After the disaster in which tens of thousands of people lost their lives in Türkiye and Syria, the Vienna administration expressed its condolences to the earthquake victims Due to the catastrophic earthquake in Türkiye and Syria, Vienna Municipality’s Executive City Councillor for Education, Youth, Integration and Transparency, Christoph Wiederkehr (NEOS Party), invited representatives of Turkish, Kurdish and Syrian aid initiatives to the City Hall to exchange ideas earlier this week. A respectful discussion took place with the associations and organizations present at the meeting, where they were appreciated. Great Sorrow and Solidarity Most of the people of...
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The United Arab Emirates and Türkiye signed off on a pact that the Gulf state said could more than double bilateral trade volumes to between $40 billion and $45 billion within the next five years. The comprehensive deal, an outline of which was announced last year, was finalized in Abu Dhabi Friday during a visit by Turkish Trade Minister Mehmet Mus. The agreement includes slashing 82% off tariff fees between the two countries, Thani Al Zeyoudi, the UAE’s minister of state for foreign trade, said in an interview. The trade accord is focused on sectors including agritech, clean energy, logistics and...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Türkiye stated that the country is still in the process of recovering from two earthquakes that affected a large portion of the country and that elections for the presidency and parliament are scheduled for May 14. In his address to the party group meeting, Erdoğan stated, "The time has come. On May 14, this nation will take the necessary action. They will not yield to those who fire blanks." Erdoğan had previously announced that the elections would take place on May 14 to avoid interfering with seasonal migrations and university exams. After the earthquakes...
Türkiye will take a lead role in combatting climate change globally, poised to ratify the Paris Agreement on climate before the Glasgow summit in November, the country’s president said Monday. “We will have completed the ratification process (of Paris Agreement) before Climate Change Summit in Glasgow in November,” Anadolu Agency reported Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said after a nearly three-hour Cabinet meeting at the presidential complex in the capital Ankara. Erdoğan said Türkiye was among the first signatories of the Paris Agreement in 2015 but it had not initiated the ratification process of the agreement in parliament...
Türkiye does not have the capacity to shoulder a new migration burden from Afghanistan, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told his German counterpart on Tuesday. Bilateral relations, Afghanistan and migration issues were discussed during a phone conversation between Erdogan and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Türkiye's presidency said in a statement. Türkiye and Germany, as NATO allies, showed "admirable solidarity and coordination" during the evacuation process from Afghanistan, Erdogan said, underlining the need to continue the same approach in this critical period that the country is passing through. Erdogan said no one would want an experience...
The ‘Istanbul’ canal Project is of great importance for all countries using the Turkish straits, Turkish Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Adil Karaismailoglu said in exclusive interview with Trend news agency. According to the minister, Türkiye is creating a modern transport infrastructure in order to turn a historic opportunity into a benefit. According to the minister, when planning global projects in all areas of transport, the need of the region and the development of world trade are primarily taken into account. From this point of view, the earliest possible implementation of the Istanbul Canal construction project is of strategic...
A Turkish military plane carrying medical supplies to fight COVID-19 left on Tuesday for India’s capital New Delhi, Türkiye’s Defence Ministry announced on Twitter. The plane was carrying medical supplies, including 630 oxygen tubes, five oxygen generators, 50 ventilators, and 50,000 boxes of tablet medicines prepared by the Turkish Red Crescent and Türkiye’s Health Ministry, Anadolu Agency reported. The boxes of aid bore the words of 13th-century poet Mevlana Rumi – “There is hope after despair and many suns after darkness” – plus the message: “With love from Türkiye to the people of India. Ibrahim Altan, head of the...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin discussed the delivery of Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines in a phone call on Wednesday, Türkiye's presidential office announced. Erdogan stated that he expects the shipment of the vaccines to be sent from Russia as planned within the scope of the agreement, the presidency said in a written statement. Erdogan and Putin also addressed cooperation opportunities in the fight against the pandemic, steps to improve relations between Türkiye and Russia, as well as regional issues during the phone conversation, according to the presidency.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani on Sunday discussed over the phone the cooperation possibilities in a wide range of fields, Türkiye's presidential office said. During the talk, Erdogan and Rouhani discussed the steps to improve cooperation in the economy, transportation, security, and other areas, the presidency said in a written statement. The two leaders also addressed regional developments, it said. Erdogan told Rouhani that he wished the new administration in the United States would lift the unilateral sanctions on Iran and lift restrictions on the prosperity of the Iranian people, the statement said. ...