One person died and two assailants were shot dead in an attack on a courthouse in Istanbul on Tuesday, Turkish officials said. The alleged attackers, a man and woman, were killed during an “attempt to attack” a security checkpoint at…
Turkish club president given lifetime ban after referee attack
The disgraced former president of Turkish club Ankaragucu was handed a lifetime ban by Turkey’s football federation on Dec 14 after punching a referee following a game earlier this week. The Turkish Football Federation’s (TFF) disciplinary board has also ordered…
Russia won’t renew grain deal until demands met, Putin tells Erdogan
Russian President Vladimir Putin has reiterated his stance on reinstating a United Nations-brokered deal to safely ship Ukrainian grain across the Black Sea only after the West meets Moscow’s demands on its agricultural exports. The Russian president’s remarks on Monday…
Turkey’s Erdogan sworn in for 3rd term as president
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appealed for unity as he was sworn in for a third consecutive term on Saturday after winning a runoff election. “We will embrace all 85 million people regardless of their political views … Let’s put…
NATO chief urges Turkey not to veto Sweden joining alliance
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has urged Turkey not to veto Sweden’s bid to join the military alliance, ahead of a meeting this month to try to overcome objections delaying Stockholm’s membership. “Membership will make Sweden safer but also make NATO…
Turkey approves Finland Nato membership bid
Finland will become the 31st member of Nato after Turkey’s parliament voted to approve its application. Turkey had delayed Finland’s bid to join the West’s defensive alliance for months – complaining the Nordic nation was supporting “terrorists”. Sweden, which applied…
Turkey says it will ratify Finland’s bid to join NATO
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country will start the ratification process for Finland’s membership to NATO. The announcement caps a nearly 10-month wait for Finland to join the alliance as Erdogan has delayed a decision on the matter.…
Kemal Kilicdaroglu: Opposition picks ‘Turkey’s Gandhi’ to challenge Erdogan in election
Turkey’s often divided opposition parties have come together to choose a single candidate to face President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in May’s election. Kemal Kilicdaroglu leads the main secular opposition party, the centre-left Republican People’s Party (CHP). Polls suggest a tight…
Erdogan indicates Turkey elections to be in May, 3 months after quake
President Tayyip Erdogan indicated on Wednesday that elections will be held on May 14, sticking to his previous plan for the vote. The date indicated for the election is just over three months after a devastating earthquake killed more than…
