Author: Daily Sabah With AA

Turkish Foreign Ministry sources on Monday denied that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan would propose a postponement for Ukraine’s membership to NATO. Sources said parts of Bloomberg’s Monday report did not reflect the truth. They also highlighted that Türkiye supports diplomatic initiatives aimed at ending the war. After more than a thousand days of the Russian war on Ukraine, which started in February 2022, the said report by Bloomberg claimed that Ankara was preparing a proposal to stop the war and that Kyiv was envisaged to make some concessions to Moscow within the scope of this proposal. The said proposal would…

A project launched in Izmir, western Türkiye, by scientists from various disciplines, has led to the development of a device that allows diabetes patients to measure their blood sugar levels using their mobile phones and share real-time data. The project, initiated in 2023 by scientists from five universities in Izmir to develop a technology that can accurately and practically transmit real-time blood sugar measurements to both patients and doctors, has reached the prototype stage. With support from TÜBİTAK, the team developed a “glucose meter probe” that measures blood sugar levels from finger-prick blood. The device is designed to connect to…

Turkish officials confirmed that Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s request to use its airspace was denied. Herzog was planning to attend COP29 climate summit in the Azerbaijani capital Baku through Turkish airspace. On Saturday, Herzog canceled his participation in the conference, citing “security concerns,” according to a statement from his office. Relations between Türkiye and Israel have been deteriorating since the start of Israel’s devastating offensive against Gaza since October 2023. The ongoing onslaught has so far killed nearly 43,800 people, mostly women and children, and rendered the enclave almost uninhabitable. Last week, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who was also among…

Security sources said on Sunday Serdar Tunagür, the ringleader of the PKK terrorist organization in Portugal, was apprehended during a joint operation by the Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MIT) and Istanbul police. Tunagür, who previously engaged in subversive activities in support of the PKK, actively took part in many actions on behalf of the terrorist group in Portugal. He was arrested in Istanbul and later sent to prison on judicial authorities’ orders. Media outlets reported that the suspect once served under the PKK in rural parts of Türkiye and in Makhmur, a PKK camp in Iraq. He has been under…

Two figurine fragments were uncovered in archaeological excavations conducted around the ancient hippodrome of Antakya in Hatay. The excavations at the hippodrome in the Küçükdalyan neighborhood of Antakya, supported under the “Heritage for the Future Project” led by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, have focused on the area known as the “palace area.” In the work conducted by a 20-person team led by professor Hatice Pamir, a faculty member of the Department of Archaeology at Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, to uncover the urban structure of ancient Antioch, two figurine fragments made of fired clay were found. In the team’s…

Turkic states, which have already implemented common areas of use in many fields, including the alphabet, will also launch projects for a shared art dictionary and a common anthem in the field of art. Professor Erhan Özden, the president of the Union of Turkic States’ Art Universities and the rector of Ankara University of Music and Fine Arts, spoke to Anadolu Agency (AA) about the dictionary project, stating that, similar to Ibn Sina’s (commonly known in the West as Avicenna) work on medicine, an encyclopedic effort would also be carried out in the field of art. He explained, “This dictionary…

Five new science centers will be opened, including two in Istanbul, by the end of the year, Industry and Technology Minister Mehmet Fatih Kacır recently announced. “Thus, the total number of science centers in our country will increase to 40,” he said. Kacır shared with Anadolu Agency (AA) that the ministry continues to expand the number of science centers to raise awareness of science and technology in society. Emphasizing the importance of these centers, Kacır stated: “By the end of the year, we will open two science centers in Istanbul, and one each in Çorum, Şanlıurfa and Adana. In total,…

The painful memories of their forced exile from their homeland in Georgia still haunt Ahıska Turks 80 years after the fact. More than 100,000 Ahıska Turks, also known as Meskhetian Turks, including women, children and the elderly, were exiled from their ancestral lands in the Ahıska region of Georgia on Nov. 14, 1944, by Soviet leader Josef Stalin to remote corners of the Soviet Union. The group faced discrimination and human rights abuses before and after the Soviet deportation. Most of the 90,000 to 117,000 Ahıska Turks who were unexpectedly ripped out of their homes and forced into trains died…

The Turkish Red Crescent has delivered more than 3 million hot meals to Palestinians in Gaza, where ongoing Israeli attacks have exacerbated the humanitarian crisis. Fatma Meriç Yılmaz, the President of the Turkish Red Crescent, confirmed that the organization’s soup kitchen, initially distributing 2,000 meals a day, has expanded to serve 15,000 meals daily. In an interview with Anadolu Agency (AA) in Mersin, Yılmaz stated, “We ensured that the 11 Goodness Ships, supported by all our NGOs, could enter Gaza. As a country that has provided over 65,000 tons of aid, we have become the country delivering the most aid,…

Türkiye on Friday called for the international community to recognize and forge ties with the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) on the 41st anniversary of its foundation. “The international community must form political, economic and diplomatic relations with the TRNC,” Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz said as he marked the anniversary on the island by attending a special wreath-laying ceremony at the Atatürk Monument in the capital, Lefkoşa (Nicosia), alongside Ersin Tatar, president of the TRNC. Turkish and TRNC flags were unfurled in the capital and across Türkiye on Friday as people celebrated the TRNC’s foundation and paid tribute to…