Author: Daily Sabah
Real Madrid’s La Liga title chase rolls into the southern outskirts of the capital on Wednesday, where Getafe’s Coliseum promises little comfort for Carlo Ancelotti’s weary but determined side. Still reeling from a painful Champions League exit at the hands of Arsenal – a 5-1 aggregate humbling – Madrid now turn fully toward a potential domestic double. A Copa del Rey final looms this weekend against their archrivals, Barcelona, but first, the reigning Spanish champions must close a four-point gap on the Catalans in league play. Los Blancos snatched a dramatic 1-0 win over Athletic Club on Sunday thanks to…
The Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) said its latest visit to Imralı Island to meet with the PKK terrorist group’s imprisoned leader Abdullah Öcalan took place in a positive atmosphere, with the health of party figure and Deputy Parliament Speaker Sırrı Süreyya Önder topping the agenda. The meeting, conducted by a delegation including DEM Party Van lawmaker Pervin Buldan and lawyer Faik Özgür Erol, marked the fourth such visit to Öcalan on the island. Speaking after the meeting, Buldan said their “first agenda item at Imralı was the health condition of Sırrı Süreyya Önder.” Öcalan conveyed a written…
There may be new developments regarding the dissolution of the PKK terrorist group this month, the spokesman of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) said Monday. Speaking to reporters in a news conference at the party headquarters in the capital Ankara, Ömer Çelik said the dissolution of the PKK terrorist group and its disarmament will mark a turning point. He noted that the delegation of the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) has been working in this regard. Speaking amid ongoing regional tensions, Çelik stressed that deepening Türkiye’s internal social cohesion and expanding its democratic capacity are…
Türkiye’s third-largest province, Izmir, provided unwavering support to the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) for years. In return, it faces the risk of diseases. Fitting with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s rhyming definition of “municipalism of garbage, cesspool, mud” (“çöp, çukur, çamur”), the CHP’s governance of the province’s districts is on the brink of collapse. As the party fights for survival amid allegations of fraud in the 2023 intraparty election, allegations of corruption in the municipality of Istanbul and its districts, Izmir stands out as an example of municipal failures of the CHP. The CHP, for the first time in…
Türkiye on Wednesday will mark Children’s Day, also known as National Sovereignty and Children’s Day, a holiday dedicated to children and the inauguration of the republic’s Parliament in 1920. Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş hosted children from 30 countries at Parliament and highlighted how others were “unlucky” amid suffering in Palestine or suffering at the hands of those recruiting child soldiers. Kurtulmuş said children, with their smiles and hopeful outlook on the future, set an example for adults. He noted that even when young people speak different languages, their laughter remains the same. Kurtulmuş highlighted that some children are not as…
Deputy Parliament Speaker Sırrı Süreyya Önder is in critical condition after suffering a heart attack last week, his doctors said Monday. The right side of Önder’s heart has, although not completely, still begun contracting, a statement from the hospital Önder is in said. The 62-year-old politician’s life remains at risk on the sixth day after the first surgery he underwent for a heart attack and a ruptured aorta. Önder remains in intensive care, but he has been unconscious since he was hospitalized. “His reflexes are still not at the desired level. Concerns persist regarding his neurological functions due to a…
Fresh off a chaotic 4-3 comeback win over Celta Vigo, Barcelona return to the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys Tuesday, aiming to tighten their grip on La Liga’s summit when they host surging Mallorca. With four points separating them from Real Madrid heading into Matchday 33, Hansi Flick’s men are not just hunting silverware – they’re sprinting toward it. They’re scoring for fun too, notching 88 goals in 32 games, putting them on course to hit the century mark before the campaign ends. But even as Barca march toward domestic dominance, injuries have started to cast a shadow over their treble…
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) President Ersin Tatar pledged he would not allow anti-Türkiye movements on the island after Cyprus was mired by demonstrations in recent weeks. In a written statement on Saturday, Tatar said the Turkish army was the architect of peace for Turkish Cypriots on the island. He also said certain people have tried to exploit a domestic debate in the country to divide Turkish Cypriots and sought to advance their own political agenda through anti-Turkish sentiment. In the past few weeks, the TRNC was rocked with rallies by labor unions and other nongovernmental organizations after the…
Testimony of a businessperson claiming he bribed Ekrem Imamoğlu to receive a building permit has added to the legal woes of the arrested mayor of Istanbul from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP). The latest statement reported by Sabah newspaper dates back to Imamoğlu’s tenure as mayor of the far-flung Istanbul district of Beylikdüzü. In the meantime, an Istanbul court on Friday ordered the release of the head of a company of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IBB) who was arrested alongside Imamoğlu in March when he decided to collaborate with authorities. The newspaper reported earlier this month that Imamoğlu was…
Media outlets reported on Saturday that Turkish fighter jets airdropped leaflets written in Kurdish in mountainous areas of northern Iraq where PKK terrorists are hiding, urging them to heed the call of their jailed leader and lay down arms. PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan, imprisoned on an island near Istanbul, has called upon the group to lay down arms and dissolve as part of the terror-free Türkiye initiative in February. The initiative, launched by government ally Devlet Bahçeli last year, is expected to conclude with a “congress” by the terrorist group, where it may formally end decades of violence that killed…