President Erdogan: "Sophia's for what purpose it is used for Turkey's sovereign rights."
The first prayers in the Hagia Sophia mosque will occur July 24th, announces @RTErdogan
Turkey records 23 deaths and 1,003 new cases of coronavirus
9 month agoPresident Erdoğan announced that Hagia Sophia was officially opened for worship
Erdogan signs a decree which allowing Muslims to worship at Hagia Sophia
Turkish court annuls the decision from 1934 to convert Istanbul's Hagia Sophia into a museum
Turkey records 18 deaths and 1024 new infections with the Corona virus during the past 24 hours
Al-Hasakah: Kurdish militia arrests a young man with special needs after they raided the village of Khazouk, in the neighborhood of Tal Barak
Clashes in the Turkish parliament between the opposition lawmakers and Erdogan's party during the discussion of the "lawyers" law
Egyptian armed forces to conduct a large-scale military drills under the name of "Hassam-20" including naval & air activities on the western strategic direction near the borders with Libya
9 month agoStanding NATO Maritime Group 2 enters the Black Sea: Flagship of @nato @COM_SNMG2, Alvaro de Bazán class @Armada_esp AEGIS frigate ESPS Alvaro de Bazán F101 transited Bosphorus towards the Black Sea
9 month agoTurkish Air Force A400 en route to Libya
9 month agoTurkish Air Force E-7T Peace Eagle 13-002 orbiting near Cyprus
The Turkish Ministry of Defense announced that it will soon hold massive exercises off 3 areas of the Libyan coast with the participation of 17 aircraft and 8 warships
An explosion during the transport of unexploded explosives from last week's fireworks factory blast in northwestern Turkey's Sakarya for controlled demolition kills 3 soldiers, injures 6 others, governor says
Sakarya Governor Kaldırım: "We have 3 dead and 6 injured in the explosion"
9 month agoJoint Turkish-Russian patrol welcomed with stones near Kobani (Photo: ANHA)
Kobanî: Joint Turkish-Russian military patrol in the western countryside of Kobanî
9 month agoSredne-Nevsky built, Russian Navy Project 12700 Black Sea Fleet 68th Coastal Defense Ship Brigade, 150th Tactical Group's Aleksandrit-class minesweeper Ivan Antonov returned from 175 days' Mediterranean deployment & transited Bosphorus towards the Black Sea
European Union: The negative impacts of escalation must be contained in the Mediterranean
Turkish opposition parties are pretty silent on gov't move to turn the Hagia Sophia into a mosque. Main opposition CHP said that they won't stand in the way
Al Bab: Violent clashes reported between Turkish-backed groups and SDF/SAA east of Al-Bab city yesterday evening, without information on casualties
AK Party Spokesperson Ömer Çelik: "Nobody will benefit from the steps towards destabilizing the Eastern Mediterranean"
9 month agoDiyarbakir: A helicopter belonging to Turkish forces "crashed" in Licê area of Diyarbakır province, causing injuries according to sources
Hagia Sophia update: Turkish journalists with good sources in gov't claim that the administrative court unanimously ruled to revert Hagia Sophia into a mosque, by cancelling the 1934 cabinet decision
9 month agoLibya- photos purportedly showing convoy of military equipment freshly delivered to Mitiga Airport in Tripoli (probably by Turkey) heading west (possibly to al-Watiyah Airbase)
A helicopter crashes in Lice
9 month agoA plane that usually works for Haftar/LNA, Sonnig's Dassault Falcon 900 P4FJA flew from Benghazi Libya to Istanbul Grand
LNA spokesman: We retreated from our positions in Tripoli to protect civilians from indiscriminate shelling of Turkish artillery and raids
LNA Spokesman Al-Mismari: The Libyan National Army monitors Turkish actions in Sirte and Al-Jafra