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Putin just suffered a huge defeat
Turkey is set to become a key interlocutor with the international community after the collapse of the regime of President Bashar Al-Assad in Syria, according to reports. Turkey is likely to increase its influence in Syria, where it already maintains a de facto buffer zone across much of the north, reports said. Turkey’s ties to…
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The fate of Turkish higher education is dependent on the general election
A report by the Turkish Science Council has called for the abolition of a government-run council that it says has too much control over Turkey’s universities. The report said that Turkey’s science and technology sector needs to be developed at a faster rate. “We cannot go into new century of republic like this; next 100…
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Turkey has approved the last hurdle of the NATO application by Finland
Turkey’s Parliament on Wednesday voted in favour of a motion opposing the accession of Sweden to NATO. In the motion, Turkey said that it should join NATO only if Sweden complies with its anti-terrorism laws. Turkey added that it should also be allowed to participate in NATO’s military drills. The motion was put forward by…
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It could backfire and hand Putin a propaganda coup, that is the analysis
Turkey, Sweden and Finland will meet next month to address challenges that have deterred Sweden’s accession application to the NATO, Turkish President Erdoan avuolu said. The meeting will be chaired by NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg. Finland and Sweden had earlier said that they would join the alliance “hand-in-hand” with Sweden at the NATO summit in…
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Aid groups help survivors of the Turkey-Syria earthquake
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck southern Turkey on Monday, killing at least three people and injuring hundreds more, according to Turkish and Syrian officials. The death toll from the earthquake that struck Syria and Turkey two weeks ago has risen to over 25,000. The civil war in Syria has made it difficult to deliver vital…
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The death toll from the Turkey and Syria earthquakes is climbing assearch teams look for survivors
As many as 50 people were killed after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey and northern Syria on Saturday, the Turkish government said. The death toll from the earthquake has risen to 1,079, it added. Turkey’s Disaster Management Authority said that over 1,500 people have been injured in the quake which is believed to have…
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A huge chasm was created in the Turkish olive grove by the earthquake
The US Geological Survey has said that many people in Turkey, who lived in structures with un-reinforced brick masonry and lowrise concrete frames, were most likely to be damaged by the earthquake. Seyhun Puskulcu, a seismologist and coordinator of the Turkish Earthquake Foundation, based in Istanbul, said that people in Turkey are well aware of…
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lentil soup is in demand in Turkey
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoan said on Monday that the death toll from the earthquake and tsunami that struck Turkey on Saturday has exceeded 3,000. “The death toll in Turkey is now over 3,000,” Erdoan added. The Turkish president further said that there was a risk that the death toll would rise further, saying that…
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The aftershocks may rock Turkey and Syria for a long time
Turkey has said that search and rescue teams have pulled more than 8,000 people from underneath the rubble of thousands of toppled buildings in the past two days. Over 5,000 people have been rescued since the 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit Istanbul on February 6. Turkey’s disaster management authority has said it had ended most search and…
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The videos show Turkey’s Prime Minister saying he let builders escape earthquake codes
The death toll from the earthquake in Turkey has reached 25,401, Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoan said on Saturday. Over 10,000 people have been injured in the earthquake, which was the country’s worst-ever earthquake. Turkish PM Erdoan had earlier announced that he would visit the hardest-hit areas in the country to assess the damage.
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The earthquake did not allow for aid to be delivered to Northern Syria, which is ravaged by war
An official in Turkey’s Hatay province on Saturday said, “The rescue teams have been working to bring out survivors from the rubble since the earthquake that hit Turkey-Syria border last week.” The death toll from the earthquake that struck on Friday has risen to over 25,000, according to an observatory. Over 10,000 people have been…
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One family is grieving its losses after Turkey’s earthquake
At least 32 people were killed and over 1,000 others were injured in the earthquake in Turkey’s Bingol province, officials said on Tuesday. The death toll in Bingol is likely to rise further as many bodies have not been found yet, according to the officials. Turkey has declared three days of national mourning for the…
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The Hittite collapse resulted in a severe multi-year dry spell
The climate of the Hittite empire, which ruled Turkey from about 1270BC to 1150BC, experienced three consecutive years of dry weather, researchers have said. The fall of the emperor and abandonment of the Hittite capital coincide with three consecutive years of dry weather. Researchers compared the smoothing curves constructed from individual data series against an…
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The death toll of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria increased after a few days
A UN aid convoy that crossed from Turkey into Syria through the Bab al-Hawa crossing on Wednesday, the only humanitarian aid corridor between Turkey and rebel-held areas in northern Syria, was welcomed by Syrians. “Those who died, we want them to come back,” said a Syrian man waiting at the Syrian side of the border…
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Russia launched a wave of missiles atUkraine in the New Years Eve air attack.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed his defense minister to order a temporary cease-fire in Ukraine over the Orthodox Christmas, the Kremlin said on Monday. This comes after Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan asked the Russian leader to implement a unilateral cease-fire to support efforts to end the war. Turkey maintains that peace can only…