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Brazil’s Supreme Court Tuesday dealt a blow to Turkey after it ruled out Ankara’s demand for the extradition of a member of the Hizmet organization, outlawed by Turkish authorities for its alleged terror traits. Ankara submitted an extradition demand for Ali Sipahi, a businessman and owner of restaurants in Sao Paulo. Sipahi is member of […]
Forces loyal to east-based military commander Khalifa Haftar have released six Turkish sailors after Ankara threatened that Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) would become “targets if they did not release the six Turkish citizens.” The Turkish foreign ministry’s spokesman Hami Aksoy said the sailors decided to continue working and have gone aboard a ship owned […]
Turkey warned that forces loyal to renegade Genera Khalifa Haftar will become a “legitimate target’ if they do not immediately release six turks. “We expect our citizens to be immediately released,” the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Shortly after Turkey’s warning, the LNA said it targeted an armed Turkish drone at a Tripoli […]
Son of the late ex-Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has expressed his gratitude to several Muslim World leaders including Turkey and Qatar for their support upon the death of his father. “We would like to thank everyone, particularly Mr. Erdogan, Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and his father [Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani], the […]
he UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) unloaded Saturday a dozen of armored military vehicles, shipped from Turkey in what appears as Ankara’s support for the GNA counter-operation to keep at bay forces of east-based military commander Khalifa Haftar who seek to overtake the Libyan capital. Military media South Front, citing sources from Tripoli, reports […]
The Istanbul-based Pegasus Airlines will launch in July its first route to Morocco, at Casablanca, marking its debut in the North African country. The new route, part of the carrier’s expansion on the African continent, will be inaugurated on July 8. The airline will propose four weekly flights to the Moroccan business city. Passengers will […]
Maltese armed forces have managed to usher a Turkish tanker hijacked by migrants who left Libyan coasts to the port of the city of Senglea. The Turkish merchant ship, the Elhibru 1, docked Thursday at Boiler Wharf in Senglea. Reports Wednesday said some migrants who left Libyan coasts seized the vessel. The hijackers picked up […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Wednesday pledged to increase trade volume with Chad by 40 percent from the current $60 million to $100 million, as part of plans to bolster ties between the two countries. President Erdogan made the statement on receiving visiting Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno in Ankara, state-run news agency Anadolu reports. […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has pledged never to encounter President Fattah al-Sisi if the latter does not free prisoners, including ousted President Mohamed Morsi among other top figures of the Muslim Brotherhood organization. In an interview Saturday Erdogan branded the regime of al-Sisi an “authoritarian and totalitarian” power, insisting that he can never meet […]
Turkey reiterated its position in support of Morocco’s sovereignty and territorial integrity during a visit to Rabat by envoy of Turkish President. Morocco’s territorial integrity and stability constitute a “strategic priority” for Turkey, said Ibrahim Kalin, envoy of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who was bearing a message to King Mohammed VI. “Morocco is a […]