Tag: Istanbul
Istanbul votes in test for Erdogan and Turkish democracy
ISTANBUL: Istanbul returned to the polls on Sunday in a re-run of the mayoral election that has become a test of Turkish democracy as...
Turkey’s AK Party to seek recount of all Istanbul votes
ISTANBUL: President Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party will ask Turkey’s top electoral board for a recount of all votes cast in local elections in Istanbul,...
Erdogan accuses US, Europe of ‘meddling’ after Turkey vote
ANKARA: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday accused the US and Europe of “meddling” in Turkey's affairs after statements from Western allies following his...
President Alvi, Erdogan attend inauguration of Istanbul airport
ISTANBUL: President Arif Alvi Monday attended the inauguration ceremony of Grand International Airport in Istanbul along with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
President Arif Alvi...
Elections roundup: Lessons from Istanbul
With less than a month between Pakistan and the polls, there was another election in another part of the Muslim world filled with lessons...
Europe’s largest wooden building awaits salvation
Looking up at the giant wooden edifice looming over him, Erol Baytas shakes his head.
"I don't think it will survive another winter," he says,...
Tanker crash damages Istanbul’s historic mansion
ANKARA: A tanker crashed into a historic mansion on the shores of Istanbul’s Bosphorus after its steering equipment became locked, broadcaster CNN Turk said,...
Istanbul hosts Afghan Taliban talks with the government
KABUL: A quadrilateral intra-Afghan peace dialogue began on Saturday in the Turkish capital Istanbul, to find a negotiated end to the decades-long conflict in Afghanistan,...
Pakistan asks Muslim world to overcome differences in face of US-Israel...
Abbasi says Jerusalem as Palestine’s capital only roadmap
Calls for collective efforts to rid Muslim world of oppression
Asif calls US Jerusalem decision...
CM Shehbaz Sharif to attend extraordinary OIC meeting in Turkey
LAHORE: Muslims have always been accused of not being united against the atrocities the Ummah faces time and again. In 1972, Organisation for Islamic...
PM arrives in Turkey to attend D-8 summit
ISTANBUL: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was accorded a very warm welcome as he arrived here Thursday to lead Pakistan’s delegation at the 9th...
Suspect held over Istanbul nightclub attack has confessed: official
The man believed to have killed 39 people on New Year’s night at an Istanbul nightclub has confessed after Turkish police captured him in...
IS claims Istanbul New Year massacre, attacker on the run
Islamic State jihadists Monday claimed the shooting rampage at a glamorous Istanbul nightclub that killed 39 on New Year's night, while police arrested eight...
Islamic State claims responsibility for Istanbul attack
Islamic State (IS) has claimed the responsibility for a gun attack on an Istanbul nightclub which killed 39 people on Sunday, the group said...
Bomb tears through Turkish nightclub
39 killed, 69 injured, including 16 foreign nationals
As many as 39 people, including 16 foreigners, were killed when a gunman reportedly dressed as Santa...
Obama offers US assistance to Turkey after Istanbul attack
President Barack Obama expressed condolences on Saturday for the attack at a night club in Istanbul and directed his team to offer US help...
PM Nawaz condemns Istanbul attack
Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has strongly condemned the terror attack in Istanbul, Turkey on New Year s eve.
In a statement on behalf of...
