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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday condemned the US authorities` response to ongoing pro-Palestinian protests in universities across the United States. "We, like the rest of the world, have been following the events in American universities for the last week with great interest," Erdogan told a conference on Palestine in Istanbul. Protesting students have been "threatened" in Western colleges, Erdogan said. "We have seen how those who have lectured us for years about democracy and freedom of expression and assembly suddenly become fascist when it comes to Israel and Israel's inte...
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EU aid for refugees in Turkey worth billions of euros is not sustainable, according to a report by the European Court of Auditors (ECA) released on Wednesday. Since 2016, the EU has funnelled a special €6 billion ($6.4 billion) in humanitarian and development aid to Turkey as part of a pact to curb flows of people seeking to reach the bloc. The ECA on Wednesday released a report into how the funds are being spent and whether the financed projects in the country, which currently hosts more than 4 million registered refugees out of a total population of around 87 million people, will be sustaina...
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the Palestinian militant organization Hamas' political bureau, in Istanbul on Saturday to discuss a ceasefire in the ongoing Gaza war, state broadcaster TRT reported. The two discussed Israeli attacks on Palestinian soil, as well as steps for the “adequate and uninterrupted” supply of aid to Gaza and for a “fair and lasting” peace in the region, Erdoğan’s communication office wrote on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter. There was no mention of the Israeli hostages in official Turkish statements. Turkey is committ...
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is set to meet Palestinian militant organization Hamas' political bureau head Ismail Haniyeh on Saturday in Istanbul, to discuss the ongoing Gaza war, state broadcaster TRT reports. Further details about the nature of discussions between the two were immediately unclear. Haniyeh on Wednesday met Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Qatar for talks on a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages, according to the state news agency Anadolu. Erdoğan publicly endorses Hamas. Earlier this week, he likened Hamas to Turkish independence fighters against We...
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European Union leaders on Wednesday night adopted a declaration affirming the desire for a mutually beneficial relationship with Turkey and a strategic interest in a stable environment in the eastern Mediterranean. The European Commission is working on concrete proposals, including considering resuming talks on the modernization of the customs union between the EU and Turkey. This project, a planned visa liberalization and EU accession talks had previously been put on hold due to setbacks in the rule of law in Turkey. The European Commission also recently emphasized that Turkey's comparatively...
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The Turkish government has decided to impose restrictions on trade with Israel, citing the country's actions in the Gaza Strip as the reason. In future, export restrictions will initially apply to several goods, including steel, aluminium and iron products as well as other building materials, according to a statement issued by the Turkish Ministry of Trade on Tuesday. In the statement, the ministry accused Israel of being responsible for a "massacre of Palestinians." The restrictions would remain in place until Israel announces a ceasefire and aid can reach the Gaza Strip unhindered, it said. ...
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Britain's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said on Thursday that the proposed deal in the domestic appliance sector between Turkey's Arçelik and Whirlpool of the United States can go ahead in the United Kingdom. An independent CMA panel has gathered and analysed a wide range of evidence, and found that Arçelik and Whirlpool will continue to face significant competition from other suppliers. The evidence showed that the competitive landscape has changed considerably in recent years and continues to do so, the panel found. Martin Coleman, chair of the independent expert panel conducting t...
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Turkey has rejected a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report earlier this week on alleged abuses and potential war crimes committed by Turkish forces and allied groups in northern Syria. Turkey, along with the United States and Russia, has a military presence in Syria's north and controls a swathe of land following several incursions there since 2016. The incursions, backed by Syrian allied groups, have targeted US-backed Kurdish militia whom Ankara considers a national threat and terrorists. "The HRW’s recent report is far from reflecting the realities on the ground and it is based on complete ignor...
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Turkey bears responsibility for "serious abuses and potential war crimes" committed by its own military and allied groups in Turkish-held territories of northern Syria, a rights organization said on Thursday. A Human Rights Watch (HRW) report documented alleged human rights abuses, looting and confiscation of property, particularly against Kurdish residents. The allegations are based on 58 interviews between November 2022 and September 2023 with victims, relatives and witnesses, the group said. Turkish authorities were not immediately available to comment. Turkey, along with the US and Russia,...
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