09

Jul

Erdogan takes oath of office after re-election

Hurriyet: Turkey has officially switched to an executive presidency after President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan took the oath of office on July 9. Erdoğan was re-elected as the country’s president in the June…

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09

Jul

Monday Morning Briefing

Good morning The rescue operation currently underway in Thailand dominated most of the international news outlets agenda. However during the past hours Theresa May's latest setback  on Brexit, with the…

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08

Jul

Ten dead, 73 injured as train derails in Turkey

AFP: Ten people were killed and 73 injured on Sunday when a train packed with weekend passengers derailed in northwest Turkey, the health ministry said. The train, with over 360 people…

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08

Jul

Syrian girl who used tuna cans for legs receives prosthetic limbs

AP/Aljazeera: The 8-year-old Syrian girl, quietly crying in an Istanbul clinic, was overwhelmed by the new set of prosthetic legs she had just received and taken aback by the cameras pointed…

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08

Jul

Erdogan expected to be sworn tomorrow amidst the firing of over 18,000 state workers

BBC: Turkey has sacked another 18,000 state workers, in the latest purge triggered by a failed coup two years ago. Those dismissed include soldiers, police and academics. A TV channel and…

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25

Jun

Monday Morning Briefing

Good morning The EU Summit about Migration and the Turkish Elections are the main events which perhaps characterised the latest hours with developments taking place during the night and news…

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24

Jun

Updated: Turkey’s presidential election – Results

AP: Turkey's incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has claimed victory in critical elections based on unofficial results, securing an executive presidency with sweeping powers. Speaking in televised remarks from Istanbul…

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24

Jun

Sunday Morning Briefing

Good morning, Our Morning Briefing follows. We start off highlighting comments given by Prime Minister Joseph Muscat that"Malta will stick to its position on migration" Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said…

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23

Jun

Things to watch out for in Turkey’s elections (Analysis)

On Sunday Turkish citizens are called to the polls for general elections, initially scheduled for 3 November 2019 and then anticipated as announced on 18 April by a presidential note.…

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21

Jun

Erdogan in pursuit for greater powers in by seeking new term

ABC News: Since he took office in 2003, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has given a name to each stage in his consolidation of power in Turkey. First he called himself the…

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14

Jun

Turkey’s Erdogan threatens Moody

Financial Times:  Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to conduct an “operation” against Moody’s, less than two weeks after the ratings company placed Turkey on review for a downgrade, state-run media reported.…

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21

May

Ozil and Gundogan meet German President to make up for meeting with Erdogan

Arsenal's Mesut Ozil and Manchester City's Ilkay Gundogan, two German national football players of Turkish origin met Germany's president and football heads on Sunday, in efforts to calm a row…

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21

May

Erdogan seeks support in his Presidential election bid in Sarajevo

Euronews  and Al Jazeera report that Turkey's President Erdogan held a rally in Sarajevo ahead of next month's election in his country. On his arrival, he was greeted by the…

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16

May

Turkey and Israel expel respective ambassadors; Belgium and Ireland summon Israeli ambassadors over Gaza violence

The Haertz reports that  "Israel expelled the Turkish consul in Jerusalem hours after the Israeli ambassador to Turkey was expelled on Tuesday. Israel's official statement to Turkey on the expulsion…

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15

May

DFB reprimands football players, Mesut Ozil and Ilkay Gundogan for meeting Erdogan

Germany players Mesut Özil and Ilkay Gündogan have been criticized for meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Both are of Turkish heritage, but chose to represent Germany in international…

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12

May

Expectations and revelations before Erdogan start’s UK visit

  President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet Queen Elizabeth II and British Prime Minister Theresa May during his official three-day visit to the U.K. starting on May 13. This visit comes…

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07

May

If re-elected, Turkish President Erdogan vowed that his country will launch new military operations to clear borders fro ‘terrorists’.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has vowed that his country will launch new military operations "to clear its borders from terrorists". President Erdogan was speaking during a rally in Istanbul,…

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29

Apr

Will ‘Imam Beckenbauer’ have the edge on Germany for Euro 2024?

Germany and Turkey both want to host Euro 2024 and the deadline for applications is now up. In five months, on September 27, the 18-member executive committee of UEFA will…

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26

Apr

Russian, Turkish and Iranian Foreign Ministers to meet on April 28

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will hold bilateral talks with the Iranian and Turkish counterparts, Javad Zarif and Mevlut Cavusoglu, as well as three-party talks in Moscow on April 28,…

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19

Apr

Erdogan Calls Snap Elections in Turkey

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday called an election more than a year early. “We have decided to hold elections on June 24,” Erdogan said in a televised address…

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15

Apr

Syria – The Why, Who, and How of an 8 year conflict

  Now having gone on longer than World War II, the war in Syria is causing profound effects beyond the country's borders, with many Syrians having left their homes to seek…

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