Author: Daily Sabah With Agencies
Süper Lig defending champions Galatasaray will host Istanbul Başakşehir at RAMS Park on Wednesday for the opening match of the Turkish Cup Group C. In Group C, Galatasaray face tricky competition with Istanbul Başakşehir, Konyaspor, Eyüpspor, Çorum FK, and Boluspor. Following the clash with Başakşehir, Galatasaray will take on Boluspor and Konyaspor. This marks Galatasaray’s first match in the new Turkish Cup format, which includes 24 teams divided into four groups of six. The top two teams from each group will advance to the quarterfinals. Icardi misses out Argentinian star Mauro Icardi, who sustained a knee injury during a UEFA…
Freiburg forward Eren Dinkçi has put an end to speculation about his international future, affirming his commitment to the Turkish national team despite not making his senior debut during a call-up last year. The 23-year-old, born in Germany to Turkish parents, has a dual-nationality background that made him eligible to represent both nations. While he previously appeared in one match for Türkiye’s under-19 team and three games for Germany’s under-20 side, Dinkçi was called into Türkiye’s senior squad for two UEFA Nations League matches in September 2022. However, he remained on the bench, leaving the door open for a potential…
Freiburg forward Eren Dinkçi has put an end to speculation about his international future, affirming his commitment to the Turkish national team despite not making his senior debut during a call-up last year. The 23-year-old, born in Germany to Turkish parents, has a dual-nationality background that made him eligible to represent both nations. While he previously appeared in one match for Türkiye’s under-19 team and three games for Germany’s under-20 side, Dinkçi was called into Türkiye’s senior squad for two UEFA Nations League matches in September 2022. However, he remained on the bench, leaving the door open for a potential…
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Türkiye would not hesitate to take action against terrorists posing a threat to its national security. Noting that Türkiye has shown its firm commitment to its survival and security time and again, Erdoğan told a news conference after a cabinet meeting on Monday that the Turkish military may strike terrorist targets “suddenly, one night.” The well-known verse from a classical Turkish song “I can come suddenly one night,” is a slogan Erdoğan adopted for lightning counterterrorism operations against the PKK terrorist group and its Syrian offshoot the YPG. He noted that pressure was mounting for…
Türkiye on Monday said it was a “matter of time” before the PKK terrorist group’s Syrian wing, YPG, was driven out of Syria and that it would not agree to any policy that allowed the PKK/YPG to maintain a presence there. “We are in a position not only to see but also to break any kind of plot in the region,” Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told a joint news conference with his Jordanian counterpart Ayman Safadi in the capital, Ankara. “Conditions in Syria have changed. We believe it’s only a matter of time before the PKK/YPG is eliminated,” he said,…
Türkiye will be experiencing warm weather starting on Monday, Jan. 6 due to the warm air coming from Algeria. Air temperatures across the country will rise, with Istanbul reaching 14 degrees Celsius (57.2 degrees Fahrenheit). However, the lodos wind will pick up on Tuesday, bringing potential mild discomfort, including headaches and weakness. While warm weather is expected in most parts of the country, there will be some showers as a precursor to the heat wave. The latest weather forecasts from the General Directorate of Meteorology predict partly cloudy and very cloudy skies nationwide. Rain is expected in the southern and…
Naomi Osaka remains optimistic about her Australian Open hopes despite an abdominal injury that forced her to pull out of the Auckland Classic final on Sunday. The former world No. 1, who was leading Clara Tauson 6-4 in her first WTA final in nearly three years, is scheduled for an MRI to assess the extent of the injury. “I don’t feel that it’s too serious, and I still feel very optimistic about AO,” Osaka, 27, said in a statement. The injury, which appeared abdominal rather than the back issue that ended her 2024 season, left Osaka in tears as she…
Naomi Osaka remains optimistic about her Australian Open hopes despite an abdominal injury that forced her to pull out of the Auckland Classic final on Sunday. The former world No. 1, who was leading Clara Tauson 6-4 in her first WTA final in nearly three years, is scheduled for an MRI to assess the extent of the injury. “I don’t feel that it’s too serious, and I still feel very optimistic about AO,” Osaka, 27, said in a statement. The injury, which appeared abdominal rather than the back issue that ended her 2024 season, left Osaka in tears as she…
Naomi Osaka remains optimistic about her Australian Open hopes despite an abdominal injury that forced her to pull out of the Auckland Classic final on Sunday. The former world No. 1, who was leading Clara Tauson 6-4 in her first WTA final in nearly three years, is scheduled for an MRI to assess the extent of the injury. “I don’t feel that it’s too serious, and I still feel very optimistic about AO,” Osaka, 27, said in a statement. The injury, which appeared abdominal rather than the back issue that ended her 2024 season, left Osaka in tears as she…
Somalia is mulling reversing a decision to exclude Ethiopia from a multinational force fighting al-Shabab terrorists, another indication that diplomatic tensions between the two nations are easing. Ethiopian Defense Minister Aisha Mohammed Mussa traveled to the Somali capital, Mogadishu, for talks on Thursday about her country’s participation in the mission, Somali Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ali Balcad said by phone, according to a report in Bloomberg. Ethiopia has up to 10,000 troops in Somalia to fight al-Shabab terrorists, but Mogadishu has threatened to expel them if Addis Ababa does not renounce an agreement it reached a year ago…