“Democracy watch” rallies marking the first anniversary of last July’s coup attempt will officially start on Saturday, the president announced Thursday. After last year’s coup attempt, “democracy watch” rallies were held all across the country for several weeks. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke at a memorial service held at Bestepe National Congress and Culture Center […]

Turkey has exported 15,000 tons supplies to Qatar since beginning of blockade, says Turkish economy minister Turkey will continue to meet Qatar’s daily and long-term needs through exporting necessary supplies, Turkish Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci said Wednesday. Since June 5 Qatar has been under a blockade by Arab countries — including Saudi Arabia, the United […]

EU is not indispensable for Turkey, president says in interview with BBC Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that Turkey has other plans up its sleeve if the EU membership talks fail. In an interview with the BBC’s HARDtalk program published on Wednesday, Erdogan said it would even be a relief in case the […]

‘We share the suffering of the people of Mosul,’ says Foreign Ministry statement Turkey’s Foreign Ministry on Monday “welcomed” the liberation of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul over the weekend. On Sunday, Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi arrived in Mosul to celebrate the victory over the Daesh terrorist group. “We welcome the successful completion […]

Minister says work on projects will continue despite European Parliament vote to stop accession talks Turkey will continue working with the EU on transport policy, despite EU lawmakers’ call to halt talks on the country joining the bloc, the Turkish transport minister said Thursday. Ahmet Arslan’s comments came as he met European Transport Commissioner Violeta […]

Turkish President launches locally manufactured Kinaliada warship in Istanbul President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reiterated Turkey’s goal of self-sufficiency in defense as he launched a warship on Monday. “We will build our own aircraft carriers,” he said, speaking at the launching ceremony of the Kinaliada Corvette, at the Istanbul navy shipyard. The warship has been manufactured […]

Number of foreign tourists rose over 16 percent year-on-year, Tourism Ministry says The number of foreigners visiting Turkey increased by 16.3 percent in May compared to the same month last year, according to official data revealed on Thursday. Almost 2.89 million foreign visitors arrived in Turkey last month, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism said […]

Suspects were held without any loss of life or property, according to regional governor’s office Five suspected would-be suicide bombers have been arrested in southern Hatay province, according to regional governor’s office on Saturday. In a statement, Hatay Governor’s Office said among the suspects were two Turkish and three Syrian nationals who were allegedly sent […]

Turkey will ‘react the same as we did in Operation Euphrates Shield’ to any threat on Syrian border, president says Turkish armed forces would “never allow the establishment of a state in northern Syria”, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday. Erdogan highlighted a “possible threat” near the Turkish border in Syria, while speaking in the […]

Azize Sozen is the first and only female village guard from among hundreds of personnel. Village guards work alongside the Turkish security forces as part of the country’s counterterrorism strategy. Now women guards are starting to play their part. © Turksemedia.nl – Alle rechten voorbehouden