Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday he does not believe the Palestinian militant group Hamas will leave Qatar, where it is based, adding he had seen no such signs that Doha wished the group to leave, either. Erdogan, who was returning from a visit to Iraq, was asked by reporters on board the flight about media reports suggesting Hamas may leave its base in Qatar or be asked to leave by Doha. Erdogan said he had received no signs of the Qatari leadership wanting the group to leave. Erdogan, who has called Hamas a "liberation movement," met Hamas leader...
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Erdogan was in Iraq on a long-awaited visit, the first by a Turkish leader since 2011, following years of strained relations as Ankara ramped up cross-border operations against PKK militants based in mountainous, mainly Kurdish northern Iraq. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said relations with Iraq were entering a new phase after the neighbours agreed to cooperate against Kurdish militants, boost economic ties via a new trade corridor and consider Iraq's needs for access to scarce water. "I shared my belief that the PKK's presence in Iraq will end. We discussed the joint steps we can take against the terrorist organisation PKK...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday urged Western countries to respond to the Israeli government's killings of Palestinians. "We've seen Western countries responding unanimously to Iran's retaliation. These same actors now need to unite in telling Israel 'enough'," Erdogan said at a joint press conference with visiting Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan. Erdogan said they discussed the steps that can be taken against the "brutality in the occupied Palestinian territories." Israel's attempts to "distort the agenda, hide the brutality in Gaza, and remove it from the agenda" should not be given an opportunity, he said. An immediate and lasting...
Turkiye will take steps to strengthen its medium-term economic programme and the three main priorities are to increase public savings, prioritise investments and accelerate structural reforms, President Tayyip Erdogan said. Speaking on Tuesday evening after a cabinet meeting, Erdogan said his economic team had made preparations for such steps to strengthen the programme (MTP) and, "hopefully we will share them with the public very soon." "We have three main priorities in strengthening the MTP. These are to increase public sector savings, prioritise investments, and accelerate structural reforms." Speaking to reporters after the cabinet meeting, Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz said both...
Türkiye does not want further escalation of tension in the region after Iran's drone and missile attack against Israel, Turkish foreign minister Hakan Fidan told his Iranian counterpart in a phone call on Sunday. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian told Fidan that its "retaliatory operation" against Israel had ended, adding that Iran would not launch a new operation unless it was attacked, Turkish diplomatic sources said.
Resuming the İstanbul process to resolve the conflict in Ukraine, as per a source from the Presidency of Türkiye who spoke to our agency, could potentially facilitate the establishment of a ceasefire. In any case, Ankara is willing to act as a mediator. The source revealed, "The parties came very close to a ceasefire during the talks in İstanbul, as our President (Recep Tayyip Erdoğan) has reiterated. Per our President's suggestion, the revival of the İstanbul process has the potential to foster a sustainable ceasefire amidst a global conflict that impacts the whole world including our region. On...
Türkiye has so far delivered roughly 40,000 tons of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, with plans underway to send another shipment of aid this month, the state-run TRT broadcaster reported Sunday. The aid has been transported to Gaza via 13 planes and eight ships in collaboration with the Turkish Red Crescent, the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency, and several non-governmental organizations, according to the TRT. The report added that a 3,000-ton aid ship, which will carry urgent relief aid including food, clothing, hygiene products, baby supplies, and medical supplies, is scheduled to set sail immediately after Eid al-Fitr. Fatma...
President of the Republic of Türkiye, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, signed a decree approving the Intergovernmental Agreement on Commercial and Economic Cooperation among Azerbaijan, Türkiye, and Turkmenistan. According to the Official Gazette, the three countries agreed to develop long-term cooperation in a variety of fields, including trade in goods and services, energy, agriculture, food and livestock, construction, machinery, equipment, and material production, engineering and automotive industries, chemical and textile industries, transportation and logistics, finance and investment. The agreement also calls for long-term collaboration in medical services and technology, the pharmaceutical industry, tourism, the development of small and medium-sized...
The President of the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA), Serkan Kayalar, expressed their willingness to enhance cooperation with Turkmenistan during his visit to Anau, which was recently elected as the Cultural Capital of the Turkic World. According to TRT Avaz, TIKA wants to strengthen cooperation in Turkmenistan's Merv and Konye-Urgench cities, as well as Anau, the Cultural Capital of the Turkic World. The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA), which works to preserve common historical and cultural artefacts in over 170 countries, also helps countries develop through projects ranging from health to agriculture. TIKA, which contributes to the development of...