Türkiye's first space traveler is set to blast off into orbit on Jan. 9 of the next year, a Turkish official announced on Thursday. "Starting on Jan. 9, Col. Alper Gezeravci will take part in a space mission with Spanish, Italian, and Swedish astronauts," Turkish Industry and Technology Minister Mehmet Fatih Kacir said on X. As part of Türkiye's first manned space mission, Gezeravci will stay at the international space station for 14 days and carry out 13 different scientific experiments. This mission, organized by Axiom Space, an American privately funded space infrastructure developer, will take a Turkish citizen to the international...
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan used a speech on human rights Saturday to accuse the West of “barbarism” for its stance on the Israel-Hamas war and what he alleged was its toleration of Islamophobia. “Israel has carried out atrocities and massacres that will shame the whole of humanity,” Erdogan told a packed hall in Istanbul the day before the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. “All the values relating to humanity are being murdered in Gaza. In the face of such brutality, international institutions and human rights organizations are not taking any concrete...
Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday called for the United Nations Security Council to be reformed, decrying the fact that the United States could veto a ceasefire proposal for Gaza despite huge support from other countries. "The United Nations Security Council demand for ceasefire is rejected only by U.S. veto. Is this justice?," Erdoğan said in a human rights conference in Istanbul. "The U.N. Security Council needs to be reformed," he added.
The messages of friendship delivered by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during his visit to Athens yesterday were featured in the headlines of Greek newspapers. The Kathimerini newspaper quoted the messages of "friendship" from President Erdoğan and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of Greece after the meeting under the headline "Promise of lasting peace." The news report emphasised that the most important outcome of the visit was "the establishment of a substantive dialogue even on challenging issues." "The smile reflects the positive atmosphere that characterised the Turkish-Greek contacts that took place yesterday in Athens," the news report said, alongside...
Türkiye's President Tayyip Erdoğan said that he hopes his visit to Greece next week will open a new chapter in Ankara-Athens relations. On his flight back from United Arab Emirates, Erdoğan told reporters that there are differences of opinion on some issues between Türkiye and Greece but there is also room for improvement in others, according to Turkish media.
According to the statement made by the Turkish Presidency, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with the President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, at the World Climate Action Summit held in Dubai within the scope of the 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28). Erdogan told al-Nahyan that Israel's resumption of attacks on Gaza after a week-long ceasefire was "extremely negative." In the statement, "Stating that the resumption of hostilities is extremely negative, President Erdoğan said that Türkiye is making efforts to ensure a...
Fahrettin Altun, Director of Communications of the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye, states on his page, "Relations between Türkiye and Uzbekistan will continue to deepen with mutually strong and fruitful collaborations in the field of communication and media, as in every other field." Presidency's Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun met with Head of Information Policy Department of the Presidency of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Komil Allamjonov, and Press Secretary to the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Sherzod Asadov. In a post he shared on his social media account, Fahrettin Altun said: "Today, we discussed potential areas...
The Turkish government continues to dispatch humanitarian aid for the people of Gaza and has so far sent 12 relief planes and one ship to Egypt, according to Erdoğan. Examinations for locations of the field hospitals we will establish in Gaza are underway," Erdoğan said. Türkiye brought another 23 Gazan patients, along with their 21 companions, for treatment in the capital Ankara late Wednesday. Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca, who welcomed them at Etimesgut Airport in Ankara, said Türkiye has so far received a total of 200 people from Gaza, including 114 patients and 86 companions.
BAYKAR has completed the maiden flight of the TB-3 integrated surveillance-reconnaissance and assault drone as Türkiye marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Republic. The TB-3, which can be deployed on the aircraft carrier Anadolu, has piqued the interest of the international community. The construction of the aircraft carrier Anadolu started in 2016. Originally envisaged as a light aircraft carrier with the capacity to accommodate F-35B fighter jets, the vessel was formally commissioned in April. The TB-3 UCAV is based on the TB-2 UCAV and has a maximum flight speed of 296 kilometres per hour and a...