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Finland and Sweden can’t join NATO until Turkey’s concerns are met – Ankara

Following talks in Ankara on Wednesday, Turkish government spokesman Ibrahim Kalin told reporters that his government would not allow Finland…

2 years ago

Ankara works with EU neighbors amid drifting naval mine alert

Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar has said his country was working with Romania and Bulgaria after several drifting naval mines…

2 years ago

Ankara lashes out at EU declaration Cyprus and migration issues, says it’s ‘biased, lacking vision & disconnected from reality’

In a short statement on Sunday, a spokesman for the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs called parts of a declaration…

3 years ago

‘Hindering peace & stability’: Ankara summons US envoy as it fumes over Biden recognizing Armenian Genocide

Ankara minced no words, as it took aim at Biden’s decision to recognize the Armenian Genocide on Saturday. The Turkish…

3 years ago

Erdogan’s press office ditches WhatsApp as Ankara urges Turks to use domestic apps in fight against ‘digital fascism’

Starting on Monday, the office is switching over to encrypted messaging app BiP, which is developed by Turkish firm Turkcell,…

3 years ago

F-16 pilots get up to 79 life sentences each for bombing police & parliament building in Ankara during 2016 coup attempt

The court in Ankara delivered the verdicts against 475 defendants, 365 of whom had been detained.Several former military officials and…

3 years ago

‘Azerbaijan is not alone’: Ankara throws weight behind Baku as fighting rages on over disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region

Turkey’s presidential spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin took to Twitter on the heels of fresh clashes over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh territory. The…

4 years ago

‘This is not a colony!’ Ankara snaps at Washington over threat that US pharma may exit Turkey if it fails to repay $2.3bn debt

“What the ambassador did is neither correct nor ethical. He is using manipulation at a time when we are holding…

4 years ago

Ankara doesn’t expect EU sanctions over dispute with Greece in eastern Mediterranean – FM

The EU has made it clear it fully supports its member states Greece and Cyprus in the dispute with Turkey.…

4 years ago

3rd front the Russo-Turkish war: Fighters of Ankara spread to Azerbaijan from Syria

The turnover of the middle East conflict, which began with "Arab spring" of 2011-2012, involved more and more countries, including…

4 years ago