Author: Daily Sabah
Palestinian medical students from Gaza Islamic University have completed their internship at Istanbul Medeniyet University’s Faculty of Medicine and are set to graduate. The oath-taking ceremony is scheduled to take place on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025, at the university’s Aşık Paşa Conference Hall. The event marks a significant milestone for the students who have successfully completed their medical training, further strengthening the academic cooperation between the two institutions.
Palestinian medical students from Gaza Islamic University have completed their internship at Istanbul Medeniyet University’s Faculty of Medicine and are set to graduate. The oath-taking ceremony is scheduled to take place on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025, at the university’s Aşık Paşa Conference Hall. The event marks a significant milestone for the students who have successfully completed their medical training, further strengthening the academic cooperation between the two institutions.
Palestinian medical students from Gaza Islamic University have completed their internship at Istanbul Medeniyet University’s Faculty of Medicine and are set to graduate. The oath-taking ceremony is scheduled to take place on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025, at the university’s Aşık Paşa Conference Hall. The event marks a significant milestone for the students who have successfully completed their medical training, further strengthening the academic cooperation between the two institutions.
Türkiye is ready to provide any support needed to resolve the dispute between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, should both countries seek it, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Thursday. Erdoğan was speaking at a joint news conference with Kagame in the capital Ankara. “We see today’s visit as a new milestone in deepening our cooperation. Rwanda is an African country often cited as an example for its political stability and economic development model,” Erdoğan said, adding that Kagame’s “visionary leadership” has played a significant role in this success. For his part, Kagame said he appreciated Türkiye’s mediation efforts.…
A long-awaited call by Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed leader of the PKK terrorist group, may be delayed further. Öcalan is expected to urge the group to lay down arms. On Wednesday, he received two lawmakers from the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) in the island prison where he is held in the Marmara Sea for the second visit in two months. The DEM Party on Thursday released a brief statement regarding a meeting between Öcalan and lawmakers Sırrı Süreyya Önder and Pervin Buldan and said “the process was still underway” in reference to the initiative that was launched…
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday hit out at his main opposition over remarks targeting a public prosecutor and sparked backlash for threatening Türkiye’s judiciary. “Even if you are an opposition party leader, you cannot make threats on live television,” Erdoğan said at an event in the capital Ankara to unveil Türkiye’s fourth judicial reform strategy document. “Nobody can threaten judicial members, put pressure on the courts or wag their fingers at our judicial committee for pursuing unlawfulness with the authority granted by law,” Erdoğan said, referring to recent remarks from Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chair Özgür Özel and the…
The negligence behind the fire that claimed 78 lives at the Grand Kartal Hotel in Bolu, northwestern Türkiye, is coming to light. It has been revealed that 19 days before the disaster, the Bolu Municipality Fire Department identified shortcomings during a fire safety inspection at the hotel but took no action. Furthermore, the fire department issued a “fire safety compliance certificate” for the restaurant, which was the source of the deadly blaze. Bolu’s mayor, Tanju Özcan, who claimed “the responsibility is not ours,” was caught in a lie after details of the documents were revealed. Özcan, from the Republican People’s…
The negligence behind the fire that claimed 78 lives at the Grand Kartal Hotel in Bolu, northwestern Türkiye, is coming to light. It has been revealed that 19 days before the disaster, the Bolu Municipality Fire Department identified shortcomings during a fire safety inspection at the hotel but took no action. Furthermore, the fire department issued a “fire safety compliance certificate” for the restaurant, which was the source of the deadly blaze. Bolu’s mayor, Tanju Özcan, who claimed “the responsibility is not ours,” was caught in a lie after details of the documents were revealed. Özcan, from the Republican People’s…
The Turkish military presence in neighboring Syria will continue and may even relocate within that country based on “needs,” Turkish Defense Ministry sources said Thursday. The statements come amid the fate of the U.S.-backed YPG, the Syria wing of the PKK terrorist group, which poses a direct threat to Türkiye. Sources said the tasks of the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) have not been completed yet in Syria. “Depending on the need, the redeployment of our troops in Syria or their assignment to different regions may be considered,” sources said. As the civil war escalated in Syria, the terrorist groups Daesh…
The Justice and Development Party (AK Party), in power since 2002, secured another seat in the Parliament when opposition Good Party’s (IP) lawmaker Kürşad Zorlu joined it last week. Zorlu’s switch boosted the party’s parliamentary standing after losing several seats after the 2023 general elections. In one and a half years, the AK Party managed to increase the number of seats in the Parliament to 269 from the 268 seats it won in the legislative vote despite losing many lawmakers. The party has nominated five lawmakers from the Free Cause Party (HÜDA-PAR) and Democratic Left Party (DSP) as AK Party…