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The Foreign Minister of Sudan has praised Türkiye’s “generous stance” toward Sudanese people who have been under threat of famine due to 20 months of brutal civil war. “Under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Türkiye has displayed a generous and positive stance towards the Sudanese people and government during the war,” Ali Yusuf said, pointing out a “reliable and historic” relationship between his country and Türkiye. Sudan is reeling from 20 months of fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), led by rival generals, which have led to a dire humanitarian crisis. The war has killed…

Mustafa Nedim Yamalı, who announced his resignation from the opposition Future Party (GP) on Tuesday, officially joined the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) on Wednesday. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan personally congratulated Yamalı as he attended a parliamentary group meeting of the ruling party. “I believe political movements close to each other in the conservative community should be united,” Yamalı told reporters on the sidelines of the parliamentary group meeting in the capital Ankara. Yamalı was among the founders of the AK Party’s Ankara branch in the early 2000s and served as head of the Ankara branch between 2014…

The Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Lakers will square off at the Chase Center on Thursday for headline action in the 2024-25 NBA Christmas/Boxing Day schedule. Both teams are looking to rebound from disappointing home losses, and only one will leave the court with their spirits lifted, while the other faces a humbling second straight defeat. Golden State’s struggles continued Tuesday as they fell 111-105 to the Indiana Pacers, just days after snapping a three-game losing streak with a 113-103 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves. Despite a strong offensive showing in the first half – recording their second-highest scoring…

The Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Lakers will square off at the Chase Center on Thursday, headline action in the 2024-25 NBA Christmas/Boxing Day schedule. Both teams are looking to rebound from disappointing home losses, and only one will leave the court with their spirits lifted, while the other faces a humbling second straight defeat. Golden State’s struggles continued Tuesday as they fell 111-105 to the Indiana Pacers, just days after snapping a three-game losing streak with a 113-103 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves. Despite a strong offensive showing in the first half – recording their second-highest scoring half…

The Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Lakers will square off at the Chase Center on Thursday for headline action in the 2024-25 NBA Christmas/Boxing Day schedule. Both teams are looking to rebound from disappointing home losses, and only one will leave the court with their spirits lifted, while the other faces a humbling second straight defeat. Golden State’s struggles continued Tuesday as they fell 111-105 to the Indiana Pacers, just days after snapping a three-game losing streak with a 113-103 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves. Despite a strong offensive showing in the first half – recording their second-highest scoring…

Abdullah Keddo, a member of the political board of the National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces, says people aligned with the PKK terrorist organization and non-Syrian members of such groups should leave the country after the fall of the Baathist regime. Keddo, also a representative of the Kurdish National Council in Syria (ENKS), the main political representative of Kurds in the country, said the presence of the PKK harms both stability and attempts at dialogue between Syrian Kurdish groups in Syria. “We refuse to accept the presence of the PKK and its affiliates in Syria, all of which…

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday boasted about Türkiye’s “policy of compassion” on the Syrian civil war. “We have led a policy of compassion since the Syrian crisis broke out. We promised to stand by the downtrodden and we have,” Erdoğan told members of his ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) at a parliamentary meeting in the capital Ankara. Erdoğan also vowed to achieve a “terror-free” Türkiye in the coming period “utilizing all state means possible.” “We will eliminate those who seek to undermine our brotherhood with our Kurdish citizens,” Erdoğan said.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday boasted about Türkiye’s “policy of compassion” on the Syrian civil war and warned the PKK/YPG terrorist group about its fate in Türkiye’s southern neighbor in the aftermath of the collapse of the Baathist regime. “Things have changed. Separatist murderers will either lay down their arms or will be buried with their arms in the lands of Syria,” the president told a parliamentary group meeting of his Justice and Development Party (AK Party) in the capital, Ankara. It was the latest stern warning by Turkish authorities to the terrorist group, which occupies parts of northeastern…

Turkish police have captured a total of 182 suspects linked to the Daesh terrorist group in nationwide operations, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced Wednesday. Türkiye has been hit by several major attacks claimed by Daesh, including a 2017 nightclub shooting that killed dozens of people. Security measures have been tightened across the country following an attack by PKK terrorists in Ankara in late October, which killed five and injured 22 others. The fresh raids, codenamed “Gürz-31-32-33,” took place across 22 cities for the past three weeks, Yerlikaya said on X. The minister said 43 suspects have been arrested, 24 were…

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday held a phone call with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev, the Presidency’s Directorate of Communications said. The directorate said that the two leaders discussed bilateral ties as well as regional and international developments. Erdoğan congratulated the D-8 membership for Azerbaijan, which was admitted to the body in a Cairo summit also attended by Erdoğan earlier this month. Erdoğan told Aliyev that he closely followed developments regarding the peace process between Azerbaijan and Armenia and expected it to be conclusive, contributing to “lasting stability and prosperity for Southern Caucasus.” The president also congratulated the birthday…