Turkish presidential candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu criticized President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his party for what he called anti-Kurdish election propaganda
Turkish Drone Strike in Qamishli city, near Nusaybin Border crossing
Foreign ministers of Turkey and Russia met in Ankara
Turkey strongly condemns the Israeli forces' storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque and the arrest of large numbers of Palestinians
Turkish Foreign Minister Cavasoglu hands @SecBlinken Turkey's ratification documents for Finland to join NATO. nnFinland is now in the alliance
Meeting underway in Moscow between the deputy foreign ministers of Russia, Syria, Iran, and Turkey, marking the highest level of talks between the four countries on the Syrian conflict
Taan Al-Awad, one of the leaders of the Sultan Murad Brigade, was shot dead along with two other members by unknown gunmen in Ras al-Ain/ Serekaniye after attacking a car carrying them
The bill on the approval of Finland's NATO accession protocol was accepted at the General Assembly of the Turkish Grand National Assembly
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - Central Turkey
1 year agoMatros Koshka, owned by a sanctioned Russian state-owned defense contractor, sails past Istanbul en route from Tartus to occupied Sevastopol & is part of an Russian-run smuggling that has been hauling stolen Ukrainian grain from ports in occupied Crimea to customers in MiddleEast
In phone call with his Russian counterpart, Türkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reiterates need for "immediate cessation" of Ukraine conflict and thanks Putin for his "positive stance regarding extension of Black Sea Grain Initiative"
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 14 km WSW of Göksun, Turkey
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - Central Turkey
Afrin: Local sources confirmed that Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), took full control over Cindirês town, and expelled "Jaysh al-Sharqiya and Ahrar al-Sharqiya" militants, including the local council
1 year agoUS sanctions 4 companies, 3 individuals in Iran & Turkey helping to procure European-made engines for Tehran's drone program. Per @USTreasury, the sanctioned network was operating on behalf of Iran's Ministry of Defense & Armed Forces Logistics
European Commission: We will support Turkey with one billion euros for post-earthquake reconstruction efforts
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani begins an official visit to Turkey tomorrow
Turkish Foreign Minister: We informed Egypt that our presence in Libya does not pose a threat
4.3 magnitude earthquake. 24 km from Göksun, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey
Finnish President Niinistö on Turkey's approval for NATO membership: This is very important news for all Finns. We thank you very much
Finnish President Niinistö to President Erdoğan: You are one of the very few people in the world who can talk to everyone. Maybe you are the only one doing this
1 year agoPresident Erdoğan: We will continue our talks with Sweden on the basis of the alliance's principles and our approach in the fight against terrorism.
President Erdoğan: I believe that NATO will become stronger with Finland's membership and thus play an active role in maintaining global security and stability
President Erdoğan: Due to the sensitivity of eliminating our security concerns, we have decided to start the approval process of Finland's NATO accession protocol in our Parliament.
1 year agoThe first prototype of Türkiye's national fighter jet TF-X starts its engines and successfully completes first runway tests
Finland's Foreign Minister Haavisto announced in Ankara today that he plans to meet his Hungarian counterpart Peter Szijjarto in Brussels at the next FAC on 20.3
Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 7 km W of Bolu, Turkey
Turkish sources: the postponement of the four-way meeting that was scheduled for today in Moscow at the level of deputy foreign ministers of Turkey, Syria, Russia and Iran
1 year agoPresident of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev visited Turkey to attend the Extraordinary Summit Meeting of the Organization of Turkic States
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan welcomed the President of Uzbekistan, Şevket Mirziyoyev, who came to Turkey to attend the Extraordinary Summit of the Organization of Turkic States, with an official ceremony.
