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This handout image released by the Saudi press Agency (SPA) on 28 April 2022 shows Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz escorting Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan (L) during a meeting in Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah. Picture: SPA/AFP

Turkey

Turkish president meets Saudi leaders in first visit since Khashoggi killing

By AFP

The trip came as Turkey, facing an economic crisis fuelled by the collapse of its currency and soaring inflation, tries to drum up financial support from energy...

  • FILE: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. Picture: @RecepTayyipErdogan/Facebook.com.

    Turkey's jailed rights defender makes final appeal before verdict

    Prosecutors demanded last month that Kavala be found guilty of "attempting to overthrow" Erdogan's government.

    24 days ago
  • FILE: The 59-year-old journalist was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on 2 October, 2018, in a gruesome murder that shocked the world. Picture: AFP

    Turkey court confirms transfer of Khashoggi murder trial to Saudis

    The 59-year-old journalist was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on 2 October 2018, in a gruesome murder that shocked the world.

    39 days ago
  • Istanbul in Turkey. Picture: Guillaume de Bassompierre.

    Turkey says second mine found floating off its coast

    Turkey says a second mine which could have come from Ukraine was discovered off its coast near Bulgaria, adding that experts had been sent to defuse it.

    49 days ago
  • FILE: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. Picture: @RecepTayyipErdogan/Facebook.com.

    Turkey's Erdogan pledges 15 million COVID vaccine doses for Africa

    Erdogan said Turkey would ship 15 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Africa, where cases are rapidly rising and vaccination rates are low.

    149 days ago
  • FILE: WAM said that the move was "to support the Turkish economy and boost bilateral cooperation between the two countries". Picture: 123rf.com

    UAE announces $10 billion fund for investments in Turkey - report

    The UAE and Turkey have backed opposing sides in the Libyan conflict and have diverging opinions on other regional issues such as gas exploration in the eastern Mediterranean.

    172 days ago
  • This handout picture released by Turkey's IHH humanitarian aid group on 9 November 2021, shows members of rescue services as they work at the site of a collapsed building in the town of Battalgazi, in Malatya province, about 160 kilometres (100 miles) north of the Syrian border. Picture: Handout/IHH humanitarian aid group/AFP

    21 survive Turkey building collapse with no deaths

    Witnesses and media reports said the building crumbled during planned renovation work that resulted in damage to one of the walls separating two of the ground floor restaurants.

    187 days ago
  • FILE: US President Joe Biden (R) speaks with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan prior to a plenary session of a NATO summit at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) headquarters in Brussels, on 14 June 2021. Picture: AFP

    Biden offers support to Orthodox leader amid Turkey tensions

    The Biden administration has had rocky relations with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who last week threatened to expel the US and other Western ambassadors over a statement on human rights.

    202 days ago
  • Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. Picture: AFP.

    Turkey's Erdogan promises mutually beneficial pacts with Africa

    Since taking office nearly two decades ago, first as prime minister, Erdogan has been fostering ties with Africa, presenting Turkey as a fairer player than the continent's former colonial powers and China.

    208 days ago
  • FILE: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. Picture: @RecepTayyipErdogan/Facebook.com.

    Erdogan visits Turkish flood victims as death toll hits 27

    President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sounded both mournful and hopeful as he led a prayer for the victims before a few hundred residents in the inundated city of Kastamonu.

    276 days ago
  • This handout picture released by Turkey's IHH humanitarian aid group on 12 August 2021 shows a car floating in water in Kastamonu, after flash floods swept across several Black Sea regions. Picture:
Handout / IHH / AFP.

    Flash floods kill 11 as Turkey reels from multiple disasters

    Turkey has been grappling with drought and reeling from a rapid succession of natural disasters that world scientists believe are becoming more frequent and intense because of climate change.

    276 days ago
  • Staff members of the Spanish hydroplanes prepare for flights over the wildfires at the Dalaman Airport of Mugla on 3 August 2021. Turkey's struggle against its deadliest wildfires in decades come as a blistering heatwave grips southeastern Europe creating tinderbox conditions that Greek officials blame squarely on climate change. Picture: AFP

    Turkey and Greece reel from raging wildfires during heatwave

    Greece deployed large forces near Olympia to protect archaeological sites where the first Olympic Games were held in antiquity.

    284 days ago
  • A photograph shows a forest burning as a massive wildfire engulfed a Mediterranean resort at the Marmaris district of Mugla, on 1 August 2021. Picture: AFP

    EU sends help to Turkey as wildfire toll reaches eight

    The Turkish leader came under especially strong criticism over the weekend for tossing bags of tea to locals while touring one of the most badly affected regions under heavy police escort.

    287 days ago
  • FILE: Members of the Taliban delegation leave their seats at the end of the session during the peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban in the Qatari capital Doha on 12 September 2020. Picture: AFP

    International community calls for 'urgent end' to Taliban offensive

    Fighting, meanwhile, continued in Afghanistan, with both the Taliban and government claiming gains in various parts of the country.

    300 days ago
  • FILE: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. Picture: @RecepTayyipErdogan/Facebook.com.

    Erdogan says US can count on Turkey after Afghanistan troop pullout

    The United States is in the final stages of completing a military drawdown, alongside NATO forces, by September 11 -- 20 years after they invaded Afghanistan and toppled the Taliban.

    337 days ago
  • FILE: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. Picture: @RecepTayyipErdogan/Facebook.com.

    Erdogan accuses former admirals of 'political coup'

    Turkish prosecutors detained 10 of the admirals on Monday and ordered four others to turn themselves in after they published an opened letter critical of the proposed Canal Istanbul over the weekend.

    406 days ago
  • FILE: Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Picture: AFP.

    Turkey, Egypt resume first diplomatic contacts since 2013

    The two regional powers have sparred over a range of issues, including the war in Libya where they backed rival sides.

    430 days ago
  • Turkish Police detained activists supporting Bogazici University students protesting against the appointment by the Turkish government of a new rector in Ankara on February 2, 2021. Picture: Adem Altan / AFP.

    Turkey's student protests turn increasingly violent

    Turkey has been hit by weeks of rallies across major campuses against Erdogan's appointment of a party loyalist to head Istanbul's exclusive Bogazici University at the start of the year.

    467 days ago
  • FILE: In this file photo taken on July 11, 2018 Turkish police officers escort televangelist and leader of a sect, Adnan Oktar (C) in Istanbul, as he is arrested on fraud charges. Picture: AFP

    Turkish TV preacher jailed for 1,000 years for sex crimes

    Adnan Oktar preached creationism and conservative values while women in revealing outfits -- many of whom appeared to have had plastic surgery -- danced around him to upbeat music in the TV studio.

    489 days ago
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