Author: Daily Sabah
It’s important that the new Syrian state is one where different ethnic and religious groups live side by side in peace, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told his Emirati counterpart Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in a phone call on Monday. Erdoğan and Al Nahyan discussed the latest situation in Syria following the ouster of Bashar Assad, in Palestine under Israeli attacks, as well as bilateral, regional and global issues, the Turkish Presidency’s Directorate of Communications said in a statement on X. Türkiye will never accept that the PKK/YPG terrorist group in Syria should be considered an interlocutor and the representative…
Turkish authorities on Monday said they captured two suspects who allegedly aided and abetted the perpetrator of a PKK terrorist attack in Istanbul two years ago. The suspects organized the illegal entry of Ahlam Albashir to Türkiye, who planted the bomb that killed six people and injured 99 others on Istanbul’s commercial hub, Istiklal Street, on Nov. 13, 2022. The suspects also supplied the materials for Albashir, provided a safe house, organized her transport to Istanbul and engaged in other smuggling activities, authorities said. Türkiye’s cultural and economic hub has been targeted several times by terrorist groups like the PKK…
At an altitude of 2,800 meters (over 9,185 feet), the Başkale district of the eastern province of Van hosts a military outpost defying the cold weather. Dressed in white against the backdrop of snow-white slopes, soldiers deployed on the Turkish-Iranian border patrol the area as temperatures at times drop as low as minus 25 degrees Celsius (minus 13 degrees Fahrenheit) The Güllük outpost is 83 kilometers (51.57 miles) away from downtown Van and long stretches of barren landscape straddle across the border. Soldiers utilize high technology and winter camouflage to perform multiple tasks, from fighting against smuggling and irregular migration…
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 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…
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…
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)…