Strasbourg, France | AFP | The European Parliament on Thursday voted in favour of a freeze of membership talks with Turkey over its post-coup crackdown, further escalating tensions with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Erdogan has already dismissed the vote as having “no value” as it is non-binding, and as most …
Read More »Turkey and the EU: The end of the road?
Ankara, Turkey | AFP | President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to call a referendum on the future of Turkey’s EU membership bid, while Brussels accuses Ankara of “backsliding” on key commitments. After an already exhausting process of over half a century, could this finally be the end for the …
Read More »Turkey deploys tanks, artillery near Iraq border
Ankara, Turkey | AFP | The Turkish military has deployed tanks and artillery to southeastern districts near the Iraqi border, military sources said Tuesday. The 30-vehicle convoy left Ankara for Silopi, the sources told AFP, adding that it was now close to Adana province in southern Turkey. The deployment came …
Read More »Turkey fires another 10,000 civil servants in post-coup purge
Istanbul, Turkey | AFP | Turkish authorities have fired over 10,000 more civil servants, as the government presses a crackdown over the failed July coup, the official gazette said. A total of 10,131 government employees have been removed, mainly from the education, justice and health ministries, according to announcements published …
Read More »Turkey parliament to consider death penalty for coup plotters
Istanbul, Turkey | AFP | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said his government would ask parliament to consider reintroducing the death penalty as a punishment for the plotters behind the July coup bid. “Our government will take this (proposal on capital punishment) to parliament. I am convinced that …
Read More »Turkey’s Erdogan to Iraqi PM: ‘Know your place’
Istanbul, Turkey | AFP | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday snubbed Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s criticism of the presence of Turkish troops in Iraq ahead of a planned operation to retake Mosul city, urging him to “know your place”. “He is insulting me personally. You are not …
Read More »VIDEO: Recent Turkey attempted coupt affects Uganda’s Eid celebrations
VIDEO: As the world converged to celebrate Eid adhuha, traders at Port Bell city abattoir are complaining of low sales, blaming it on low turn up. They say, the July attempted coup in Turkey has to a larger extent affected their sales in Uganda as well. Share on:
Read More »VIDEO: Turkey envoy speaks out on relations with Uganda
VIDEO: The Turkish government has said it has captured all but one of the soldiers accused of trying to seize the president during last month’s failed coup. This in an interview with NBS TV in Uganda. Share on: WhatsApp
Read More »22 dead, 94 injured in Turkey wedding attack
Ankara, Turkey | AFP | At least 22 people were killed in an attack on a wedding Saturday in Gaziantep in Turkey’s troubled southeast, Turkish MP Mehmet Erdogan told CNN-Turk broadcaster. “There are people who lost their lives and we have initial information suggesting it was a bomb attack. We don’t …
Read More »Putin and Erdogan pledge reset after diplomatic rift
Saint Petersburg, RUSSIAN FEDERATION | AFP | Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday pledged to reinvigorate ties after their first meeting since Ankara shot down a Russian warplane last November. Erdogan’s visit to Putin’s hometown of Saint Petersburg is also his first foreign trip …
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