Turkey has committed “too many provocations” in recent months to ease tensions between Turkey and the EU. EU Foreign Ministers are considering what “consequences” this should have, says German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas. Germany is chairing the European Union for this six months but is still manoeuvring cautiously in […]
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Greece refuses to talk to Turkey while a Turkish research vessel operates in disputed waters. So said a Greek government spokesman after the Turkish vessel Oruc Reis was returned to the eastern Mediterranean. NATO member states Greece and Turkey have been arguing for some time about the search for […]
France sends the navy ship the Lafayette with two Rafale-type fighter jets to the eastern Mediterranean. The Ministry of Defense reported that this is part of plans to expand the military presence in that area. Tensions between Greece and Turkey are mounting there as a result of Turkish projects […]
A Turkish court has paved the way to turn the world-famous Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, once a church and now a museum, back into a mosque. The judges overturned the Turkish government’s 1934 decision, which turned Hagia Sophia, a mosque for centuries, into a museum.
A Turkish military aircraft with medical supplies and protective equipment left for the United States on Tuesday to assist in the fight against the coronavirus outbreak. “We are proud to announce that at the request of our NATO ally, Turkey will supply medical supplies to the United States to […]
Turkey Repays Attack: More Than 100 Syrian Targets Bombarded. The conflict between Turkey and neighbouring Syria continued to escalate on Monday. The Turkish Ministry of Defense reports that 115 targets of the Syrian regime were bombarded after five Turkish soldiers were killed earlier in the day in artillery fire […]
Turkey has killed several soldiers of the Syrian regime in action in northwestern Syria. This happened in retaliation for an artillery bombing in which six Turkish soldiers died. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his army killed 30 to 35 Syrian soldiers, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) […]
Turkey sends military experts and technical teams to Libya. They are going to support the government in Tripoli there, says Turkish Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu (Foreign Affairs). The government of Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj, internationally recognised, asked Turkey for help last month. Troops of the powerful warlord Khalifa Haftar […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed Wednesday with his Tunisian colleague Kais Saied possible steps and cooperation to bring about a ceasefire in Libya. Erdogan unexpectedly arrived in Tunis earlier on Wednesday for talks with Saied, his office said, without providing any further details. He is the first head […]
Erdogan Wants to expand Turkish Military operations in Iraq and Syria. The Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants to increase the Turkish army’s cross-border operations in Iraq and Syria. He will “dry out the source of the intimidation” for his country, Erdogan announced Saturday at the party conference of […]
