An assassination attempt on the life of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was foiled by Turkish intelligence on Saturday evening, Turkish media reported. An explosive device was found under a police car securing a rally held for Erdoğan in the southeastern city of Siirt. The device was found only moments prior to the start of…
Nations around the world, especially European countries, should come together and determine a road map to address the issue of migration, Turkey’s Parliament Speaker Mustafa Şentop said Friday, underlining that the responsibility should not fall on the shoulders of certain countries. Speaking to Anadolu Agency (AA) after completing his official visit to Poland, Şentop said…
Turkey is home to a total of 4,038,857 refugees from around the world, according to the latest figures provided by Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu on Monday, the Stockholm Center for Freedom reported. Speaking to parliament’s Planning and Budget Committee, Soylu said 3,731,028 of these were Syrian refugees who are residing in Turkey under temporary protection…
Consumer price growth will reach an annual pace of 3.9% in October, a pick-up from the 3.1% registered in September UK inflation is forecast to hit its highest rate in a decade in October as supply chain disruptions, rising energy prices and a tight labour market push the cost of consumer goods sharply higher. Consumer…
When it comes to foreign policy in Germany, the differences between the mainstream political parties are few and the level of public interest low. Foreign policy barely featured as an issue in the recent federal election campaign or in the televised debates between the three leading candidates for the chancellorship. It will not be a…
Wildfires on Turkey’s southern coast have killed at least eight and forced tourists and residents to evacuate. Italy and Greece are also fighting fires amid an extreme heat wave. Temperatures up to 45 degrees Celsius have made battling the blazes more difficult. Source: https://www.dw.com/en/heat-wave-fuels-wildfires-in-turkey-italy-and-greece/av-58738055 [Disclaimer]
A new generation of audio weapons makes the latest offensive in a decades-long war of sound For the past year, Greece’s land border with Turkey, bounded by the fast-flowing Evros river, has been a focus for the country’s conservative government. Activists describe this heavily militarized area as a communications dead zone. Journalists and NGO workers…
Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel. File picture by Bernd von Jutrczenka/Pool via AP Germany’s national railway operator has estimated that last week’s flooding caused damage worth €1.3 billion (£1.1 billion) to its network, offering another glimpse of the extent of the devastation. Authorities are still working to determine the overall cost of the floods that did…
Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron had suggested inviting the Russian president for talks. Leaders have though agreed new funding for the migration pact with Turkey. EU leaders agreed Friday to plan for sanctions against Russia but rejected a push for a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. At the EU summit in Brussels, France and…
Synopsis The world needs to give Israel a “strong” lesson Erdogan told Putin, as the UN Security Council prepared to address surging Israeli-Palestinian violence. Erdogan, a vocal advocate of the Palestinian cause, has stepped up diplomacy, speaking to a range of regional leaders and condemning Israel’s “terror”. An Israeli army F-15 fighter jet flies above…