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Turkey only country to vote against UN resolution on oceans and seas

Turkey was the only member to vote against two resolutions adopted by the UN General Assembly on the oceans and seas linked to the landmark 1982...

Greek diplomatic source claims Turkey bribed Libya for maritime deal

Turkey bribed Libya in order to get its internationally recognized government to sign an accord mapping out maritime boundaries between the two countries by sending weapons,...

Turkey sends Libyan maritime agreement to UN for approval: report

Turkey on Thursday sent its accord with Libya on a maritime boundary between the two countries to the United Nations for approval, Reuters reported, citing a Turkish...

6 migrants freeze to death on Turkish-Greek border: report

Six migrants died of exposure to the cold in recent days in northeastern Greece near its land border with Turkey, a local coroner said Tuesday, The...

Turkey named 2nd worst jailer of journalists in press freedom watchdog report

Turkey has been listed as the second country, following China, with the highest number of journalists in jail, according to the annual report of the New...

Turkish court rejects request for release of US Consulate employee

A Turkish court rejected a request on Wednesday to release a US Consulate employee jailed since 2017 on espionage charges despite his argument that no credible...

Turkey says will retaliate against any US sanctions, is accelerating jet program with UK

Turkey said on Wednesday it would retaliate against any US sanctions over its purchase of a Russian defense system, adding that it had agreed with Britain...

Aide says Erdoğan wasn’t targeting Nobel laureate Pamuk with ‘terrorist’ remark

Fahrettin Altun, the head of Turkey’s Presidential Communications Directorate, has said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was not referring to Nobel Prize winning Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk...

French press association recognizes Le Point for cover story on Erdoğan’s Syria incursion

France’s Foreign Press Association (Association de la Presse Étrangère) has bestowed the Grand Press Award on Le Point magazine for its cover story calling the Turkish...

Sanctions on Turkey part of defense spending deal struck by US lawmakers: report

The US House of Representatives has reached an agreement on a defense bill setting policy for the Department of Defense, according to the Bianet news website. The National...

Greece calls on UN to condemn Turkey-Libya maritime deal

Greece on Tuesday called on the United Nations to condemn a disputed maritime jurisdiction deal between Turkey and Libya as “disruptive” to regional peace and stability,...

European human rights court calls for release of Turkish businessman Kavala: report

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday called for the immediate release of Turkish businessman and activist Osman Kavala, saying there was a lack of...

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