ISTANBUL, Jan 12 (Reuters) — Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday that he could meet his Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad early in February, rejecting reports that the two could meet next week. «We have said before that there were some propositions for a date for next week but that they did not suit…
Read MoreCritics fear new law will further muzzle dissent * Government says law targets those who make false accusations * Turkey faces presidential, parliamentary elections in 2023 By Ece Toksabay and Nevzat Devranoglu ANKARA, Oct 4 (Reuters) — Turkish lawmakers began debating on Tuesday a contentious media bill, proposed by President Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party and…
Read MoreANKARA, Lawyer Turkey Feb 19 (Reuters) — Turkey has hired a Washington-based law firm to lobby for its readmission to the U.S.F-35 fighter jet program after it was suspended over its purchase of Russian air defenses, a contract filed with the U.S. If you have any kind of questions regarding where and how to utilize…
Read MoreMore than 140 British holidaymakers have launched legal action after being struck down with severe illness at a luxury five-star resort in Turkey. Dozens of families claim they contracted a sickness bug which ruined their holidays while staying at the Mukarnas Resort and Spa, in Antalya — a resort city on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast. Tourists…
Read MoreThe Princess Royal has cast aside the controversy surrounding her nephew the ‘s new book and carried on with her royal duties by visiting British soldiers serving with a peacekeeping force on Cyprus. , 72, planned to meet members of the Royal Logistic Corps, the army unit which she serves as colonel-in-chief, Lawyer Turkey to…
Read MoreTurkey-backed Syrian fighters have been clashing with Kurdish forces allied to Washington Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Sunday that it was imperative the Kremlin «clear» Kurdish forces from northern Syria. Erdogan has been threatening to launch a new incursion into northern Syria to push out Kurdish forces he blames…
Read MoreLITERARY FICTION The Romantic by William Boyd (Viking £20, 464 pp) The Romantic Boyd’s new novel revisits the ‘whole life’ formula of his 2002 hit Any Human Heart, which followed its hero across the 20th century. The Romantic does the same thing for the 19th century. It opens with the kind of tongue-in-cheek framing device…
Read MoreBy Daren Butler and Anna Ringstrom ISTANBUL/STOCKHOLM, Jan 13 (Reuters) — Turkish prosectors opened a probe on Friday into an incident in Stockholm in which an effigy of President Tayyip Erdogan was strung up, state media said, adding further diplomatic strain in Sweden’s bid to win Turkey’s approval to join NATO. Footage first shared on…
Read MoreRussian warships carrying scores of military trucks were seen passing through a strait in yesterday morning — and could be on their way to . The Tsugaru Strait between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean separates Honshu and Hokkaido, the country’s two biggest islands. Russia has suffered catastrophic losses, including up to one-fifth…
Read MoreISTANBUL, Lawyer Turkey Dec 12 (Reuters) — The number of tankers waiting to pass through Istanbul’s Bosphorus Strait on the way to the Mediterranean fell to 13 on Monday from 17 a day earlier, the Tribeca shipping agency said, showing an easing of the recent build-up in traffic. A Turkish measure in force since the…
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