Premier Benjamin Netanyahu van Israël moet het niet in zijn hoofd halen om het gebied waarop de Al-Aqsa-moskee in Oost-Jeruzalem (Haram al-Sharif) staat, toe te eigenen. Dat zei de Turkse president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan maandag tijdens een uitzending op de staatszender TRT en tv-zender NTV. “Niemand, maar vooral Netanyahu [niet], moet er aan denken te […]

Turkije roept de Verenigde Naties op tot actie in Myanmar, waarvan het leger bezig is met een etnische zuivering door de moslimminderheid in de deelstaat Rakhine te verjagen en uit te moorden. “Wij veroordelen de moordpartijen in Myanmar die lijken op een genocide”, reageerde de Turkse vicepremier Bekir Bozdağ maandag. “Ons verdriet is groot. We hebben […]

De Duitse minister van Buitenlandse Zaken, Sigmar Gabriel, heeft gelogen dat zijn vrouw bedreigd wordt door Turken en Erdoğan-fanaten. Dat liet de Turkse vicepremier Bekir Bozdağ zaterdag weten. “Een minister van Buitenlandse Zaken hoort geen leugenaar te zijn”, reageerde Bozdağ nadat de Duitse politie bekend heeft gemaakt dat de vrouw van Gabriel niet door Turken, […]

Cumhurbaşkanı Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Cumhurbaşkanlığı Külliyesi’nde gerçekleştirilen 39. Muhtarlar Toplantısı’nda gündemi değerlendirdi. Olağanüstü hal uygulamasının en önemli özelliğinin, terör örgütlerini defetmek olduğunu ifade eden Erdoğan, şöyle konuştu: “Benim Güneydoğu’daki, Doğu’daki, ülkemdeki halkım huzura ulaşmadıkça biz, devlet başkanı olarak sorumluluğumuzu yerine getirmiş olamayız. Benim muhtarlarım tehdit edilerek, ‘Eğer bu köylerden, eğer bu mahalleden bizim dışımızda herhangi […]

Turkey strongly condemned the terrorist attack in central Barcelona that left at least 13 people dead and dozens of others injured Thursday. In a written statement, Foreign Ministry said: “We condemn in the strongest terms the terrorist attack perpetrated in Barcelona today. “We extend our deepest condolences and wish fortitude to the families of those […]

Turkey’s transport minister said on Thursday that the country was better-equipped to deal with an earthquake – as it observed the 18th anniversary of the devastating Marmara earthquake. Ahmet Arslan said that Turkey had developed several earthquake-resistant structures in the last few years. “We live in a quake-prone country, and should always be prepared for […]

The prime ministers of Turkey and Estonia met on Wednesday for high-level talks in the capital Ankara, where the issue of a Turkey-EU refugee deal resurfaced. At a joint news conference, Turkish premier Binali Yildirim and Estonian leader Juri Ratas — whose country currently holds the rotating six-month EU presidency — said the two states […]

Over 1,200 counterterrorism operations take place across Turkey, says interior ministry Turkish forces have “neutralized” 43 PKK terrorists in a week of operations, according to the country’s interior ministry on Monday. In a briefing, the ministry said 28 PKK terrorists were killed, 14 others surrendered to the security forces and one was detained during counterterrorism […]

Turkey is mourning the 15-year-old boy who was martyred by PKK terrorists in northern Turkey late Friday. Eren Bulbul died from wounds sustained as he helped gendarmes track PKK terrorists in Macka, a town 22 kilometers (14 miles) south of the Black Sea province of Trabzon. Gendarmerie Master Sgt. Ferhat Gedik, 41, was injured in […]

We will not tolerate efforts to form artificial state at borders we share with Iraq and Syria, says PM Binali Yildirim Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Friday that Turkey will not allow the existence of an “artificial state” at its southern border. Speaking to reporters in Ankara after Friday prayers, Yildirim said that Turkey […]