Turkish legislators have endorsed Sweden’s Nato membership, paving the way for the previously nonaligned country’s entry into the military alliance. The legislators ratified Sweden’s accession protocol by 287 votes to 55, with four abstentions, on Tuesday. It will come into effect after its publication in the Official Gazette, which is expected to be swift. Hungary […]
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) – A four-man crew including Turkey’s first astronaut arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) early on Saturday for a two-week stay in the latest such mission arranged entirely at commercial expense by Texas-based startup company Axiom Space. The rendezvous came about 37 hours after the Axiom quartet’s Thursday evening liftoff […]
By Can Sezer ISTANBUL (Reuters) – It took 15 years for Mustafa Camlica to earn international recognition for his wines, but he and many other small and medium sized Turkish producers fear a planned new financial burden could destroy livelihoods in a sector already facing daunting hurdles. Under the rule of President Tayyip Erdogan’s Islamist-rooted […]
By Simon Lewis and Tuvan Gumrukcu ISTANBUL (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was meeting the leaders of Turkey and Greece on Saturday at the start of a week-long trip aimed at calming tensions that have spiked across the Middle East since Israel’s war with Hamas began in October. The Biden administration’s most senior […]
ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was no different from Adolf Hitler and likened Israel’s attacks on Gaza to the treatment of Jewish people by the Nazis. NATO member Turkey, which supports a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, has criticised Israel’s air and ground assault […]
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Sweden edged closer toward joining NATO on Tuesday after the Turkish parliament’s foreign affairs committee greenlighted a protocol for the Nordic country’s membership in the military alliance. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan dropped his objection to Sweden’s membership during a NATO summit in July, but it took him several months to […]
Thanksgiving is tomorrow and millions of Americans are traveling around the country to spend the holiday with their loved ones as the festive season kicks off. Around 25% of Americans are planning to spend between $100 and $200 this turkey day, according to Statista, a global data platform — making it clear that people are […]