Tag: Turkey

• Monday, October 5th 2020 - 09:31 UTC

  The scrap metal yard for cruise vessels, Aliaga in Turkey

  

  At a sea dock in western Turkey, five hulking cruise ships are being dismantled for scrap metal after the COVID-19 pandemic all but destroyed the industry. Cruise ships were home to the some of the earliest clusters of COVID-19 as the pandemic spread globally early this year.

• Thursday, August 27th 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  Turkey gives passports to a dozen members of Hamas in Istanbul, claims Israel

  

  Turkey has given passports to a dozen Hamas members in Istanbul, a senior Israeli diplomat said on Wednesday, describing the move as “a very unfriendly step” which his government would raise with Turkish officials.

• Wednesday, July 15th 2020 - 08:00 UTC

  Hagia Sophia will be open to visitors outside prayer times, and Christian icons will remain, pledges Turkey

  

  Turkey's Hagia Sophia will open to visitors outside prayer times and its Christian icons will remain, religious officials said on Tuesday, after a court ruling paved the way for it to become a mosque. The sixth-century Istanbul landmark's museum status - in place for nearly a century - was revoked on Friday, with control handed to the religious authority Diyanet.

• Tuesday, July 7th 2020 - 09:44 UTC

  Trade development agreement between Venezuela and Turkey becomes effective August 21

  

  A new trade deal between Turkey and Venezuela, officially titled “Trade Development Agreement,” will enter into force on August 21, the Turkish T24 news website said on Saturday.

• Saturday, January 25th 2020 - 09:57 UTC

  Turmoil in Spanish coalition: Transport minister meets Venezuelan vice president in EU territory

  

  Opposition parties in Spain are calling on the government to explain why one of its ministers met Venezuela’s vice-president in a secretive encounter onboard a private jet at Madrid airport.

• Wednesday, October 30th 2019 - 08:59 UTC

  US Representatives officially recognize the “Armenian genocide”

  

  The US House of Representatives passed a resolution on Tuesday officially recognizing the “Armenian genocide,” a symbolic but unprecedented move that angered Turkey amid already-heightened tensions with Washington.

• Thursday, October 17th 2019 - 09:49 UTC

  Syria: Trump tells Turkish president: “Don't be a tough guy” and “Don't be a fool!”

  

  President Donald Trump told Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in a letter about Turkey's incursion into Syria, “Don't be a tough guy” and “Don't be a fool!”

• Friday, August 9th 2019 - 08:37 UTC

  Brazil rejects extradition of opponents of Turkish president Erdogan

  

  Brazil’s Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a request for the extradition of an opponent of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan saying there was no guarantee he would get a fair trial in 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”.