Turkiye is set to host high-level talks between Russia and Ukraine, the Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has announced. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba will sit down with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum on Thursday, in a meeting to be brokered by the Turkish Foreign Minister. “We will hold this […]
The Greek Cypriot tourism sector will see one of its biggest markets evaporate this summer following its government’s decision to impose economic sanctions on Russia for invading Ukraine, with Turkiye set to benefit instead. Stanislav Osadchiy, Russia’s Ambassador to Cyprus, told a local media outlet that Greek Cypriots had ‘shot themselves in the foot’ by […]
Turkiye could close the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits to warships if the Turkish President and Parliament declares the conflict between Russia and Ukraine a “war”, the Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said. Ukraine has officially requested Turkiye to stop Russian warships from accessing the straits, which the Turkish government has the right to do […]
There was drama of a positive kind on a flight taking evacuees from Afghanistan to Birmingham. One of the refugees, 26-year-old Soman Noori, went into labour on a Turkish Airlines flight from Dubai to Birmingham. The Afghan refugee, who had left Kabul with her husband and two young children the previous day, gave birth to […]
Diplomatic efforts to thaw frosty relations between Aegean neighbours Greece and Turkey didn’t go quite to plan when a press conference between Turkish Foreign Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias descended into a war of words. Greece’s Foreign Minister had travelled to Ankara on Thursday, 15 April, to discuss a host of […]
Three young men have received praise for their bravery during the deadly gun attack in Vienna on Monday evening. Mikail Özen and Recep Tayyip Gültekin, both of Turkish heritage, and Palestinian Osama Joda, 23, risked their lives to save two police officers and two women who came under attack from a gunman in the city […]
Ersin Tatar, the Prime Minister of the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus, has offered his support to Azerbaijan following fierce new border clashes with neighbouring Armenia that has left at least 16 people dead. The fighting flared up over the weekend, with both sides accusing the other of shelling civilian areas on the border between […]
A whirlwind visit to Britain by Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu last week was followed by news that the two countries are “close to finalising” a free trade agreement (FTA). Mr Çavuşoğlu told the Financial Times that negotiations between the two countries on key areas were progressing well: “If you look at the volume of […]
Dominic Raab, the UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, held talks with his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu in Ankara on Tuesday. The meeting covered a range of issues, including growing trade between the two countries, and current regional and international developments, with Syria topping the agenda. Following the meeting, the two ministers […]
Turkey and the Turkish Cypriots were united in condemnation of the European Union after the bloc announced a series of measures designed to punish Turkey over its drilling activities in the Eastern Mediterranean. TRNC (Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) President Mustafa Akıncı, Prime Minister Ersin Tatar, Deputy PM and Minister of Foreign Affairs Kudret Özersay […]
