Author: Daily Sabah

Top diplomats will convene in the southern province of Antalya on Friday for a meeting on a two-state solution in the Palestine-Israel conflict and permanent peace in the Middle East. Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will host the Gaza Contact Group meeting, which is comprised of a committee of ministers from the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and Arab League countries. The meeting will precede the Antalya Diplomacy Forum on April 11-13 in the eponymous province, which will host heads of state and top officials from across the globe. It will be the first meeting of the committee in Türkiye and…

The first trial regarding the murder of 14-year-old Ahmet Mattia Minguzzi, who was fatally stabbed at a market in Kadıköy, Istanbul, started today. The session began at 10 a.m. at the Anadolu Second Juvenile Heavy Penal Court in the Anadolu Justice Palace in Kartal. Attending the trial are Minguzzi’s father, Andrea Minguzzi, his mother, cellist Yasemin Akıncılar, their relatives and the defense lawyers. Before the trial, Yasemin Minguzzi gave an emotional statement, expressing, “I am waiting for thousands of people to come. Lawyers, doctors and teachers should not leave me alone.” The family’s lawyer, Dr. Rezan Epözdemir, shared that the…

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday met with Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party’s (DEM Party) Sırrı Süreyya Önder and Pervin Buldan, who formed a delegation as part of the terror-free Türkiye initiative, to discuss the process. The meeting took place in the Presidential Complex in the capital, Ankara, with Justice and Development Party (AK Party) Deputy Chair Efkan Ala and National Intelligence Organization (MIT) head Ibrahim Kalın also in attendance. “Both he (Erdoğan) and we will talk about his own views and suggestions, and we will share our own. We believe that both the democratic politics field as well as…

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto lamented international inaction in the face of Israel’s attacks in Gaza while addressing the Turkish Parliament on Thursday. The president said they stood with Türkiye in this new world of uncertainty and stood up for justice. Subianto was welcomed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the airport when he arrived in Ankara on Wednesday and headed to Parliament before an official welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Complex in the capital. Amid lawmakers’ standing ovation, Subianto made his inaugural speech at Parliament, as the third sitting president of the Asian country. “Türkiye has a special place in…

Özgür Özel, leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), took his boycott threat to German car manufacturer Volkswagen (VW) one step further on Wednesday evening. Özel, who earlier called for a boycott of the Skoda and Audi brands as well as their parent company VW, singled out the brand as he addressed supporters in Istanbul’s Şişli district. “I am in touch with the labor union in Germany and will force the company to reposition itself,” Özel said. VW’s Türkiye dealership is owned by Doğuş, a business conglomerate including news broadcaster NTV. The CHP leader incited boycott calls against…

The Fourth Antalya Diplomacy Forum (ADF) will focus on the need for dialogue and diplomacy amid global challenges and increasing fragmentation on the international stage. The forum will be held under the auspices of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and hosted by Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan at the NEST Congress Centre in Antalya on April 11-13. This year, the ADF will convene under the theme “Reclaiming Diplomacy in a Fragmented World” and focus on redefining the role of diplomacy in resolving regional and global issues. Addressing the multilayered challenges facing the international system, the forum will highlight the importance of dialogue…

The fire still burns in Jose Mourinho’s eyes – and so does the pressure. Ten years have passed since the self-proclaimed “Special One” last hoisted a league title, but the 61-year-old is now deep in the trenches of one of Europe’s fiercest football races, hoping to add a Turkish Süper Lig crown to his decorated resume. Hired by Fenerbahçe last June, Mourinho was tasked with ending the Istanbul giant’s decade-long title drought – and snapping an even longer 17-year absence from the Champions League group stage. With just weeks left in the season, Fenerbahçe are still chasing archrival Galatasaray, trailing…

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoğlu will appear before an Istanbul court on Friday for a case involving a threat against Istanbul Chief Prosecutor Akın Gürlek. It will be the first time Imamoğlu will make an appearance in public since his arrest last month in a separate case, though it is not clear whether the hearing will be open to the public. The hearing will be held inside a courtroom at a courthouse-prison complex where the former mayor is incarcerated in Istanbul’s Silivri district. Prosecutors are seeking a prison term of up to seven years and four months for Imamoğlu, who is…

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan hit out at main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) in a speech on Wednesday for days of riots erupted after the arrest of CHP’s Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoğlu. He said CHP’s reputation was tarnished in the last three weeks because of riots where it “incited the youth to take to the streets while (party officials) hid.” “They could not receive the support they expected from their Western masters,” Erdoğan told a meeting of his Justice and Development Party (AK Party) in the capital Ankara. He was referring to party’s appeal to other countries to support their…

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan hit out at the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) in a speech on Wednesday for the days of riots that erupted after the arrest of CHP’s Istanbul mayor, Ekrem Imamoğlu. He said the CHP’s reputation was tarnished in the last three weeks because of riots that “incited the youth to take to the streets while (party officials) hid.” “They could not receive the support they expected from their Western masters,” Erdoğan told a meeting of his Justice and Development Party (AK Party) in the capital Ankara. He was referring to the party’s appeal to other…