Tag: Turkey

Turkey jails filmmaker for movie portraying execution of Erdogan

    ANKARA: A Turkish filmmaker was convicted on Friday of membership of a terrorist group for a feature film that portrayed President Tayyip Erdogan having...

Pakistan, Turkey agree to further enhance bilateral ties

– Dr Shireen Mazari says laws related to human rights will be implemented in true spirit ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Turkey have mutually agreed on further enhancing...

Turkey calls for a new chapter in relations with Greece

ATHENS: Turkey's foreign minister called for a new chapter in testy diplomatic ties with Greece on Saturday, even as he berated the neighboring country...

Turkey’s Erdogan says Turkey needs S-400 missile defence systems

ANKARA: Turkey needs Russian-made S-400 surface-to-air missile batteries and will procure them as soon as possible, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday. The United States...

Turkey agrees with Pak to raise blasphemous caricatures contest issue with...

ISLAMABAD: A day after Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi had informed the Senate that he had written a letter to the secretary-general of the Organisation...

Turkey says military solution for Syria’s Idlib would be a disaster

MOSCOW: Turkey’s foreign minister said on Friday it would be disastrous to seek a military solution in the northern Syrian region of Idlib, a...

Russia to start delivering S-400 defence system to Turkey in 2019

MOSCOW: Russia will begin delivering its advanced S-400 missile defence system to Turkey in 2019, the Interfax news agency cited Russia’s state arms exporter...

Merkel sees no urgent need to help Turkey financially

  BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel told her Christian Democrats (CDU) at a meeting that she saw no urgent need to offer financial aid for...

May Almighty Allah help you in your tenure: Erdogan to PM...

ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has congratulated Imran Khan after he assumed the office of the prime minister of Pakistan. “I extend you my heartfelt...

China’s top diplomat says supports Turkey’s efforts to safeguard stability

  SHANGHAI: China supports the Turkish government's efforts to safeguard security and economic stability and believes that it will overcome its "temporary difficulties", China's top...

Erdogan vows Turkey will not be cowed by US

  ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared Saturday that his country would not be cowed by the United States, his latest broadside in the...

Turkey: 2 dead, 5 hurt in shooting at local cleric’s office

  ANKARA: Turkey's state-run news agency says an employee at the office of a local Muslim cleric in eastern Turkey has opened fire at his...

Turkey says will respond if US imposes more sanctions

    ISTANBUL: Turkey on Friday threatened to respond if Washington levied further sanctions over the detention of an American pastor which has sparked a diplomatic...

Turkey, Europe ‘on same page’ opposing US moves

ANKARA: A top Turkish official says Turkey, France and Germany "are on the same page" concerning their opposition to US sanctions and tariffs restricting...

Turkey arrests German citizen: source

  BERLIN: Turkish police have arrested a German citizen, a German foreign ministry source said on Thursday and public broadcaster ARD reported the man was...

4 soldiers killed in Turkey, 3 of them in friendly fire

ANKARA: Turkish officials say four soldiers have been killed in violence in southeastern Turkey where troops are battling Kurdish rebels — three of them...

Turkey doubles tariffs on some US imports; Turkish lira rallies

ISTANBUL: Turkey doubled tariffs on some US imports including cars, alcohol and tobacco on Wednesday in retaliation for US moves, but the lira rallied...