Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to make Ankara’s military “number one” in the world, claiming it has made “awe-inspiring” achievements and major advances in training in recent years. Speaking at a graduation ceremony on Friday at Turkey’s National Defense University in Istanbul, Erdogan hailed the military for helping “in the construction of a great and powerful Turkey,”... 

The leaders of Turkey, Sweden and Finland have signed a trilateral agreement that will clear the way for the two Nordic states to join NATO and clears objections from Istanbul over the application. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced the deal on Tuesday evening ahead of President Joe Biden’s scheduled meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday. ‘I am... 

Some observers say Turkish Recep Erdogan is once again using migrants as a political weapon against Greece as at least 40,000 people so far this year have been been turned away at the border. The Greek Coast Guard has intercepted around 40,000 migrants attempting to enter the country from Turkey via the Aegean Sea. “In the first four months of 2022, about 40,000 migrants tried to enter the country... 

The UN approves Turkey’s application to be named Türkiye in English – complete with a non-Latin letter and all – instead of the current Turkey. Through the measure, the country is trying to avoid being associated with the bird turkey, which is called turkey in English. Turkey began the move to change its internationally recognised official name in English to Türkiye in December... 

Greek authorities say they have thwarted tens of thousands of illegal crossings at the land border with Turkey so far this year, according to reports. Migration pressure is increasing along the Evros River, which separates northeastern Greece from Turkey. Low water levels in recent weeks have been attracting more smugglers and migrants seeking desirable crossing conditions, AFP reports. “In the... 

This misinformation thing needs to be stopped. Not only this is total censorship but this literally gives governments unimaginable tyrannical powers of propaganda and control. This needs to be put to end NOW before it continues to spread. This is nonsense. Turkey wants to throw people in jail over “spreading misinformation”? What is “misinformation” in the first place? Who... 

Consumer prices in Turkey soared by 69.97% in April compared to the same month last year, according to official data released on Thursday. Inflation has soared amid rising energy prices against the backdrop of the Russia-Ukraine war and due to a lira crash late last year. The figure, released by the Turkish Statistical Institute, exceeded the central bank’s estimate of 68% and represents the steepest... 

Bulgaria will not negotiate a new natural gas contract with Russia’s state-owned energy giant Gazprom, amid the ongoing conflict between Moscow and Kiev, the country’s Deputy Prime Minister Assen Vassilev said Saturday. “In this situation, there’s no way there are talks with Gazprom,” he told BNR public radio. The country currently has a 10-year gas supply contract with Gazprom, which runs... 

Humanity should take “swift” action to resist Israel’s “aggression”, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said as Ankara reported that Turkish news agency journalists and UN-backed schools were hit by Israeli strikes in Gaza. “This terrorist state that tries to plunder a city like Jerusalem, which houses places that are holy for Muslims, Christians and Jews, has crossed all limits,”... 

Joe Biden has formally recognized the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Turkish forces as an act of genocide, becoming the first US president to do so since Ronald Reagan and inflaming already strained relations with a strategic ally. “Each year on this day, we remember the lives of all those who died in the Ottoman-era Armenian Genocide and recommit ourselves to preventing such an atrocity from ever... 

A boat carrying 65 asylum seekers from Turkey was found to be carrying police officers, political party officials and even a member of parliament, according to reports. At least 20 passengers of a distressed vessel rescued in the Ionian Sea were police officers who identified themselves as allies of Fethullah Gülen, a leading figure opposing Turkish President Recep Erdogan. Members of the Kurdistan... 

The clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh have entered their eleventh day, with both sides accusing each other of breaching the ceasefire. Russia, the US, France, Germany, and other countries have called for a return to negotiations. Turkey, meanwhile, has stated it will support Azerbaijan “both in talks and combat”. Stepanakert, the capital of the self-proclaimed... 

Addressing lawmakers in Ankara, Turkish president says the Palestinian people have lived in the capital ‘for thousands of years’. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday implied that Jerusalem belongs to Turkey, referring to the Ottoman Empire’s control over the city for much of the modern era. “In this city that we had to leave in tears during the First World War, it is still... 

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, in an interview with Le Figaro, reiterated his position that the Turkish army is leading a direct offensive by Azerbaijani units against Armenian ethnic forces around Nagorno-Karabakh. “The Turkish state, which continues to deny its past, is once again entering the genocide path,” he added. However, he did not provide evidence of Turkey’s alleged military... 

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country will stand with Azerbaijan in its conflict with Armenia over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh, calling on Baku to continue its assault and re-take control of the region. Erdogan reiterated Ankara’s “full support” for its ally during his Friday speech at the inauguration of a city hospital in the central Turkish province of Konya. “The brotherly...