Author: Anadolu Agency
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan emphasized Sunday the positive changes in Türkiye’s eastern and southeastern provinces, where the dark shadow of terrorism has faded. “As the dark shadow of terrorism fades from our eastern and southeastern provinces, the potential of our cities, which has been dormant for years, is also emerging,” Erdoğan noted during his speech at the grand opening ceremony of Bitlis Public and Private Investments. He highlighted the tangible benefits of this shift, saying: “Just yesterday, Mount Gabar was a stronghold of terrorism; today, we are extracting one of our country’s largest oil reserves.” “The days when politics…
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Sunday congratulated his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi on his formal assumption of office. Fidan and Araghchi spoke on the phone and discussed bilateral relations, the situation in Gaza, and regional developments, according to Turkish diplomatic sources. Araghchi, who served as deputy foreign minister during Hassan Rouhani’s government, succeeded Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, who was killed in a plane crash on May 19. On Aug. 11, newly-appointed President Masoud Pezeshkian nominated Araghchi as his top diplomat. After receiving a vote of confidence from the Islamic Consultative Assembly on Aug. 21, he was appointed foreign minister.
Global coffee chains giant Starbucks is under fire for offering its new CEO a corporate jet for commuting between Newport Beach, California and Seattle, Washington, around 1,609 kilometers (1,000 miles). Social media users called Brian Niccol’s use of a private jet “hypocritical,” pointing to Starbucks’ decision to use paper straws instead of plastic to reduce environmental damage. In August, Starbucks sent a mail to Niccol saying: “You will be eligible to use the Company aircraft for business-related travel in accordance with the Company’s travel policy, travel between your city of residence and the Company’s headquarters in Seattle, Washington and your…
German airline Lufthansa announced on Friday that it is extending the suspension of flights to Tehran and Tel Aviv until Sept. 2 due to security concerns. Flights to Lebanon’s capital Beirut were halted until at least Sept. 30 amid heightened tensions in the region, and fears of a new war between Israel and Hezbollah. Meanwhile, flights to Jordan’s capital Amman and Iraqi city of Erbil, which were suspended earlier this month, will be resumed from Aug. 27, according to the Lufthansa statement. The decision comes as diplomatic efforts of the US, Qatar, and Egypt continue to persuade Israel and Hamas…
Turkish security forces “neutralized” 38 PKK/YPG terrorists in northern Iraq and northern Syria over the past week, the country’s National Defense Ministry said on Thursday. “Thirty-eight terrorists were neutralized in the past week. Thus, the total number of terrorists neutralized in northern Iraq and Syria since Jan. 1 has reached 1,763, with 868 in Iraq and 895 in northern Syria,” Rear Admiral Zeki Akturk, the ministry’s spokesman, said at a weekly news conference in the capital Ankara. Turkish authorities use the term “neutralize” to imply that the terrorists in question surrendered or were killed or captured. In its nearly 40-year…
The Turkish Information and Communication Technologies Authority (TKM) on Friday said it blocked access to Instagram. No reason was given for the move, but it came after the country’s Communications Director Fahrettin Altun criticized the social media platform, saying it “is actively preventing people from posting messages of condolences for the passing of Hamas leader [Ismail] Haniyeh without citing any policy violations.” “This is censorship, pure and simple,” he said in a post on X on Wednesday after Haniyeh’s assassination in Tehran. “We will defend freedom of speech against these platforms that have showed many times that they are primarily…
US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Saturday laid out his plan to ensure that the US will be the crypto capital of the planet and the Bitcoin superpower of the world. “If crypto is going to define the future, I want it mined, minted and made in the USA,” he told Bitcoin Conference at Nashville, Tennessee. “It is not going to be made anywhere else.” “Bitcoin is going to the Moon and I want America to be the nation that leads the way,” he added. Trump said he is proud to be the first major party nominee in American…
Turkish Airlines wants to promote cultural richness and international cooperation while having the most varied destinations on its roster by the next decade, chairman Ahmet Bolat told Anadolu. At the Farnborough International Airshow in the UK, Bolat said the new cultural project wants to bring art and culture together, in collaboration with award-winning Turkish-American artist Refik Anadol. Bolat said the project consists of an art piece of people from various backgrounds depicted as living different life experiences, telling the story of how the flag carrier unites people from cultures around the world. – Turkish Airlines delves into its homeland’s roots…
The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) opened an investigation into Delta Air Lines to ensure that the airline is following the law and taking care of passengers during continued widespread disruptions, the head of the agency said Tuesday. “While you should first try to resolve issues directly with the airline, we want to hear from passengers who believe that Delta has not complied with USDOT-enforced passenger protection requirements during the recent travel disruptions,” Secretary Pete Buttigieg wrote on X. Buttigieg shared a Transportation Department link where consumers can file a complaint or comment about services they received, or requested from…
At year’s-end, Türkiye’s domestic electric vehicle (EV) maker Togg will start pre-orders to Europe of its fully electric C-segment SUV T10X model, the automaker has announced. Togg celebrated its sixth anniversary on Tuesday, as the company was founded on June 25, 2018, under the leadership of President Erdogan. The Turkish automaker became a leading EV brand in Türkiye with the T10X model, which was previewed in 2019, and now it plans to venture out to Europe, having founded Togg Europe GmbH in Germany back in 2021. Besides the C-segment SUV, Togg continues to develop new lines of EVs, as the…