Tag: news from turkey

Prime Minister Erdoğan ruled out the possibility of a general amnesty and responded to reactions of his use of the word “Kurdistan” by stating, “Those who are afraid of words cannot ...

Turkish PM and Russian President Putin will discuss regional and international issues, primarily the ongoing crisis in Syria and bilateral relations between Russia and Turkey. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ...

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s opponents have pinned their hopes on Mustafa Sarigul, Turkey’s most popular center-left politician and the mayor of Sisli district, the “Manhattan” of Istanbul. Most anti-Erdogan ...

Turkey’s Laz community is launching an institute to protect its culture and Lazuri language. They also mulls opening a private Laz school as well. Turkey’s Laz community is establishing an ...

Turkish President Abdullah Gul urges regional leaders to find solution to regional problems. Democratic process in the Middle East and the North Africa should go on uninterrupted, Turkish President Abdullah Gul said Wednesday. Gul made the ...

"OPCW has confirmed that chemical equipment in Syria have been destroyed" Syrian president Bashar al Assad’s forces have been blamed for the attacks against hundreds of civilians in Syria. Nevertheless, ...

Tevfik Gur Stadium in the city of Mersin will host the Turkish national football team's match for the first time in history. Turkey's national football team will play a friendly ...

A Patriot missile battery stationed in the southeastern province of Gaziantep will be replaced as part of routine rotation procedures, the Turkish General Staff said today. A U.S. ship carrying ...

When the famous Syrian actress Azza al-Bahra fled her home, she had no idea she would be starting a new life in Istanbul. Like many Syrian refugees, she thought she ...

Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğluhas said he apologized to legendary Kurdish musician Şivan Perwer for the “wrong policies” that had kept him away from Turkey, while speaking at the Brooking Institute in ...