Tag: Turkey

• Tuesday, June 18th 2019 - 08:57 UTC

  Turkey blames Egypt's “tyrants” for the death of ex elected president Morsi

  

  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday blamed Egypt's “tyrants” for the death of former Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi who died in a Cairo hospital after fainting during a court session.

• Monday, April 29th 2019 - 09:07 UTC

  Turkey and France clash over remembrance of the 1915 Armenian genocide

  

  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan upped his war of words with French counterpart Emmanuel Macron for creating a day of remembrance for the 1915 Armenian “genocide”.

• Friday, January 25th 2019 - 10:15 UTC

  Russia, China and Turkey in support for Maduro as they warn Washington not to intervene

  

  Russia on Thursday accused the United States of trying to usurp power in Venezuela and warned against a military intervention by confronting Washington and the European Union, which backed protests against one of Moscow's closest allies, Venezuelan partial recognized President Nicolás Maduro.

• Tuesday, December 4th 2018 - 10:02 UTC

  Erdogan voices Turkey's support to Maduro in Caracas

  

  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Monday said in Caracas that his country could cover most of Venezuela's financial needs and the government of President Nicolás Maduro invited him to boost new Turkish investments in areas such as gold mining and tourism. The main item between the two countries is gold marketing.

• Monday, December 3rd 2018 - 10:42 UTC

  Turkey, Paraguay close ties with presidential meeting in Asunción

  

  The presidents of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Mario Abdo Benítez, of Paraguay, Sunday agreed in Asunción to join efforts against terrorism and transnational crime as well as to further commercial and business alliances between their two countries.

• Tuesday, November 20th 2018 - 06:13 UTC

  Saudi Crown Prince bin Salman will attend G20 summit in Buenos Aires

  

  Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will attend the Group of 20 summit in Buenos Aires later this month, Saudi media reported Monday, potentially bringing him face-to-face with world leaders from the United States, Turkey, Canada and European countries for the first time since the slaying of Jamal Khashoggi.

• Saturday, November 3rd 2018 - 08:19 UTC

  Khashoggi's murder: Erdogan accuses highest level of Saudi government

  

  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has for the first time accused the Saudi government directly of murdering journalist Jamal Khashoggi. “We know that the order to kill Khashoggi came from the highest levels of the Saudi government,” he wrote in an article in the Washington Post.

• Saturday, October 27th 2018 - 08:08 UTC

  Khoshoggi's fiancée rejects Trump invitation; Turkish prosecutors want extradition of 18 Saudi suspects

  

  Turkish prosecutors have prepared an extradition request for 18 suspects from Saudi Arabia in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, authorities said on Friday, after President Tayyip Erdogan urged Riyadh to disclose who ordered the murder.

• Tuesday, October 23rd 2018 - 09:04 UTC

  Khashoggi murder: Top US official meets Saudi Crown Prince in Riyadh

  

  A senior US official has held talks with Saudi Arabia's crown prince in Riyadh, despite growing concern over the Saudis' role in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin met Mohammed bin Salman on Monday.

• Monday, October 22nd 2018 - 08:45 UTC

  “Worse than a crime, a blunder”. No surprises if the Saudi family removes the Crown Prince

  

  If Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS), really did sent a hit team to Turkey to murder dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul two weeks ago, what will happen next? Perhaps history can help us here.