A commemoration ceremony to mark the first anniversary of defeated coup attempt began Saturday at Istanbul’s iconic July 15 Martyrs’ Bridge with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in attendance. Erdogan joined millions of people at the bridge over the Bosphorous, which was renamed to honor the martyrs after the coup attempt. The commemoration event began with […]

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan asked western leaders to make a choice between Turkey and terrorist organizations in an article he wrote for a British daily on Saturday. Published in the Guardian on the first anniversary of the July 15 defeated coup, Erdogan wrote: “There is no way to sugar-coat this betrayal of Turkey’s friendship — […]

Secretary-general of Gas Exporting Countries Forum backs Turkey’s plans to build nuclear power plants There is “no problem” for Turkey having a nuclear power plant, Seyed Mohammad Hossein Adeli, secretary-general of Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF), said on Thursday. “We should have, and countries like Turkey could have this [nuclear power plant] as one of […]

Number of customers in June rose by 13.5 percent, reaching 5.7 million, compared with same period in 2016 The number of passengers Turkish Airlines carried in the first half of the year has hit 30.3 million people — the highest ever, according to a statement released by the airline on Tuesday. The national flag carrier […]

Turkish president meets Donald Trump on sidelines of G20 summit in Hamburg Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump Saturday on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany. The two leaders held a nearly half hour meeting before the closing session of the G20 summit, Turkish officials have said without […]

UPDATES WITH TURKISH DEPUTY PREMIER’S QUOTES Given strained ties, Turkish Deputy PM not welcome to visit to mark one year since coup attempt, says Dutch government A top Turkish official would not be welcome to visit the Netherlands to mark the first anniversary of last year’s coup attempt, the Dutch government said Friday “The coup […]

Turkish prime minister slams report calling on EU member states to suspend Turkey’s accession talks The Turkish prime minister said Thursday that a report calling on EU member states to suspend Turkey’s accession talks was “null and void”. Binali Yildirim told reporters in Ankara that Turkey cared about the decisions made by EU leaders not […]

Defense Minister Fikri Isik says technical issues on S-400 missile system agreed with Kremlin Ankara and Moscow have agreed on the “technical issues” relating to the purchase of a Russian missile system, Defense Minister Fikri Isik said Tuesday. The sides remain in negotiation on the financial package surrounding the deal for S-400 missiles, he added. […]

Voor reizen over de grens met een minderjarig kind is toestemming van de gezaghebbende ouder(-s) verplicht. Om internationale kinderontvoering te voorkomen controleert de Koninklijke Marechaussee (KMar) of deze toestemming er is. Want niet elk kind dat de grens over gaat, gaat op vakantie. En eenmaal over de grens keert meer dan de helft van de […]

De Duitse minister van Buitenlandse Zaken Sigmar Gabriel heeft zondag laten weten strengere maatregelen tegen terreurgroep PKK in Duitsland te zullen nemen om de recente politieke spanningen met Turkije weg te nemen. Dat zei hij tegen de Duitse krant Bild am Sonntag, een dag voor zijn bezoek aan Turkije vanwege de Incirlik-kwestie. “De PKK is […]