Turkey orders detention of a few folks above firework manufacturing unit blasts, agency studies...
Turkey's Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca and Minister of Family, Labor and Social Services Zehra Zumrut Selcuk visit a person who was wounded following a blast at a firework factory in Hendek in Sakarya province, Turkey, July 3, 2020. Turkish Interior Ministry/Handout via REUTERSISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish prosecutor ordered the detention…
Erdogan states EU’s treatment of Turkey about coronavirus is political – Reuters United kingdom
FILE PHOTO: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia March 5, 2020. Pavel Golovkin//File PhotoANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey said on Wednesday it is disappointed by the European Union’s decision to exclude it from a list of countries recommended for non-essential travel and called on the bloc to…
Turkish court docket convicts four rights activists on terrorism-linked costs – Reuters
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish court on Friday sentenced a former local head of Amnesty International to more than six years in jail and convicted three other activists on terrorism-related charges for holding a meeting about digital security, the rights group said. Swedish IT consultant Ali Gharavi poses for photographs at his home in Malmo,…
Turkish courtroom convicts 4 rights activists on terrorism-linked charges – Reuters Uk
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish court on Friday sentenced a former local head of Amnesty International to more than six years in jail and convicted three other activists on terrorism-related charges for holding a meeting about digital security, the rights group said. Swedish IT consultant Ali Gharavi poses for photographs at his home in Malmo,…
Suspects in Ghosn’s Japanese escape stand trial in Turkey – Reuters British isles
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish jet executive on trial over Carlos Ghosn’s dramatic escape from Japan told a court on Friday that the former Nissan (7201.T) boss spoke about Hollywood making a movie of his getaway as he flew in a private jet to Beirut. FILE PHOTO: Former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn attends a news…
Turkey’s Erdogan rejects criticism over status of Hagia Sophia – Reuters
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan talks to media following the Friday prayers in Istanbul, Turkey, July 3, 2020. Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Turkish Presidential Press Office/Handout via REUTERSANKARA (Reuters) - Criticism of Turkey over the possible conversion of Istanbul’s landmark Hagia Sophia monument from a museum to a mosque “is an attack on Turkey’s sovereignty”, President Tayyip Erdogan said…
Russia’s Putin urges Turkey, Iran to enable market dialogue in Syria – Reuters
MOSCOW/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin told his counterparts from Turkey and Iran on Wednesday that there was a need for peaceful dialogue between the opposing forces in Syria’s civil war. Russia's President Vladimir Putin speaks with Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan and Iran's President Hassan Rouhani during a video conference call, dedicated to the…
Russia: Turkey cannot re-export S-four hundred without Moscow’s blessing – Interfax – Reuters Uk
FILE PHOTO: A view shows a new S-400 "Triumph" surface-to-air missile system after its deployment at a military base outside the town of Gvardeysk near Kaliningrad, Russia March 11, 2019. REUTERS/Vitaly Nevar/File PhotoMOSCOW (Reuters) - Turkey cannot re-export Russian-made Russian S-400 defence systems without Moscow’s permission, Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday, citing a spokeswoman…
Turkish formal claims VW suspends Turkey plant strategies because of to coronavirus – Reuters
ANKARA (Reuters) - A Turkish official said on Wednesday that Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) had suspended plans for a new plant in Turkey due to coronavirus uncertainty and that the company could reassess the matter once the pandemic is contained. In October last year, Volkswagen put a decision about the plant on hold amid international criticism about…
Erdogan claims EU’s treatment of Turkey over coronavirus is political – Reuters
FILE PHOTO: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia March 5, 2020. Pavel Golovkin//File PhotoANKARA (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that the European Union had treated Turkey in a restrictive way over the coronavirus pandemic in what he said was a political stance. He…