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Vladimir Putin to meet Erdogan on September 4
Moscow: President Vladimir Putin will meet his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday in Sochi, Al Jazeera reported, quoting Russian Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov. Their talks come a week before Turkey…
- Middle East
Istanbul residents urged to save water amid drought
Istanbul: Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu has urged residents of Turkey’s largest city to save water amid the current drought and subsequent water shortage. Warning that Istanbul’s dam filling rate falls to merely…
- Middle East
Turkey presses for grain deal to bolster influence
Ankara: Serving as a mediator between Russia and Ukraine, Turkey is working to revive the Black Sea Grain Initiative to bolster its regional influence and secure cheap grains, analysts said. The agreement,…
- Middle East
Aysu Turkoglu becomes first Turkish woman to swim across North Channel
Ankara: Aysu Turkoglu became the first Turkish woman to swim across the North Channel on Wednesday, August 9. At just 22 years of age, the endurance swimmer is also the youngest Turkish…
- Middle East
Syria: Miracle baby born under earthquake rubble turns 6 months
Damascus: A Syrian baby girl who was miraculously born under the earthquake rubble and remained connected through the umbilical cord to her mother, who was dead, is six months old and in good health, Associated…
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Malvika Raaj, young Poo from ‘K3G’, is set to tie the knot with long-time partner
Mumbai: The Actress Malvika Raaj, who played the role of younger Pooja in the Karan Johar directorial ‘Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham…’, is ready to walk down the aisle as she is all…
- Middle East
Erdogan: Putin may visit Turkey in August
Istanbul: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin could visit Turkey this month. “The date has not been set yet,” he told reporters in a live…
- Middle East
Erdogan advisor to attend Ukraine peace talks in Saudi Arabia
Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s chief adviser Akif Cagatay Kilic will represent Turkey at the Ukraine peace talks to be hosted by Saudi Arabia on Saturday, media reported. The talks will…
- Middle East
Turkish woman wounded in armed attack at Sweden’s consulate in Izmir
Ankara: A Turkish woman employee was seriously wounded after being shot at by an armed assailant at Sweden’s honorary consulate in the western province of Izmir on Tuesday, August 1. The Izmir governor’s…
- Middle East
Number of tourists visiting Turkey up by 17%
Istanbul: The number of tourists visiting Turkey in the first six months of this year has increased by 17 percent compared to the same period last year, according to Culture and Tourism…
- Middle East
12 YPG members killed by Turkish forces in Syria
Ankara: Turkish security forces killed 12 members of the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) in northwestern Syria, the Turkish Defence Ministry said. The YPG members were “neutralised” after they opened “harassing…
- Middle East
UAE astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi shares photos of wildfires from space
Abu Dhabi: United Arab Emirates (UAE) astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi shared photos of the wildfires affecting Greece and Turkey from the International Space Station (ISS). Greece and Turkey are among the countries hit…
- Middle East
Turkey’s Erdogan meets Palestinian President, Hamas leader
Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a closed-door meeting with his visiting Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Ankara. Wednesday’s meeting at the presidential complex came a…
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Turkey: Hagia Sophia marks 3rd anniversary of reopening as a mosque
The historical Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey marked the third anniversary of its re-opening as a mosque on July 24. Ali Erbas, head of the Turkish Presidency for Religious Affairs, performed the…
- Middle East
Turkey condemns Quran desecration in Denmark
Ankara: The Turkish Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned the “repeated vile attacks” against the Islamic holy book of Quran in Denmark’s capital Copenhagen. “The Danish authorities must act within the framework of…