The First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu has inaugurated the second 76- metre high Endurance Offshore Patrol Vessel, built by a Turkish ship builder, Dearsan Shipyard, for the Nigerian Navy. Performing the ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey, the first Lady said the…
Hungary’s parliament clears path for Sweden’s Nato membership
Sweden has cleared its final obstacle to joining Nato after Hungary’s parliament voted to ratify the bid. The Nordic nation applied to join the defence alliance after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Every member must approve a new…
1 person killed and 2 assailants shot dead during an attack on a Turkish courthouse
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…
3 killed in Turkey in helicopter crash during firefighting
Three people have been killed in a helicopter crash in western Turkey during a firefighting operation to extinguish a forest fire, local media reported on Monday. According to the report, the helicopter crashed on Saturday while the crew was trying…
EU to provide Turkey with €400m for aftermath of major earthquakes
The European Union is to provide an additional 400 million euros (426.8 million U.S. dollars) in disaster relief to Turkey to deal with the aftermath of the two major earthquakes. On February 6, two large earthquakes and many aftershocks shook…
1st ship to use Ukraine’s Black Sea corridor arrives in Istanbul
The first ship to use a temporary corridor to and from Ukraine’s seaports entered Turkey’s Bosphorus Strait early Friday, local media reported. The Hong Kong-flagged container ship operated by a German firm entered the Bosphorus at 6:10 a.m. (0310 GMT),…
5.5-magnitude earthquake rock Turkey’s southern Adana province
An earthquake of 5.5-magnitude shook the southern Turkish province of Adana on Tuesday morning, according to the Kandilli earthquake monitoring centre in Istanbul. The centre said the quake occurred at 8:44 am (0544 GMT). Its epicentre was in the district…
Zelensky wins Erdogan’s NATO backing after securing US cluster bombs
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has secured Turkey’s crucial backing for Ukraine’s Nato aspirations, though Joe Biden said he did not think there was “unanimity” among alliance members that it should join during Russia’s invasion. As the war entered its 500th day…
Turkish fury as Sweden allows Qur’an burning risks further delays to Nato bid
Turkey’s foreign minister has criticised the burning of the Qur’an outside a Stockholm mosque in a demonstration that could further complicate Ankara’s long-delayed approval of Sweden’s application to join Nato. The protest came as Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, told…
