ISTANBUL (AA) — Seventeen suspected members of the ISIS group linked to a shooting at a Catholic church in Istanbul were apprehended in an operation on Saturday, said Turkish security sources. Simultaneous operations, centered in Istanbul, were carried out by security forces to disrupt the activities of the suspects and prevent potential viole...
ISTANBUL (AA) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has welcomed Türkiye’s approval of Sweden’s membership in NATO, saying the alliance “will be all stronger with Sweden as an Ally.” “Good to speak with President @RTErdogan, to welcome #Türkiye’s ratification of #Sweden’s #NATO membership. Türkiye’s legitimate...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US State Department approved Friday the pending $23 billion sale of F-16 aircraft and modernization kits to Türkiye, sending formal notification to Congress. “This proposed sale will support the foreign policy goals and national security of the United States by improving the air capabilities and interoperability of ...
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye will take additional steps if one of the government parties in northern Iraq’s Kurdish region fails to change its supportive attitude towards PKK members, the Turkish foreign minister has said. “We will not hesitate to take further measures if the PUK does not change its supportive attitude towards the PKK des...
Istanbul, Turkiye – – AFP A Turkish court released an Israeli footballer who had been detained over accusation of incitement to hate by displaying an offensive message referring to Israel’s assault on Gaza during a first division match. Sagiv Jehezkel, 28, held up a bandage on his wrist reading “100 days. 07/10” n...
ANKARA (AA) – As many as 77 PKK members have been “neutralized” in airstrikes conducted in northern Iraq and Syria, Türkiye’s national defense minister said on Monday. “A total of 78 targets, including caves, shelters, hideouts, and oil facilities assessed to be used by separatist terrorist organization and believed to contain terrorists...
ANKARA (AA) – Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has said that no promise was made to grant visas and residence permits to Afghan migrants. Fidan’s comments came in response to a parliamentary question by Deniz Demir, Ankara deputy of Türkiye’s main opposition, the Republican People’s Party (CHP). The question concerned allegatio...
ANKARA (AA) – Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip have affected arms aid by Western countries to Ukraine and perceptions on the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, said Ukraine’s Ambassador to Türkiye Vasyl Bodnar. “International media has turned its attention to this direction, so there are those who think that the war in Ukraine has ended,...
LONDON (AA) – Haim Sofer, an Orthodox Jewish rabbi in the UK, cried while voting for photographs from Gaza for Anadolu Agency’s Photos of the Year competition. Sofer, a member of the anti-Zionist Neturei Karta movement, voted for Ashraf Amra’s photograph titled ‘The Cry Out’, in which a woman mourns during a funeral cer...
Istanbul, Turkiye – AFP Turkiye has detained 33 people suspected of spying for Israel’s Mossad intelligence service, Turkish media reported, without specifying the nationalities of those detained. The suspects were rounded up in raids across eight provinces around Istanbul, private and state-run news agencies reported, adding that ...
