Posts Tagged ‘Turkey’

Is there a division in the ranks of Turkey’s opposition?

It is rather obvious that uniting the opposition in the elections of the head of state usually ends in failure. This fact is due to the contradictions in the programs of the opposition candidates and, of course, the maximalist approach of each of them in their desire to get into the office. This may explain […]

Ex-Islamic State fighters still pose a risk in Turkey, finds report

Numerous foreign nationals with links to ISIS have come to Turkey since the terror group was defeated in Syria and Spain. Source

Washington shakes Turkey stronger than an earthquake

According to the Turkish authorities, the latest earthquake has become the largest natural disaster in the country since 1939. Even so, whereas back then 32,968 people died during the natural disaster in Erzincan and about 100,000 more were injured, today the death toll already exceeds 43.5 thousand people. And every day this sad statistics only […]

Afghan embassy in Turkey officially handed over to Taliban

Jalaly added that Gulmat Khan Zadran has been appointed as the new envoy of Afghanistan to Turkey. Earlier on Monday, the Taliban official announced on his Twitter that 7 experienced diplomats have been sent from Kabul to Tehran to continue their activities with the new caretaker of the Afghan Embassy in Iran. This decision was… […]

New Deadly Quake Hits Turkey, Toppling More Buildings

Officials say a magnitude 5.6 earthquake in southern Turkey killed at least one person, just weeks after a catastrophic temblor devastated the region. Source

New Turkey Quake Kills 1 Person, Flattens More Buildings

OSMANIYE, Turkey—An earthquake shook southeast Turkey on Monday, killing one person, injuring 110, and causing 29 buildings to collapse, Turkish authorities said, triggering frantic work to rescue several people believed trapped in rubble. The latest aftershock, with a magnitude of 5.6 and depth of 6.15 km, hit three weeks after a massive quake that killed […]

SYRIZA: Dialogue with Turkey, based on international law, is necessary

Main opposition SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance MP and former minister Giorgos Katrougalos said that dialogue with Turkey is necessary, on the condition that it is based on international law. “A dialogue to defuse the tension with Turkey based on the international law is necessary but it must be held on the basis of our agenda, not of… […]

The earthquake wrecked Turkey’s institutional façade. Erdogan might tear down the rest

The severity of the consequences affecting people’s lives in Turkey is a result of institutional and societal collapse. This might prove to be costly to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in this year’s elections, Dr Ahmet Erdi Öztürk writes. Source

US urges Greece and Turkey to avoid election tensions

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday urged Greece and Turkey to avoid “charged rhetoric” ahead of elections expected in both countries in the spring. On a visit to Athens, Blinken called on the historic rivals “to resolve any differences diplomatically and of course, to avoid any threats or provocative rhetoric that will only… […]

New Quake Hits Battered Turkey, Syria; 3 Dead, Hundreds Hurt

Monday’s earthquake was centered in Defne, a town in Turkey’s Hatay province, one the worst-hit regions in the magnitude 7.8 quake that struck on Feb. 6. Source

Georgia and Turkey: “Productive Partners” in More than Crime

In Tbilisi, as in any other European capital, you will see Turkish restaurants. There has always been a Turkish community in Georgia, and neighbouring Azerbaijan is a Turkic state, speaking a similar language. So there is nothing unusual about Georgia being like everywhere else in this regard. However Georgia is a very nationalistic country, regardless […]

Turkey’s Hatay Province Struck By Another Earthquake

A new, 6.4 magnitude earthquake jolted the area, which was devastated by a massive tremor two weeks ago. Source

Belgian medical volunteers open field hospital in earthquake-hit Turkey

A Belgian first aid and support team has set up a field clinic next to a severely damaged hospital in the Turkish city of Kirikhan.  Located in Hatay province, one of the areas most impacted by the February 6 earthquake, the local hospital had to close some wards and can no longer operate at full […]

Ghana Soccer Star Christian Atsu Dies In Turkey Earthquake Aged 31

Christian Atsu, the Ghana international forward who played for Premier League clubs Chelsea and Newcastle, has died in the earthquake in Turkey. He was 31. Search teams recovered Atsu’s body in the ruins of a luxury 12-story building where he had been living in the city of Antakya, Hatay province, his manager said Saturday. Advertisement […]

Turkey: a difficult test for Erdoğan

A series of large earthquakes that devastated a vast area in southeastern Turkey and part of Syria have so far claimed the lives of about 30,000 people in Turkey and 5,000 in Syria, and injured dozens of thousands of victims. All these events, which at first glance do not concern politics, completely overturned the election […]

Hear the Romanian Senator who has spoken out about the recent Turkey and Syria quakes (a must hear!)

From Counterspin Media Romanian Senator Diana Iovanovici Sosoaca went viral this week with a powerful speech calling out deep state players, highlighting that the recent Turkish earthquakes were created by weaponised technologies. Read more & watch at the link HERE Share this: Like this: Like Loading… Source

HAARP and the Turkey & Syria Earthquakes

NORTHLAND NEW ZEALAND CHEMTRAILS WATCH From: Counterspin New Zealand Samantha Edwards Reports #2: Nord Stream, the Turkey/Syria earthquakes, – and today, we wake to the news of yet another environmental disaster in Ohio. Were these events truly accidents, or natural disasters, as they are being presented as? Would governments, and the powers that be ever […]

Iran sends more aid to quake-hit Turkey

TEHRAN – Iran has dispatched two more planes carrying humanitarian aid to quake-stricken Turkey, IRIB reported citing the Turkish TRT website. Source

Turkey Detains Building Contractors As Quake Deaths Pass 33,000

Authorities said more than 92,600 other people were injured in the disaster. Source

Turkey-Armenia gate opens for first time in decades to allow aid

A border gate between long-feuding Turkey and Armenia has been opened for the first time in 35 years to allow aid for victims of the devastating earthquakes in southern Turkey, state-owned Anadolu news agency and a diplomat said. Turkey's special envoy for Armenia, Serdar Kilic, tweeted photos of trucks passing through the Alican checkpoint at […]

TURKEY EARTHQUAKE: Dendias meets with Çavuşoğlu in Antioch

Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias is in quake-affected region of Antioch (Ἀντιόχεια, Turkish: Hatay) in southeastern Turkey and met with his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu. Çavuşoğlu, from the earthquake response headquarters, said he was happy that “my friend Nikos is here to support us”. Dendias landed in Adana, where he had a warm embrace with Çavuşoğlu.… […]

President Erdogan vows to crack down on looters in earthquake-hit Turkey

Reports of looting of damaged stores in Turkey are starting to circulate after catastrophic earthquakes left many buildings damaged in the country. Source

Syria-Turkey Earthquake Death Toll Could Top 20,000 As US Sanctions Make Life A Living Hell

A devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook both Turkey and Syria this Monday, resulting in unprecedented damage which may take weeks to bring under control, by which point the World Health Organisation (WHO) claims as many as 20,000 people could be recorded as killed by the quake. Despite the international shock over the impact of the […]

TURKEY EARTHQUAKE: Hellenic Aid food drive received a massive response

The first major humanitarian aid mission from Greece to Turkey and Syria is expected to begin within the next week. These are items that Regions, Municipalities, associations and citizens from all over Greece collected so that the Greek state can send to the affected areas. The General Directorate of Development and Humanitarian Aid of the… […]

TURKEY EARTHQUAKE: Turkish news presenter attacks Erdoğan’s construction policies and then resigns!

At a time when the dead from the earthquake in Turkey and Syria have exceeded 24,000 and the rescue crews are making superhuman efforts to locate survivors, Turks are speaking about the contractors responsible for the construction of buildings that collapsed like “paper towers”. In fact, there are many citizens who have already appealed to… […]

Survivors Still Being Found As Turkey-Syria Quake Death Toll Tops 28,000

Turkish President Recep Tayypi Erdogan referred to the quake as the “disaster of the century.” Source

The Striking Parallels That Threaten Turkey’s President As Election Nears

Recep Tayyip Erdogan came to power 20 years ago amid the aftermath of a massive earthquake and a financial crisis. The same conditions exist now. Source

Could the earthquake’s aftermath have an impact on Turkey’s presidential election?

Any catastrophic event has an undeniable impact on a country’s and region’s economic and social situation. It is obvious therefore that the devastating earthquake that struck Turkey will have ramifications in a country, which was preparing to hold presidential and parliamentary elections in May. According to Turkish experts, Turkey will require at least $4 billion to […]

Gaza family wiped out during Turkey earthquake

After leaving Gaza to find work abroad, Abdul Kareem Abu Jalhoum was finally able to bring his family to join him in Turkey after 5 years of hard work. They all died in the devastating earthquake. Source

Dramatic Rescues Continue In Turkey As Earthquake Death Toll Tops 22,000

The flurry of rescues could not obscure the overwhelming devastation of what Turkey’s president called one of the greatest disasters in his nation’s history. Source

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