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Turkiye and Azerbaijan sign gas pipeline deal after victory in Nagorno-Karabakh

Turkiye and Azerbaijan have signed a deal for a gas pipeline linking the two countries following Baku’s military victory over Armenian militants in Nagorno-Karabakh. Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev met on Monday in the Azeri exclave of Nakhchivan. They hailed Azerbaijan’s military victory in Nagorno-Karabakh over the past week after Armenian militants were forced into a ceasefire following a 24-hour Azerbaijani military operation. “It is a […]

today27 September 2023

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Qatar emir congratulates Erdogan on Democracy and National Unity Day

Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani on Friday congratulated Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the occasion of his country's Democracy and National Unity Day. "The Emir of Qatar sent a cable of congratulations to President of the Republic of Turkiye, Erdogan, on the occasion of the National Day of Democracy and National Unity," Qatar News Agency reported. Deputy Emir Sheikh Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Thani also sent similar congratulations to […]

today16 July 2022

International

Turkey: Erdogan’s wildfire comments spark concern over revival of death penalty

INTERNATIONAL Turkey will reconsider a 2004 decision to abolish capital punishment, the justice minister has said, after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan raised the death penalty in connection with the cause of this week's wildfires. Capital punishment was struck from the constitution in the early years of Erdogan's rule. However, after a suspected deliberate blaze destroyed 4,500 hectares (11,119 acres) of Aegean coastal forest, Erdogan said tougher justice was needed. Authorities have […]

today27 June 2022

International

Erdogan says Greek PM Mitsotakis ‘doesn’t exist’ for him after speech to US Congress

INTERNATIONAL Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that he no longer recognises Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, after the latter's criticism of Ankara during his recent trip to the United States. "He [Mitsotakis] no longer exists for me," Erdogan said in a televised address following a cabinet meeting on Monday. "I will never agree to meet with him. We will continue forward with honourable politicians." Mitsotakis travelled to the US […]

today24 May 2022

International News

Erdogan wins re-election in historic Turkish polls

Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won the country's key presidential vote, electoral officials have said, in a result that will allow him to keep his seat with increased powers and become Turkey's first executive president. With 99.2 percent of ballots counted, Erdogan received on Sunday more than half the votes required to secure an outright victory, Sadi Guven, the head of the Supreme Election Committee (YSK), told reporters in the capital, […]

today25 June 2018

International News

Erdogan: Operation in Syria’s Afrin has begun

Turkey says it has launched a much-awaited air and ground offensive against the Kurdish-controlled enclave of Afrin in northern Syria. After days of shelling, Turkish fighter jets on Saturday carried out air raids on the border district targeting positions held by the Syrian Kurdish PYD and YPG groups. The heavy bombardment began as units of pro-Ankara rebels known as the Free Syrian Army (FSA) started moving into Afrin, according to […]

today21 January 2018

International News

Turkey’s Erdogan says Iraq cannot handle Mosul assault alone

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Iraq could not deal alone with driving Islamic State from the city of Mosul and that the presence of Turkish forces in a nearby military camp was an insurance against attacks on Turkey. Turkey has been locked in a row with Iraq's central government about the presence of Turkish troops at the Bashiqa camp in northern Iraq, and over who should take […]

today16 October 2016

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