Tag: Tayyip Erdogan

• Monday, January 29th 2024 - 10:40 UTC

  Turkey to receive 40 US F-16s for accepting Sweden’s membership of NATO

  

  Turkey will receive 40 new F-16s and upgrades to 79 of the jets in its existing fleet, the United States State Department said in a press release. The US$ 23 billion operation follows on Turkey's ratification of NATO membership for Sweden.

• Thursday, May 18th 2023 - 14:03 UTC

  Turkey brokers a two month extension of the Black Sea grain shipments benefitting Ukraine exports

  

  Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Wednesday that a two-month extension of the UN-back grain deal, allowing shipments of grain from Ukraine to the global market, had been reached.

• Wednesday, February 8th 2023 - 08:24 UTC

  Death toll crosses 8,100 threshold in Turkish/Syrian quakes

  

  The latest reports from Türkiye and Syria two days after the series of earthquakes and aftershocks that hit the region mention at least 8,100 people confirmed dead as hopes of finding any new survivors under the rubble of collapsed buildings are turning slimmer by the minute.

• Wednesday, September 21st 2022 - 18:43 UTC

  Russia summons 300,000 reserve troops for “partial” mobilization

  

  Despite Türkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announcing that Russian leader Vladimir Putin was ”ready to end the war in Ukraine,” Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu announced that a total of 300,000 reserve soldiers with military experience had been summoned back to active duty.

• Tuesday, September 20th 2022 - 17:58 UTC

  Erdogan says Putin wants to end the war in Ukraine

  

  According to Türkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Russian leader Vladimir “Putin is ready to end the war in Ukraine” and take a significant step in that direction shortly.

• Friday, July 22nd 2022 - 22:58 UTC

  Price of wheat slumps following Black Sea truce

  

  The price of wheat in global markets went back to pre-war figures Friday, after Ukraine and Russia agreed on a truce to allow for the departure of exports from Black Sea ports under Kyiv's control.

• Thursday, June 9th 2022 - 09:46 UTC

  Venezuela can become port of entry into LatAm, Maduro tells Erdogan

  

  Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro Wednesday offered Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to turn Venezuela into a port of entry into Latin America.

• Saturday, May 14th 2022 - 09:19 UTC

  Turkey against Finland, Sweden joining NATO

  

  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Friday voiced his opposition to admitting Finland and Sweden into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

• Wednesday, December 22nd 2021 - 22:59 UTC

  Leaders of Venezuela, Turkey reaffirm mutual cooperation

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Tuesday said he had discussed in a telephone conversation a series of bilateral issues with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

• Sunday, October 31st 2021 - 08:27 UTC

  Bolsonaro keeps domestic agenda in mind while in Rome for G20 Summit

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro was harshly critical Saturday of the recent Brazilian Stock Exchange movements and said he had a Plan B in case the Lower House does not agree on budget proposals recently put forward by the Executive.