Tag: Turkey

• Tuesday, April 26th 2022 - 20:51 UTC

  Uruguayan opposition demands explanations regarding Turkish FM incident

  

  Uruguay's opposition Broad Front (Frente Amplio) has threatened not to grant their consent to the country's designated ambassador to Turkey following the incident with that country's Foreign Minister, who during the weekend when Armenian demonstrators in Montevideo were met with a gesture belonging to the far-right Grey Wolves group.

• Tuesday, April 26th 2022 - 09:59 UTC

  Turkish FM racist and ultra-right-wing gestures in Montevideo sparks controversies

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou described a gesture by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu against Armenian demonstrators in Montevideo Uruguay as “regrettable,” while Ankara's Ambassador has been summoned to account for the events.

• Tuesday, March 1st 2022 - 09:01 UTC

  Turkey prepared to limit Russian warships transit between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean

  

  Turkey has said that the situation in Ukraine has become a “war”, a declaration that authorized Ankara to activate the Montreux Convention which limits Russian war vessels from entering the Black Sea, through the strategic straits of the Bosporus and Dardanelle which link with the Mediterranean.

• Thursday, December 23rd 2021 - 09:48 UTC

  Uruguay's President admits FTA with Turkey under consideration

  

  Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou Wednesday admitted his country was after one-on-one trade deals with countries other than China and singled out Turkey was a target. Regarding a possible agreement with the United States, Lacalle said it would be a childhood dream come true.

• 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.

• Wednesday, November 17th 2021 - 08:02 UTC

  Yet another suspect arrested in Haitian President's murder case

  

  Turkish authorities have arrested businessman Samir Handal in connection with the July 7 assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse at his Port-au-Prince residence, it was announced.

• Wednesday, November 3rd 2021 - 19:20 UTC

  Paraguay-Turkey chamber of commerce not far off

  

  Paraguayan and Turkish authorities met Tuesday in Asunción to discuss the creation of a binational Chamber of Commerce, in light of the increasing volumes of trade between the two countries over the pàst few years, it was reported.

• Wednesday, August 25th 2021 - 18:41 UTC

  Uruguay to open up Ankara embassy following FM Bustillo's Turkish tour

  

  Uruguay and Turkey have signed a Memorandum of Understanding whereby a Political Consultation Mechanism as Francisco Bustillo, Foreign Minister of the South American country, rounds up his diplomatic tour.

• 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.