Second earthquake strikes Turkey
As we mentioned earlier, a second earthquake, which had a magnitude of 7.5, has struck in the Elbistan district of Turkey’s Kahramanmaras province.
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January 21, 2023 Turkey cancels visit by Swedish minister as planned protests stoke tension
ISTANBUL/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said on Saturday that a planned visit next week by his Swedish counterpart to Ankara has been cancelled after Swedish authorities granted permission for protests in Stockholm.
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WORLD
January 5, 2023 Leaders of Turkey, Syria could meet for peace – Erdogan
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday he may meet Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as part of peace efforts after the highest-level talks in public between Ankara and the Damascus government since the Syrian war began in 2011.
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WORLD
November 14, 2022 Turkey announces arrest of Istanbul terror attack suspect
Authorities in Turkey announced early Monday morning that they have arrested the woman suspected of carrying out the suicide bombing on Istanbul’s busy Istiklal Avenue in Turkey.
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WORLD
August 9, 2022 Turkey sends drill ship on first Med mission in two years
Turkey on Tuesday (9 August) sent its newest drill ship on the first eastern Mediterranean energy exploration mission in nearly two years.
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CYPRUS
April 2, 2022 Cyprus asks FRONTEX to monitor departures from Turkey to the island’s occupied areas
Minister of Interior, Nicos Nouris asked the European Commission to monitor the departures from Istanbul airport to the occupied areas iof Cyprus, in order to address the issue of exploitation of refugees by Turkey.
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CYPRUS
January 2, 2022 Turkey complains to UN over Cyprus gas moves
Turkey has sent a letter of complaint to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres taking issue with Cyprus’ recent decision to grant natural gas exploration rights to the ExxonMobil/Qatar Petroleum consortium in Block 5 of its exclusive economic zone and to move ahead with exploratory drilling in Block 10.
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CYPRUS
November 22, 2021 Turkey never discussed or accepted abolition of guarantees, Cyprus President says
Turkey has never discussed or accepted the abolition of the 1960 Treaty of Guarantee, President of the Republic Nicos Anastasiades said Saturday, commenting on a series of leaked documents concerning the 2017 UN-brokered negotiations over a Cyprus settlement in Crans Montana, Switzerland that ended in a deadlock.
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POLITICS
October 24, 2021 Erdogan says 10 ambassadors who backed activist are ‘persona non grata’ in Turkey
Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said 10 ambassadors, including those from the US and France, were “persona non grata” after they issued a statement in support of a jailed activist.
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CYPRUS
October 15, 2021 Cypriot Government exhausting all means to put an end to illegal actions of Turkey and Turkish Cypriots
Government exhausting all means to put an end to illegal actions of Turkey and T/C side, Spokesman tells the CNA
