Turkey: Cabinet meets via video link
ISTANBUL
A meeting of Turkey’s Cabinet started Monday afternoon under the chairmanship of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
From Huber Mansion in Istanbul, Erdogan is chairing the meeting via video link, the...
Necmettin Erbakan: Trailblazer of national vision
ANKARA
A decade has passed since the death of Turkey's former Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan, the founding leader of the National Vision (Milli Gorus) movement, whose political wisdom and struggle...
Turkey: We will protect rights, interests in E. Med.
TEKIRDAG, Turkey
Turkey will protect and defend its rights in accordance with international law, parliament speaker Mustafa Sentop said Friday.
Countries were drawn to the Eastern Mediterranean when research revealed energy...
Turkey: AK Party lawmaker Mustafa Yeneroglu resigns
ANKARA
The ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party lawmaker Mustafa Yeneroglu resigned from the party on Wednesday.
"In line with the demand of the president, I resign from AK Party," Yeneroglu,...
Turkey: Ex-premier tests negative for virus
ANKARA
The former Turkish prime minister recovered from COVID-19 and now tested negative.
Binali Yildirim said on Twitter his test results came negative about two weeks after contracting the novel coronavirus.
Yildirim...
'Turkey is self-sufficient in fight against COVID-19'
ANKARA
Being self-sufficient in medical equipment is as important as being so in the defense industry, and being a strong country in the provision chain will be one of Turkey's...
'Military coups are crimes against humanity'
ISTANBUL
The Turkish president on Sunday spoke against military coups, particularly the 1997 "post-modern" coup by the Turkish armed forces.
In a video message on the coup's 24th anniversary, Recep Tayyip...
‘Unthinkable for Turkey to give up Aegean, East Med’
ANKARA
It is unthinkable for Turkey to give up its “historical interests” in the Mediterranean and Aegean seas, the head of a Turkish political party said on Saturday.
Greece is playing...
Turkish court orders release of ex-opposition MP
ISTANBUL
A Turkish court on Thursday ordered release of a former opposition party lawmaker who was arrested on terrorism charges last year.
In its ruling, the Istanbul Court of Justice sentenced...
Turkish lawmaker Markar Esayan dies at 51
ISTANBUL
A lawmaker from Turkey's ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party, Markar Esayan, died on Friday at the age of 51.
Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin conveyed his condolences on Twitter...
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The European Medicine Agency (EMA) on Friday authorized the US' Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for use in children aged 12-17.
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