Author: Daily Sabah
Türkiye’s diplomatic efforts for global peace continued uninterruptedly in 2024 under the leadership of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Throughout the year, Erdoğan visited 17 countries and attended international summits. Erdoğan launched a diplomatic blitz for solutions to regional and global issues, particularly the ongoing attacks of Israel targeting Palestinians. Along with visits abroad, he hosted heads of state and government from 18 countries. The president made his first visit of the year to Dubai on Feb. 13, where he attended as a guest of honor at the World Governments Summit, which took place with the theme of “Shaping Governments of…
Abdullah Öcalan, jailed leader of the terrorist group PKK, responded positively to a call by the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and expressed readiness to contribute to a process that may lead the group to lay down arms. In statements conveyed through two lawmakers from a party close to the group on Sunday, Öcalan said it was a “time of brotherhood and peace for Türkiye and the region.” Pervin Buldan and Sırrı Süreyya Önder, two lawmakers from the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM), visited Öcalan in Imralı, a Marmara Sea island where he is incarcerated, on Saturday. It was the…
Abdullah Öcalan, jailed leader of the terrorist group PKK responded to a call by Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) positively and expressed readiness to contribute a process that may lead the group to lay down arms. In statements conveyed through two lawmakers from a party close to the group, Öcalan said it was “time of brotherhood and peace for Türkiye and the region.” DETAILS TO FOLLOW…
Türkiye is sending an eight-member team to investigate the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) passenger plane near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdülkadir Uraloğlu announced late Friday. In a statement shared on his social media account, Uraloğlu said the team was formed at the request of Azerbaijan’s State Civil Aviation Agency. The group will examine the crash site, conduct technical and operational analyses, and provide support to determine the cause of the accident. “Our expert team will work in coordination with local authorities to thoroughly investigate all aspects of the incident and report…
Türkiye is sending an eight-member team to investigate the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) passenger plane near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdülkadir Uraloğlu announced late Friday. In a statement shared on his social media account, Uraloğlu said the team was formed at the request of Azerbaijan’s State Civil Aviation Agency. The group will examine the crash site, conduct technical and operational analyses, and provide support to determine the cause of the accident. “Our expert team will work in coordination with local authorities to thoroughly investigate all aspects of the incident and report…
Türkiye is sending an eight-member team to investigate the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) passenger plane near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdülkadir Uraloğlu announced late Friday. In a statement shared on his social media account, Uraloğlu said the team was formed at the request of Azerbaijan’s State Civil Aviation Agency. The group will examine the crash site, conduct technical and operational analyses, and provide support to determine the cause of the accident. “Our expert team will work in coordination with local authorities to thoroughly investigate all aspects of the incident and report…
The Justice Ministry has approved the pro-PKK Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party)’s request to visit the imprisoned leader of the terrorist group’s founder Abdullah Öcalan, minister Yılmaz Tunç said Friday. The minister said DEM Party delegation would consist of Istanbul Deputy Süreyya Önder and Van Deputy Pervin Buldan. The two lawmakers would head to Imralı Island, where the PKK leader is serving a life sentence, on Saturday or Sunday, depending on the weather. In October, the People’s Alliance, led by the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP)…
Addressing a convention of his Justice and Development Party (AK Party) on Friday, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Türkiye would ensure its security starting in 2025. “We will eliminate threats posed beyond our southern borders,” he said, referring to the terrorist group PKK, which occupies several regions in Iraq and Syria, situated kilometers away from Turkish border towns. Erdoğan said at the event in the western province of Balıkesir that they would resolve Türkiye’s acute problems, particularly the threat of terrorism and asked the public to have “more patience.” The president often warns PKK/YPG which carved out a bastion for…
Türkiye will be printing the new identity cards, passports and driving licenses of Syrian citizens as part of its support to the new era in its neighbor following the fall of Bashar Assad. A report in Turkish newspaper Sabah said Turkish institutions are working to meet the requests of the new administration in Syria, which includes printing said documents, as well as the status of Syrians returning from Türkiye. The Migration Management Directorate will be setting up offices in Syria to coordinate the entry and exits of Syrians in Türkiye with the new Syrian officials in order to ensure the…
A civil society organization is calling on millions in Istanbul to rally on New Year’s Day for Palestine as Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip nears the 16-month mark. Turkish Youth Foundation (TÜGVA) President Ibrahim Beşinci said the pro-Palestine rally scheduled to kick off from the Galata Bridge in Istanbul must be spread to the masses to raise awareness about Palestine. “We cannot enter the new year while there are women and children being killed,” Beşinci told Anadolu Agency (AA). The rally is organized by the National Will Platform, which brings together 308 civil society organizations. Beşinci said last year’s…