President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke by phone with President President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan. Erdoğan expressed his appreciation to Azerbaijan for their willingness to assist in preventing forest fires in Türkiye. He emphasised the need for BE-200CS amphibious aircraft for firefighting efforts and expressed his gratitude for the decision to send this aircraft from Azerbaijan to Türkiye. The Turkish President described it as another demonstration of the strategic alliance and brotherhood between the two nations. President Ilham Aliyev stated that the BE-200CS amphibious aircraft would soon be sent to Türkiye and reiterated Azerbaijan's...
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Türkiye hosted a second round of talks on Monday between east African neighbors Ethiopia and Somalia to try and resolve a dispute over Ethiopia’s deal with the breakaway region of Somaliland, officials said. Tensions between the two African countries have simmered since Ethiopia signed a memorandum of understanding with Somaliland in January, which Somalia denounced as infringing upon its sovereignty and territorial integrity. Under the deal, Somaliland would lease a 20-kilometer (12-mile) stretch of land along its coastline to Ethiopia to establish a marine force base. With a population estimated at over 120 million, Ethiopia...
Türkiye is ready to help the Malian authorities achieve victory over terrorism in Mali and the Sahel region of Africa. This statement was made by the Turkish military delegation that held talks at the Mali Defence Ministry in Bamako. According to the Directorate of Information and Public Relations of the Armed Forces of Mali, the delegation chaired by Turkish Ambassador to Bamako Efe Ceylan met with Mali's Chief of Staff, General Oumar Diarra with the agenda of "strengthening and expanding cooperation between Mali and Türkiye." Pointing out that the cooperation between the two countries is at a "great...
Türkiye has declared that it will construct a "security umbrella" to safeguard its entire airspace from threats ranging from "very low altitude" to "very high altitude" and from "very short range" to "long range." The Secretariat of Defence Industries (SSB) of the Presidency of Türkiye announced on Wednesday that Türkiye is in the process of constructing its own missile defence system, which will be known as the "Steel Dome." In a video shared by the Secretariat, SSB Secretary Haluk Görgün stated, "Our National Steel Dome project will facilitate the integration of our air defence systems,...
Türkiye on Wednesday filed its official request to join South Africa's genocide case against Israel over its conduct in the war in Gaza in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague, the foreign ministry said. "The international community must do its part to stop the genocide and exert the necessary pressure on Israel and its supporters," Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said in a post on X. "Türkiye will make every effort to do so," he added. The court will make the final decision of admission to the case. South Africa brought its case against Israel...
According to data released by the Turkish Statistical Office recently, the country's tourism income increased by 9.3 percent to 23.66 billion U.S. dollars in the first half of the year, while the number of tourists increased by 13.2 percent year on year to 25.1 million.
Twenty-six people from prisons in seven different countries including the United States and Russia were exchanged in a major prisoner swap in Ankara on Thursday, the Turkish presidency said. It said in a statement the 26 individuals had also come from prisons in Germany, Poland, Slovenia, Norway and Belarus. Those being swapped included Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and U.S. marine Paul Whelan, who had been imprisoned in Russia, the Turkish presidency said.
A bronze medal in the Paris Olympics archery men's team event marks a historic milestone for Türkiye. "We didn't start well, with my initial arrow scoring a six in the 1/8 elimination round. Initially, I was feeling pressured in the first match, but after that, confidence took over. We aimed to enjoy ourselves and have a good time," said Mete Gazoz after winning Türkiye's first men's team archery medal here on Monday. In a thrilling encounter against Colombia on Monday at the Invalides, Türkiye clinched victory in a shoot-off during the 1/8 elimination round, followed by another win against...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said last night that Türkiye could enter Israel to help the Palestinians, as it once did in Libya and Nagorno-Karabakh. "We must be very powerful so that Israel cannot do what it is doing now in Palestine," the Turkish president said at a rally of his ruling AK Party in the Black Sea city of Rize, praising the success of the arms industry. "Just as we entered Karabakh and Libya, we can take similar actions for them," Erdoğan stated during a speech aired on state television. The Turkish President did not provide...