Turkish articles

  • 'Death to Israel' in Turkish parliament during Erdogan speech

    The speech of Turkish Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Parliament in Ankara on Wednesday, was cheered on from the audience with calls "Death to Israel." Erdogan claimed Israel had repeatedly attempted to topple the Turkish government in recent decades and told parliamentarians that he expects to host the head of the Hamas political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh on the weekend, calling him "leader of the Palestinian struggle." "While everyone else remained silent, we defined Hamas as a resistance movement,...
  • Turkish Airlines diverges from instructed landing route at Haneda

    A Turkish Airlines passenger flight diverged from its instructed landing route at Tokyo's Haneda airport and performed a go-around, prompting Japan's transport ministry to investigate the incident, ministry officials said Monday. Turkish Airlines Flight 198 from Istanbul was meant to land on Runway B at around 7:15 p.m. on Saturday,
  • Turkish police arrest suspect in killing of Afghan refugee

    Turkish police announced the arrest of a man accused of killing a 28-year-old Afghan national in the city of Kayseri, Turkey. According to reports, the Afghan asylum seeker was fatally stabbed after a verbal altercation with a Turkish man. Turkish media reported that the incident occurred on Thursday, April 18th, in the Keçioba neighborhood of […]