Tag: Turkey
PIA planes landed in Malaysia, Turkey after bomb hoax
Two Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) planes, carrying 164 and 378 passengers that were landed at Kuala Lumpur airport and Istanbul’s Ataturk airport on Wednesday...
Turkey freezes all relations with Israel
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced a total freeze on military and trade ties with Israel and threatened Tuesday to visit Gaza as...
Israel seeks calm with Turkey, but not at any price
Israel wants to calm a fierce row that has erupted with one-time ally Turkey over a 2010 raid on an aid flotilla, but not...
UN chief urges Turkey, Israel to improve ties
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Turkey and Israel on Saturday to improve their relationship and accept the recommendations of a U.N. report into...
Turkey expels Israeli envoy in flotilla report row
Turkey expelled the Israeli ambassador to Ankara Friday and suspended all military ties with its one-time ally after a UN report slammed the "excessive"...
Turkey expels Israeli ambassador over flotilla row
Turkey expelled Israel's ambassador and said on Friday it was cutting military ties with Jerusalem over last year's raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla...
PKK announces three-day truce with Turkey
A Kurdish separatist group announced a three-day ceasefire with Turkey on Monday, a spokesman for the rebels said, after several days of Turkish air...
Turkey says 90-100 Kurd rebels killed in Iraq raids
Turkey’s military said on Tuesday it had killed up to 100 Kurdish rebels in six days of air and artillery strikes on northern Iraq,...
Turkey strikes Kurd rebels in Iraq for third night
Turkish warplanes struck Kurdish guerrilla targets in northern Iraq in a third consecutive night of airstrikes, military headquarters said on Saturday, adding that the...
Turkey bombs northern Iraq for third day
Turkey kept pressure on Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) separatists in northern Iraq on Friday, with a rebel spokesman saying Turkish jets were carrying out...
Turkey to help develop power projects
Punjab Board of Investment and Trade (PBIT) hosted a 10 member delegation from Turkey which arrived in Lahore to assist Pakistan develop new energy...
Hina to leave for Turkey tomorrow
Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar would leave for two-day official visit of Turkey on Thursday.
According to a release issued here on Wednesday from the...
Turkey hurting trade with Pakistan
The Turkish government has recently taken some steps which would decrease the trade volume between Pakistan and Turkey, while our policymakers have not taken...
US to return weary Herakles bust to Turkey
After an ongoing dispute, the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) will reunite the bust with its lower half at the Antalya Museum later this...
Turkey will never forget 9 flotilla dead: Erdogan
Turkey will never forget the nine Turks killed when Israeli troops stormed a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday, days...
Pakistan seeks to boost trade ties with Turkey
Though the proposed Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA)between Pakistan and Turkey could not be signed during the last six years, despite tall claims made on...
Israel minister rules out flotilla apology to Turkey
Israel will not "take responsibility" for the deaths of nine Turkish nationals by apologising to Ankara over its botched 2010 raid on a ferry...