” by the incident. The MKE Ankaragucu president hit the referee Halil Umut Meler at the end of the game…
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Turkey has rejected plans to create a buffer zone in Gaza after the war, the country’s president has told reporters. Tayyip Erdogan said such a plan would be “disrespectful” to Palestinians and Israel must return the territories it occupies. Reuters reported last week that Israel had conveyed plans for the buffer zone to several Arab…
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The situation in Gaza is “apocalyptic” and there is a “heightened risk” of atrocity crimes being committed, the UN human rights chief has warned. Speaking at a news conference in Geneva, Volker Turk urged Israel and Hamas to urgently take measures to stop such violations being committed. “My humanitarian colleagues have described the situation as…
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday accused Israel of “committing war crimes” in Gaza by preventing the access of people in the besieged enclave to electricity, water and food. “Israel, which commits a war crime by cutting off electricity, water and food, is trying to prevent the oppression of the people in Gaza from…
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– ‘Globally, it’s extremely likely this will be the hottest December, January, February on record,’ warns climate scientist Mathew Barlow – ‘For the earth as a whole, it’s very likely to be the hottest period on record,’ Barlow tells Anadolu – Global warming and effect of El Nino weather phenomenon key reasons for warm winter…
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The president of Turkey has ramped up his criticism of Israel today, calling it a “terrorist state” intent on destroying Gaza. In a fiery speech, Recep Tayyip Erodgan said his country would take steps to make sure Israel’s leaders were brought to trial in international courts. “Israel is implementing a strategy of total destruction of…
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Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan held a phone conversation with his Malaysian counterpart Zambry Abdul Kadir on Monday, as the duo discussed the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict, Turkish diplomatic sources said. No further details were shared of the phone call. The Israeli army on Friday widened its air and ground attacks on the Gaza Strip,…
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Israel has rejected Turkey’s president Tayyip Erdogan’s comment that Hamas is “not a terrorist organisation”. Mr Erdogan made the remark earlier today in a speech to his party’s lawmakers in parliament, saying Hamas was a liberation group waging a battle to protect its land. “Israel wholeheartedly rejects the Turkish president’s harsh words about the terrorist…
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The president of Turkey has accused the US of taking steps towards a “serious massacre” in Gaza. Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticised Joe Biden for moving an aircraft carrier closer to Israel, saying the US will “hit Gaza”. “What will the aircraft carrier of the US do near Israel, why do they come? What will boats…
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As an ally of Ankara, Washington must stop working with PKK/YPG terrorists in northern Syria, Türkiye’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in strong terms, Turkish diplomatic sources said on Friday. In the phone call, Fidan also underlined that Türkiye will continue resolutely to pursue anti-terror operations in Iraq and…
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A relief campaign was launched Saturday in the Turkish metropolis of Istanbul to help Morocco in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake last week. Abbas ez-Zaim, president of the Moroccan-Turkish Friendship Association, said at a news conference at the Taksim Mosque Culture and Art Center that his group is trying to support Moroccans to overcome…
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Türkiye and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres are “working hard” to revive the Black Sea grain deal, said White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Friday. During a press briefing, Sullivan said the US does not see an immediate pathway back to the deal, saying that “Russia’s excuses, answers on this just keep shifting.” “We’re…
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The US welcomes Türkiye’s efforts to try to convince Russia to return to the Black Sea grain deal, the State Department said Tuesday. “We are continuing to engage with the UN and Türkiye which have worked very hard to make the Black Sea Grain Initiative both possible and functional,” State Department deputy spokesman Vedant Patel…
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European Pressphoto Agency (EPA) photographer Sergey Kozlov’s photo titled “Ukraine-Russia War” won the Photo of the Year award at the Istanbul Photo Awards, the ninth edition of the annual international photography contest held by Anadolu Ajansı to support photojournalists. Each year the top performing photographers are showcased in hundreds of publications worldwide – and once…
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Türkiye on Friday reiterated its strong condemnation of attacks on the holy Quran in Europe, terming it a plague. Speaking at the joint news conference with his Hungarian counterpart Peter Szijjarto in Budapest, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said he believes the Islamic world will take some decisions at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation meeting…
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The UK government announced Monday that it is financing the construction of a high-speed electrified railway in southern Türkiye. The announcement came from the UK government’s export credit agency, UK Export Finance (UKEF), which has underwritten €781 million ($872 million or £680 million) for the project. The construction will enable Turkish conglomerate Ronesans Holding to…
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