Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment

Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment

:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a phone call on Wednesday from the US Secretary of Defense during which they discussed ongoing arrangements to send US troops of a More »

Saudi Energy Minister confirms restoration of Kingdom’s gas production capacity

Saudi Energy Minister confirms restoration of Kingdom’s gas production capacity

:: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy confirmed on Wednesday the restoration of production capacity, affirming the Kingdom’s position as a reliable energy supplier in the global market. The energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz More »

Egypt calls Erdogan statements ‘ironic,’ accuses Turkey of sponsoring terrorism

Egypt calls Erdogan statements ‘ironic,’ accuses Turkey of sponsoring terrorism

:: Egypt’s foreign ministry spokesman, Ahmed Hafez, slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s statements at the UN General Assembly this week where he urged the UN to “handle the suspicious death of More »

Saudi Crown Prince: Attacks are test of int’l resolve against destructive acts

Saudi Crown Prince: Attacks are test of int’l resolve against destructive acts

:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Wednesday that the attacks on Saudi Aramco oil facilities are a test of international resolve in the face of destructive acts that More »

Saudi Crown Prince says attacks on oil facilities are a ‘dangerous escalation’

Saudi Crown Prince says attacks on oil facilities are a ‘dangerous escalation’

:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the recent attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities represented a “dangerous escalation not only toward the Kingdom but also the entire world.” The Crown More »

 

Tag Archives: AKP

Erdogan’s AKP to expel ex-premier from party: Report

:: The executive committee of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party on Monday unanimously agreed to send former premier and party member Ahmet Davutoglu to a disciplinary board for dismissal, local media reported. The decision came after a nearly five-hour

Erdogan holds giant Istanbul rally week ahead of referendum

Tens of thousands packed one of the biggest public spaces in Istanbul as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hosted a giant rally seeking votes in Turkey’s largest city just over a week ahead of a nation-wide referendum. Lambasting Turkey’s enemies and

Turkey’s parliament speaker seeks religious constitution

Turkey should have a religious constitution, parliament speaker Ismail Kahraman said Monday, in comments that will likely add to concerns of creeping Islamization under the ruling AKP party. “As a Muslim country, why should we be in a situation where

Turkey-Israel talks to restore ties ‘going well’

Talks between Turkey and Israel to mend fences are going well but a deal has not yet been reached in efforts to improve relations and increase energy cooperation in the eastern Mediterranean, Turkey’s ruling AK Party spokesman said. “We have

Turkey probes opposition chief for calling Erdogan ‘tinpot dictator’

Turkish prosecutors on Monday launched an investigation into the head of Turkey’s main opposition party after he called President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a “tinpot dictator”. Kemal Kilicdaroglu was speaking out against the detention of Turkish academics last week over a

Turkey probes academics over petition against crackdown on Kurds

Turkey on Thursday launched an investigation into academics who signed a petition criticising the military’s crackdown on Kurdish rebels in the southeast that angered President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Some 1,200 academics from 90 Turkish universities calling themselves “Academicians for Peace”

Turkish police raid offices of Kurdish party in Istanbul

Turkish police on Friday raided the offices of the main pro-Kurdish party in central Istanbul, making arrests and seizing documents. Riot police blocked the entry to the street where the Beyoglu district office of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) is

Turkish civilians stuck in urban war zone in southeast

Tens of thousands of civilians in southeast Turkey have been caught in the middle as government forces and Kurdish militants battle it out in urban areas – violence that has shattered hopes of reviving peace talks. Turkish security forces launched

In Turkey’s economic plan, investors see drive for votes, not discipline

Turkey’s new economic program is short on reform and long on populist measures aimed at winning support for a new constitution, investors have decided, leading them to dump Turkish assets for a second straight day on Friday. Financial markets had

Turkey lifts, then reimposes curfew in battered Kurdish city

The Turkish authorities on Friday lifted a nine-day curfew in a key district in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir but then promptly reimposed the measure. The local authorities had kept the curfew in place since December 2 in the central

Turkey launches new arrest swoop on allies of Erdogan foe

Turkish authorities on Friday launched a new operation to arrest dozens of prominent suspects in a vast probe into the activities of a U.S.-based preacher who is the main foe of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Prosecutors issued 65 arrest warrants,

Three killed in clashes under curfew in Turkey’s southeast

Three Kurdish militants were killed on Wednesday in a Turkish southeastern district under curfew since a prominent Kurdish lawyer was shot dead over the weekend, the provincial governor’s office said on Wednesday. Clashes erupted in the town of Sur in

Erdogan ally takes key position in Turkish parliament

Turkey’s parliament, dominated by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s party after its victory in Nov. 1 elections, on Sunday chose a ruling party lawmaker to serve as the new speaker. Justice and Development Party (AKP) veteran MP Ismail Kahraman, 75, was

Opposition dazed after Erdogan poll knockout

The stunning victory of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s party in legislative elections has plunged the Turkish opposition into disarray, leaving it fighting simmering rebellions and baffled over how to challenge the strongman leader. Leaders of the traditional opposition parties are

Five dead in PKK attacks in Turkey

Three Turkish policemen, a civilian and a soldier have been killed in new attacks in the restive southeast blamed on fighters from the rebel Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), security sources said Wednesday. The police officers were killed and another was

Turkey says plans anti-ISIS offensive in near future

Turkey has said it is planning to launch a military campaign soon against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group which is accused of carrying out the deadliest attack in the country’s history. “We have plans to act

Erdogan: ‘no break’ in fighting Kurd rebels

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday vowed to press ahead with a military campaign against Kurdish militants after his ruling party swept back to power in a weekend election. “The operations against the terrorist organisation inside and outside the

Turkish warplanes bomb Kurdish rebel bases: army

Turkish warplanes have bombed bases of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Turkey and northern Iraq and also killed three Kurdish militants during clashes in the restive southeast , the army and security sources said on Tuesday. A 22-year-old

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