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Column: Merkel tries to explain the unexplainable
BY: İLNUR ÇEVIK* The visit of German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Ankara was not the bed of roses predicted. Besides frank discussions over the outstanding issues between Ankara and Berlin, she came here with an agenda [ More … ]
Turkey aims to boost tourism revenues to $50B: Erdogan
New ‘Bring your neighbor and come’ campaign calls on Turks living abroad to spend vacations, hold weddings in Turkey Turkey aims to attract 8 million more tourists in the first stage of a campaign to [ More … ]
German chancellor visits Turkey, tough disagreements on agenda
German Chancellor Angela Merkel pays a one-day working visit to Turkey on Feb. 2 amid ongoing bilateral disagreements between Ankara and Berlin, with the German leader pursuing dialogue with Turkey due to the countries’ increasingly [ More … ]
Turkey urges US to stop delivering arms to PYD
Turkey’s top security board has indirectly urged the United States that “supplying weapons to terror organizations” would only “help terror gain strength and spread it,” in an apparent reference to Washington’s policy of allying with [ More … ]
Cooperation against PKK, FETÖ tops agenda ahead of German Chancellor Merkel’s Turkey visit
Turkish PM Binali Yıldırım is expected to meet his German counterpart Angela Merkel Thursday amid Ankara’s increased annoyance toward Berlin’s reluctance to cooperate against terror groups including the PKK and FETÖ, as well as continuing [ More … ]
Erdogan weighs in against central bank rates policy
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan declared his opposition to the central bank’s interest rate corridor policy in comments reported on Friday and reaffirmed his view that interest rates cause inflation, “not tomatoes, not pepper”. His remarks [ More … ]
British Premier Theresa May arrives in Ankara
May visits Anitkabir — mausoleum of Turkish republic’s founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk British Prime Minister Theresa May arrived in Ankara Saturday during which she was expected to meet Turkey’s leadership, including the president and prime [ More … ]
Turkey is dealing significant blows to Daesh in Syria: Erdoğan
Turkey is continuing to advance on Daesh territory in Syria, and will discuss regional issues with U.S. President Trump, says Turkish President Erdoğan after returning from his east Africa tour Turkey is making steady progress [ More … ]
Column: A century ago, we collapsed they rose, now we are rising, they are collapsing
BY: İbrahim Karagül* It is now time to focus outside the country, not inside. It is time to look at other countries, other geographies, much beyond our borders, as much as we have focused on inside [ More … ]
Column: Turkey-US relations in Trump era: Facts and expectations
BY: CEMIL ERTEM* One of the first things that U.S. President Donald Trump approved after he took office on Friday was the U.S.’s withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement that covers 12 countries in Asia [ More … ]
Turkey to hold constitutional referendum in April: PM
A Constitutional referendum is likely to be held sometime between April 1 and April 20, says Turkey’s Yıldırım, adding that the change has been submitted to President Erdoğan Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said that [ More … ]
Column: Turkey building a common future with Africans
BY: SERDAR KARAGÖZ* Turkey’s visit to the African continent, unlike those by the colonial powers, is aimed at strengthening bilateral ties, increasing business and trade cooperation and supporting stability of the African countries Turkey’s multi-dimensional foreign [ More … ]
Turkey seeks to boost its ties with Africa
Turkish interest towards Africa was first globally evidenced in 1998 when Turkey adopted the Action Plan for Africa. Turkey received the observer status in 2005 before being accepted as a strategic partner of the African [ More … ]
Erdoğan starts a four-day African tour to Tanzania, Mozambique and Madagascar
President Erdoğan has started a four-day African tour to build closer bilateral ties between Turkey and African states and evaluate FETÖ terrorists’ organizational structure in Africa. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has arrived in Tanzania, [ More … ]