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Updated 2 weeks ago · Published on 20 Apr 2021 11:40PM · Turkish prosecutors today demanded jail terms for 97 people who joined student protests against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s appointment of a party loyalist as rector of a top university. – EPA pic, April 20, 2021. TURKISH prosecutors today…

JEDDAH: Iraqi authorities announced that a 10-day lockdown will be imposed in attempt to curb the spread of COVID-19 amid a faltering vaccine roll-out. Iraq’s cabinet on Tuesday decided in favour of the lockdown, which will take effect on May 12, following the recommendation of the Supreme Committee for Health…

ANKARA: Turkey’s daily coronavirus infection numbers have soared above 50,000 and President Tayyip Erdogan is likely to order a tightening of restrictions this week ahead of the vital tourism season, a senior government official said. Turkey ranks fourth globally in new case numbers, which peaked near 56,000 last week -…

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attend a meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, April 10, 2021. Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Presidential Press Office/Handout via REUTERS Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday called for the “worrying” developments in eastern Ukraine’s Donbass region to come to an end after meeting his Ukrainian counterpart…

published : 9 Apr 2021 at 07:45 Erdogan and Michel quickly seated themselves while von der Leyen -- whose diplomatic rank is the same as that of the two men -- was left standing. ISTANBUL: Turkey and the EU blamed each other on Thursday for seating arrangements that left European…

"Ehm" is the new term for "that’s not how EU-Turkey relationship should be". #GiveHerASeat #EU #Turkey #womensrights pic.twitter.com/vGVFutDu0S — Sergey Lagodinsky (@SLagodinsky) April 6, 2021 THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION has hit out after its chief Ursula von der Leyen was left without a chair as Turkey’s president sat down for talks…

Updated 1 month ago · Published on 6 Apr 2021 11:50PM · A woman protests against Turkey’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, an international accord designed to protect women, in Istanbul, Turkey, April 2. European Union heads say the country must keep to rights rules it agreed to when joining…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Top European Union officials said they used a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to insist that any moves on the bloc’s part to enhance EU-Turkey relations would be conditional on Turkey improving its record on human rights and the rule of law. European Commission…

published : 5 Apr 2021 at 17:45 The Bosphorus Strait runs through Istanbul ANKARA: Turkey on Monday detained 10 retired admirals after they openly criticised a canal project dear to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a country where the hint of military insubordination raises the spectre of past coups. The…

Source: iStock/Joel CarilletEmre Tarim, Lecturer in Behavioural Sciences, Lancaster University. ____ The Turkish lira has once again made global headlines, with a steep drop of 15% on March 22, running from below 7.20 to the US dollar to over 8.28, before settling just below 8.00. This came on the back…