TURKEY - Τελευταία νέα & ειδήσεις

 Nov 28, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas An official ceremony for the awarding of the first contract under the Bulgaria-Turkey Cross-border Cooperation Programme (2021-2027) took place in Bourgas on November 28. more

BALKANS BULGARIA TURKEY

Nov 27, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas Next year, we will conduct a joint exercise on cyber attacks, Turkish National Defense Minister Yasar Güler said at a meeting with his Azerbaijani and Georgian counterparts in Baku, Report...

ARMY AZERBAIJAN GEORGIA TURKEY

 Nov 25, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan formally presented a memorandum to the Turkish Parliament, advocating for the extension of Turkey’s military presence in Libya through 2025. more

LIBYA MIDDLE EAST NORTH AFRICA TURKEY TURKISH ARMY

 President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has made Turkey’s intentions plain Nov 22, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas by Robert Ellis* In the Middle Ages, holding a knight to ransom was standard practice on the battlefield; it is still...

INTERNATIONAL NATO RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN TURKEY

 Nov 22, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas Turkish police on Nov. 20 intervened the press statement organized by İzmir Bar Association in front of the association building within the scope of Trans Day of Remembrance because the...

INTERNATIONAL LGBTI TURKEY

 President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Algeria's President Abdelmadjid Tebboune in Algiers, Algeria Nov. 21, 2023. Nov 21, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas  more

ALGERIA INTERNATIONAL TURKEY

 Israeli forces stand guard in front of Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP) Nov 19, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas   In a disturbing turn of events this Friday, Israeli police...

ISRAEL MIDDLE EAST TURKEY

 Nov 18, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas   Turkey will make efforts to rebuild damaged infrastructure, hospitals and schools in Gaza if a ceasefire is achieved there, Turkish media on Saturday reported President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as...

GAZA INTERNATIONAL MIDDLE EAST TURKEY

 A vehicle is burning after it was targeted by a Turkish drone in Kobane Nov 16, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas   Three fighters affiliated with the autonomous Syrian Kurdish administration were killed in a Turkish drone...

KURDS MIDDLE EAST SYRIA TURKEY

Nov 15, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas Baghdad. The Iraqi government called on Turkey to increase the release of water from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. more

IRAQ MIDDLE EAST TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES TURKEY

Swedish defence minister Pål Jonson speaking to reporters in Brussels Nov 15, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas   Turkey' foreign policy committee will vote on Thursday on whether to approve Sweden’s Nato application, it said in an...

INTERNATIONAL NATO SWEDEN TURKEY

The village of Baadina in the countryside of Afrin in northwestern Syria – North Press Nov 13, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas  Qamishli, Syria. The Turkish-occupied city of Afrin in northwestern Syria was known for its amazing...

AFRIN INTERNATIONAL MIDDLE EAST OLIVE OIL SYRIA TURKEY

Sisi and Erdogan meet at the Gaza Summit in Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaNov 12, 2023.  Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas  Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan highlighted the need to immediately stop the ongoi...

EGYPT GAZA MIDDLE EAST TURKEY

 Nov 11, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas The FBI has seized the phones of New York City Mayor Eric Adams in an apparent escalation of an investigation into campaign financing, the BBC reports. more

FBI INTERNATIONAL NEW YORK CITY MAYOR TURKEY

This move is the latest in a series of challenges by Ankara to Greek sovereignty, including the submission of claims to the United Nations, unauthorized overflights by Turkish fighter jets in the Aegean, and other escalations.

ENGLISH EDITION AEGEAN ISLANDS CAVUSOGLU TURKEY

 The targeted car in the Turkish drone attack on the Ali Faro Road, in west of Qamishli city, northeastern Syria Nov 8, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas Qamishli, Syria. A Turkish drone targeted on Wednesday a checkpoint...

KURDS MIDDLE EAST TURKEY TURKISH DRONE

 Nov 7, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas   A delegation of the Palestinian radical movement Hamas, led by the head of the Political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, has arrived in Türkiye, Report informs referring to the Palestinian agency...

HAMAS TURKEY ISMAIL HANIYEH MIDDLE EAST

 Nov 5, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas Turkish police used tear gas and water cannons as hundreds of people at a pro-Palestinian rally on Sunday, November 5, tried to storm an air base that houses U.S. troops,...

MIDDLE EAST PROPALESTINIAN CROWD TURKEY US AIR BASE

Nov 4, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas There is already political unity among Turkic states. We showed the clearest example of our military unity in Garabagh. more

INTERNATIONAL TURKEY TURKIC STATES

 Nov 1, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas The Kocaeli Governor’s Office on Oct. 30 enacted a week-long protest ban days prior to the Kocaeli leg of the march for Kurdish Language. more

INTERNATIONAL KURDISH LANGUAGE MOVEMENT TURKEY

 Oct 31, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas   The 100th anniversary of the proclamation of Turkey as a Republic was celebrated with a scientific conference and exhibition at Sofia University. The events were dedicated to the diplomatic...

BALKANS BULGARIA INTERNATIONAL TURKEY

 Oct 30, 2023.  Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas Manbij, Syria.  The Manbij Military Council (MMC), affiliated with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), said on Monday that Turkish forces targeted the village of Tokhar Saghir in northern Manbij, n...

ARMY KURDS MIDDLE EAST SYRIA TURKEY

 Oct 30, 2023.  Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas   Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan hopes the Armenia-Turkey border will be opened for citizens of third countries in the near future. more

ARMENIA CAUCASUS INTERNATIONAL TURKEY

Oct 30, 2023.  Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas   The Head of the Egypt Healthcare Authority, Ahmed ElSobky, met with the Turkish Ambassador to Egypt, Salih Mutlu, and a senior delegation from the Turkish Ministry of Health, led...

EGYPT INTERNATIONAL MIDDLE EAST TURKEY

 Oct 29, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas   President Nechirvan Barzani of the Kurdistan Region joined the official festivities today, Sunday, commemorating the centenary of the founding of the Turkish Republic and Turkish National Day. mor...

KURDISTAN REGION KURDS TURKEY TURKISH NATIONAL DAY

Oct 27, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas   In a recent survey by the newly founded “Kurdish Barometer,” nearly 60 percent of the respondents living in Turkey stated that they were discriminated against because of their Kurdish...

INTERNATIONAL KURDISH BAROMETER KURDS IN TURKEY MIDDLE EAST TURKEY

 The move comes after President Erdoğan's endorsement of Hamas Oct 26, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas   President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan yesterday openly expressed support for Hamas in the Palestine-Israel War and announced that sanctions w...

GAS EXPLORATION INTERNATIONAL ISRAEL MIDDLE EAST TURKEY

 Oct 25, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas A Turkish court on Wednesday charged four members and officials of two pro-Kurdish political parties for their alleged links with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) two days after they were...

MIDDLE EAST PROKURDISH POLITICAL PARTIES TURKEY

Talks were held in a positive atmosphere, noted the Greek Ministry of Migration & Asylum in its announcement.

ENGLISH EDITION ANKARA GREECE MINISTERS TURKEY

 Oct 23, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas Tripolis. Prime Minister/ Foreign Minister-designate Abdul Hamid Dbeibah met on Sunday with Turkish FM Hakan Fidan. more

DBEIBAH LIBYA NORTH AFRICA TURKEY

 Oct 22, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas Baku.   The "Mustafa Kemal Ataturk-2023" tactical exercises, which will be held in Azerbaijan on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Republic of Türkiye, will begin tomorrow (October...

ARMY AZERBAIJAN TURKEY

 Oct 20, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas   The Director-General of Libyan Customs, Major General Suleiman Ali Salem, and his Turkish counterpart have reached an agreement on implementing the mutual administrative cooperation customs agreem...

INTERNATIONAL LIBYA NORTH AFRICA TURKEY

 Turkish 5th generation fighter jet "Kaan" Oct 17, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas Any party that aspires to acquire Turkey’s fifth-generation fighter aircraft known as “KAAN” need to “think twice” before contemplating buying it, because t...

ARMY INTERNATIONAL KAAN TURKEY

 CHP lawmakers voted against the motion on Tuesday © Adem ALTAN / AFP Oct 17, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas   Turkey's parliament on Tuesday extended the military's authorisation to launch cross-border operations in neighbouring Syria an...

INTERNATIONAL MIDDLE EAST TURKEY TURKISH ARMY