Author: Daily Sabah

At least 21 people, including two children, were injured after a Metrobus crashed into another at a bus stop in Istanbul, Turkish media reported Saturday. The Metrobus rammed into another metrobus while it was boarding passengers at a stop in the Avcılar district on the direction of Anatolia. No casualties were reported. Some of the injured were treated on-site while others were taken to nearby hospitals. “Most of the injured are in good condition. They are being treated at the hospital,” Istanbul Provincial Health Director Abdullah Emre Güner said on social media platform X. Reports said the accident caused disruptions…

At least 21 people, including two children, were injured after a Metrobus crashed into another at a bus stop in Istanbul, Turkish media reported Saturday. The Metrobus rammed into another metrobus while it was boarding passengers at a stop in the Avcılar district on the direction of Anatolia. No casualties were reported. Some of the injured were treated on-site while others were taken to nearby hospitals. “Most of the injured are in good condition. They are being treated at the hospital,” Istanbul Provincial Health Director Abdullah Emre Güner said on social media platform X. Reports said the accident caused disruptions…

At least 21 people, including two children, were injured after a Metrobus crashed into another at a bus stop in Istanbul, Turkish media reported Saturday. The Metrobus rammed into another metrobus while it was boarding passengers at a stop in the Avcılar district on the direction of Anatolia. No casualties were reported. Some of the injured were treated on-site while others were taken to nearby hospitals. “Most of the injured are in good condition. They are being treated at the hospital,” Istanbul Provincial Health Director Abdullah Emre Güner said on social media platform X. Reports said the accident caused disruptions…

At least 21 people, including two children, were injured after a Metrobus crashed into another at a bus stop in Istanbul, Turkish media reported Saturday. The Metrobus rammed into another metrobus while it was boarding passengers at a stop in the Avcılar district on the direction of Anatolia. No casualties were reported. Some of the injured were treated on-site while others were taken to nearby hospitals. “Most of the injured are in good condition. They are being treated at the hospital,” Istanbul Provincial Health Director Abdullah Emre Güner said on social media platform X. Reports said the accident caused disruptions…

Türkiye will continue working diplomatically to push for the removal of international sanctions on Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Friday, as he met with interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Antalya. Erdoğan held bilateral meetings with world leaders and top diplomats on the sidelines of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (C-R) meeting with Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa (C-L) during the 4th edition of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum (ADF2025) in Antalya. (Photo by Handout / Turkish Presidency Press Office / AFP) He affirmed Türkiye’s continued diplomatic efforts to lift international sanctions on Syria and emphasized the…

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held bilateral meetings with world leaders and top diplomats on the sidelines of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum on Friday. In his meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Erdoğan discussed Türkiye-Hungary ties, bilateral relations and regional and global developments, the presidency said. During the meeting, President Erdoğan stated that cooperation between Türkiye and Hungary has been strengthening and that taking new steps in areas such as the economy, trade, energy, and the defense industry would serve the mutual interests of both countries by deepening their relations. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign…

The international community must raise their voice in the face of the genocide Israel carries out in Gaza, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Friday, describing Tel Aviv’s actions as “state terrorism.” “Staying silent to Israel’s massacres means being part of this crime. For one and a half years, Israel is implementing an open genocide against the Palestinian people through trampling on international law and ignoring the most basic human rights,” he said during the opening speech of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum. “If this is not barbarism, what is it?” Erdoğan asked, mentioning the number of civilians and journalists Israel…

We reject all types of plans that force Palestinians to leave their homeland, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Friday, following a meeting of the Gaza contact group in Antalya province. Speaking together with the Arab League and the Organisation for Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Fidan was referring to a U.S. plan to “take over Gaza” and permanently resettle its population. “We support the Gaza reconstruction plan accepted by the Arab League. We support the establishment of an independent and sovereign Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital and borders based on 1967. We call on the international community to…

A delegation of two deputies from the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) Sırrı Süreyya Önder and Pervin Buldan on Thursday voiced hope for the terror-free Türkiye initiative after meeting with the president. “The meeting we held with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan took place in an extremely positive, constructive, productive and hopeful atmosphere for the future,” the DEM Party said in a written statement following the one-and-a-half-hour negotiations. “The importance of the point reached in the process was acknowledged while mutual steps for the future were evaluated,” it added. “It was expressed that a period when there is no…

A Turkish court on Thursday condemned a family of three and three others to a total of 100 years in prison for spying for Israel’s Mossad and gathering intelligence on their targets, Turkish media reported. The suspects were captured in an operation last April in Istanbul. They were among eight arrested following a surveillance operation by the National Intelligence Organization (MIT). Ahmet Ersin Tumlucalı, owner of an insurance company, was convicted to 22 years and six months in jail for leading a network of operatives working for Mossad, including his wife and stepdaughter, according to the ruling by Istanbul’s 23rd…