Turkey lifts objections to Sweden and Finland joining NATO
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has prompted Sweden and Finland to abandon their long-held non-aligned status.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has prompted Sweden and Finland to abandon their long-held non-aligned status.
Vote to make Ukraine an official candidate for the EU hailed as “defining moment” – but the journey has just begun.
The embassy has warned that it cannot “effectively” respond to consular queries.
In addition to matching how the nation is spelled in Turkish, it will also distinguish the country from the bird of the same name.
Turkish ministries have begun using Turkiye in official documents.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said meetings this week with Finnish and Swedish delegations had not been ‘at the expected level’.
Turkey has long accused Nordic countries of harbouring extremist Kurdish groups.
Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said he welcomes the requests.
Washington said it was “deeply troubled” by the “unjust” conviction.
The Washington Post columnist disappeared on 2 October 2018 after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
The airport said this evening that service would not resume before 4am (1am Irish time).
The highly pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 has already been confirmed in birds across the island this year.
The EU believes it is “seeing progress” on the migrant crisis along the border between Belarus and Poland.
Valtteri Bottas took the chequered flag at a damp Istanbul Park ahead of Verstappen, Sergio Perez, Charles Leclerc and Hamilton.
Priti Patel, the British Home Secretary, is said to be opposed to recruiting personnel from outside the UK to fill the workers gap.
European leaders have expressed fears of a repeat of the 2015 migrant crisis.
Residents and tourists had to be evacuated as the holiday resorts of Antalya and Mugla were threatened by the blazes.
This year’s fire season has been significantly more destructive than previously, according to EU data.
Fires across Turkey since Wednesday have burned down forests, encroaching on villages and tourist destinations.
The EU will hand over the funds to help the Turks look after the influx of people fleeing the Syrian conflict.
Wales registered a 2-0 win over Turkey who have now lost both of their Group A matches without scoring.
GOAL’s Yusuf Nural tells the stories of Syrian Refugees in Turkey ahead of the release of a moving new documentary and photo exhibition.
They edged out rivals Galatasaray by one goal in the narrowest of title triumphs.
The game between Manchester City and Chelsea was due to be hosted by the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul on 29 May.
It follows China in becoming the second race to be axed from F1’s original calendar.
The commission president was denied a chair at top-level talks in Ankara this month.
Turkey led 3-0 shortly after half-time before eventually winning 4-2.
The convention requires governments to adopt legislation prosecuting domestic violence and similar abuse.
The three-metre-high metal slab bearing an ancient Turkic script, was only found by a farmer on Friday.
The German attacker is being strongly linked with a move to Turkey this month.
Let’s try to take some of the stress out of it.
More than 100 people died in the temblor.
Two teenagers on their way home from school were also killed in Greece.
The quake toppled buildings in Izmir, Turkey’s third largest city.
On Samos, two teenagers died after being struck by a wall that collapsed.
The move threatened to further inflame tensions in the eastern Mediterranean, where Turkey has been engaged in bitter maritime disputes with Greece and Cyprus.
Irish-Armenians are calling for the international community to intervene as deadly fighting continues in the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
Turkish president Erdogan formally converted the museum back into a mosque on Friday.
Turkish president Erdogan yesterday formally converted the museum back into a mosque
Turkish prosecutors claim Saudi deputy intelligence chief and the royal court’s media czar led the operation.