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12 of the world’s 100 most influential Twitter accounts of 2022 were from Turkiye

More than one in ten of the world’s top 100 most influential Twitter accounts last year were in Turkiye, according to Notus, which measures Twitter accounts according to their reach and engagement. The digital marketing company released its annual rankings for 2022 last month, which included 12 Twitter accounts from Turkiye. The two best ranked […]

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Turkiye to take on Armenia in Yerevan as Euro 2024 campaign gets underway, and Harry Kane makes history

The international football break is well underway, with several Euro 2024 qualifiers, including England’s against Italy, and Azerbaijan’s against Austria, already taking place. Italy v England – and Harry Kane making history England were facing arguably their toughest opponents in Group C, Italy, away in Naples on Thursday night. Goals by Declan Rice (13thminute) and […]

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Turkish Cypriot MPs in Bahrain for global meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Union

A delegation of parliamentarians from the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus have officially attended the 146th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) that is being hosted in Bahrain’s capital Manama. The Secretary Generals of the four political parties sitting in the TRNC Parliament, MPs Oğuzhan Hasipoğlu (National Unity Party – UBP), Asim Akansoy (Republican Turkish […]

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Unite Cyprus Now co-founder Kemal Baykallı offers some words of advice for new Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Christodoulides

A leading pro-unification activist in Cyprus has urged the newly elected Greek Cypriot leader, Nikos Christodoulides, to take “unilateral confidence building steps” to help with the resumption of talks to solve the long-running “Cyprus problem”. Kemal Baykallı, a co-founder of civil society group Unite Cyprus Now, made his comments to Greek Cypriot daily Dialogos, which […]

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Hundreds killed as massive earthquake strikes southeast Turkiye and Syria

A massive earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale has hit southeastern Turkiye and Syria in the early hours of this morning, causing widespread destruction that has killed at least 600 people, with thousands more injured or left homeless. The epicentre of the quake was near the city of Gaziantep in Kahramanmaraş province. Strong tremors […]

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Hanged Erdoğan effigy in Stockholm further strains Turkiye-Sweden relations

Turkiye remains unimpressed with the response of Swedish officials after protesters hung an effigy of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan from a lamppost in the capital Stockholm on Thursday. Sweden’s Foreign Minister, Tobias Billström branded the stunt as “abohorrent”, while Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson claimed the protesters were trying to sabotage Sweden’s application to join […]

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Energy deal between Azerbaijan, Georgia, Hungary and Romania will “strengthen Europe’s energy security”, says ambassador

The strategic importance of a new green energy deal, inked by the leaders of Azerbaijan, Georgia, Hungary and Romania on 17 December, was underlined by a key Azerbaijani diplomat. Azerbaijan’s ambassador to Hungary, Tahir Taghizadeh, told T-VINE that the agreement, is “a crucially important new step for Azerbaijan, together with our European partners, all in […]