Turkey has formally asked to join the BRICS group of emerging-market nations as it seeks to bolster its global influence and forge new ties beyond its traditional Western allies, according to people familiar with the matter.
On Monday a mob of Turkish men attacked American soldiers who had been walking the streets of Izmir in southern Turkey, apparently as the US personnel were on liberty after the USS Wasp which they are attached to made port call.
The Turkish parliament's foreign affairs committee gave its consent to Sweden's bid to join NATO on Tuesday, drawing the previously nonaligned Nordic country closer to membership in the Western military alliance.
It's now widely perceived that Turkey will continue holding up final formal approval for Sweden's entry into NATO as retaliation for the West's support for Israel as it continues assaulting Gaza.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been very clear thus far in condemning Israel's ongoing military operation in Gaza while progressively ratcheting his fiery rhetoric, and simultaneously Turkey-Israel ties are spiraling toward breaking point
"We will tell the whole world that Israel is a war criminal. We are making preparations for this," says Turkish president to massive crowd in Istanbul.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Ankara could "part ways" with the EU if necessary, following the release of a European Parliament report rejecting the possibility of Turkey joining the EU soon.
"The left-wing lunatics are trying very hard to bring back COVID lockdowns and mandates with all of their sudden fear mongering about the new variants that are coming. Gee whiz, you know what else is coming? An election," Trump said in a statemen
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has another five years in power after defeating opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu in Sunday's runoff election.
At the meeting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov launched a clear "roadmap" for Turkish-Syrian normalization which could later be signed by the heads of state.
"One should bear in mind that there is nothing more difficult to execute, nor more dubious of success, nor more dangerous to administer, than to introduce new political orders. For the one who introduces them has as his enemies all those who profit
The world has no lost love for America, and the West's efforts to impose its culture and values on the planet are doomed to fail because its hegemony no longer exists, Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu has said.
At least two new earthquakes shook southern Turkey and parts of Syria Monday, two weeks following the initial earthquake and aftershocks which left entire cities in rubble and killed more than 46,000 people - also as bodies are still being recovered.
Turkey earthquake LATEST: Erdogan declares three-month-long state of emergency across southeast as WHO warns 23 million people could be affected by the quake – as death toll rises past 7,800
SECOND mega earthquake hits Turkey, hours after record 7.8-magnitude tremor: Thousands feared dead as Turkey and Syria reel from overnight destruction that saw families crushed in their sleep
2023 will also see the CBRT select a range of banks and fintech companies to participate in new tests on the Digital Turkish Lira Collaboration Platform.
• https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org, By Andy Corbley
Turkey will soon host the world's largest tidal power station--a 77 megawatt system of large pier-like machines that generate clean energy from the sea's endless rhythm.
In the year 1542, after the deaths of her husband and brother-in-law, Gracia Mendes was finally left with sole control of her family's trading business.
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