A ferry sails as the sun sets over the Marmara Sea in Istanbul, Turkey, January 15, 2021. (REUTERS)Short Url https://arab.news/j3973 Controversy over artificial waterway project and international agreement ARAB NEWS […]
This is not something new – but it is something we too often forget Robert Fisk @indyvoices Thursday 24 May 2018 Up to 1.5 million of its people were killed during the First World War Getty How do you organise a successful genocide – in Turkish Armenia a century ago, […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Ramadan is joyful when it’s shared with loved ones and others. Every year, the abundance of Ramadan, the holiest month of Islam, is celebrated by people who […]
Dec 30,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Walid M. Sadi Seasoned Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says that the US must withdraw its remaining soldiers from Syria, estimated to be no more than 2,000 deployed in and around the recently liberated Raqqa region, now that the war against Daesh has ended. Fair enough. Russian President Vladamir Putin has deployed […]
(AFP) – Turkey launched Thursday a tender to build in Istanbul what aims to be the world’s largest airport at an estimated cost of over 7 billion euros ($9.3 bn), […]
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Israel has been approved to participate in NATO operations in 2013, a decision that was previously stalled over tensions with Turkey, Israeli officials told the Jerusalem Post. The approval allegedly came at the same time as the decision to fulfill Ankara’s request to station NATO Patriot missile batteries along the […]
Source: NY times. By J. MICHAEL KENNEDY Published: July 14, 2012 ALEXANDROUPOLIS, Greece — At the train station here, an unshaven man with a weary look leaned against the brick wall of a building, taking in the morning sun. He said that his name was Zulifoar Baht; that he was 38, […]
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands will be paying a state visit to Turkey from 13 to 15 June, a spokesperson has announced. The trip is part of celebrations marking 400 years of diplomatic ties between the Netherlands and Turkey. The Queen will visit Ankara and Istanbul, and attend a performance […]
By REUTERS ARABNEWS. ISTANBUL: Turkey’s ruling party pushed through a school reform act yesterday that provoked brawls among parliamentarians and mass protests by secular Turks and teachers, who said the […]
By REUTERS Published: Mar 6, 2012 00:04 Updated: Mar 6, 2012 00:04 ANKARA: Turkish Gendarmerie Colonel Ridvan Ozden was killed in 1995, his wife says, not by Kurdish militants, but by his own colleagues for opposing their “dirty war” and saying the solution to the Kurdish problem was not through […]
By SELCAN HACAOGLU | AP ARABNEWS ANKARA, Turkey: Turkey’s prime minister called on Libya on Saturday to disband militia forces to restore security and assume full power in the country, even as his Libyan counterpart invited Turkish companies to return to Libya to finish construction projects worth billions of dollars. […]
Source: Agence France Press – JORDAN TIMES. ISTANBUL — For many in the Arab world, Turkey embodies something of an elusive ideal: an Islamist-based democracy with a strong economy. A […]
Reuters | Jan 05,2012 | 23:55 ANKARA — Middle East powerhouse Turkey on Wednesday warned against a sectarian cold war in the region and said rising Sunni-Shiite tensions would be “suicide” for the whole region. “Let me openly say that there are some willing to start a regional Cold War,” […]
AMMAN — Iraq has refused to allow passage of Jordanian trucks heading for Turkey through its territories, citing concerns that such a move would have negative effects on the Syrian people. Salam Quraishi, an economic adviser to the Iraqi government, said on Saturday that using Iraq as an alternative transit […]
ISTANBUL: Turkey has accused France of committing genocide during its colonial occupation of Algeria. The comments Friday by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan are the latest response to French legislators […]