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Turkey Summons Russia’s Ambassador Again Over Syria Bombing

Turkey Summons Russia’s Ambassador Again Over Syria Bombing

Turkey has again summoned the Russian ambassador after a second violation of its airspace by a Russian warplane operating in Syria in two days. It did the same after the first violation on Saturday, after which two Turkish F-16 jets were scrambled. Turkey said the second violation occurred on Sunday. Nato has urged Russia to […]

Painful Ending: Abdullah Kurdi, Father Of Drowned Boys Returns Home In Syria To Bury His Wife And Two Sons

Painful Ending: Abdullah Kurdi, Father Of Drowned Boys Returns Home In Syria To Bury His Wife And Two Sons

The grief-stricken father of two refugee boys who drowned alongside their mother has buried them in Kobane, as it’s revealed 11 relatives were slaughtered by Islamic State militants in the war-torn city. Aylan, three, his brother Galip, five, and mother Rehan died when their dinghy capsized as they tried to reach the Greek island of […]

Abdullah Kurdi, The Father Of The Two Young Boys Found Washed Up On A Beach Speaks Of The Heartbreak Of Loosing His Whole Family

Abdullah Kurdi, The Father Of The Two Young Boys Found Washed Up On A Beach Speaks Of The Heartbreak Of Loosing His Whole Family

The father of a three-year-old Syrian boy found drowned on a beach in Turkey has told the public of the harrowing circumstances of his death. Alan Kurdi’s father Abdullah said that shortly after their boat left Turkey for the Greek island of Kos it was hit by waves and the captain swam off. “I tried […]

Living In Turkey Today Means Experiencing A Creeping Sense Of Dread

Living In Turkey Today Means Experiencing A Creeping Sense Of Dread

The Suruc attack lit the fuse. The political earthquake that shook Turkey on June 7 had been little felt in the lives of every day Turks when a suspected Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) bombing in the border town of Suruc on July 20, killed 33 young activists planning to deliver aid […]

Turkey Starts Working With ISIS Terrorist Group: USA Outraged

Turkey Starts Working With ISIS Terrorist Group: USA Outraged

US President Barack Obama with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during the NATO Summit at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, Wales, on September 5. An American military source told Fox News that US military leaders were “outraged” when Turkey began launching airstrikes against the Kurdish PKK in northern Iraq just hours after striking a […]

Turkish couple feed 4,000 Syrian refugees on wedding day instead of wedding

Turkish couple feed 4,000 Syrian refugees on wedding day instead of wedding

Fethullah Üzümcüoğlu and Esra Polat tied the knot in Kilis province on the Syrian border, which is currently home to thousands of refugees fleeing conflict in the neighbouring country. It’s traditional for Turkish weddings to last between Tuesday to Thursday, culminating in a banquet on the last night, but this couple decided they wanted a […]

Putin to Turkish Ambassador: Tell your dictator he can go to Hell with his ISIS terrorist

Putin to Turkish Ambassador: Tell your dictator he can go to Hell with his ISIS terrorist

The Russian president Vladimir Putin broke the accepted diplomatic protocols and has personally summoned the Turkish ambassador to Moscow, Mr Ümit Yardim, and warned him that the Russian Federation shall sever the diplomatic relations immediately unless the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stops supporting ISIS rebels in Syria, where Russia holds its last navy base […]

Turkey justifies airstrike killing of 10 civilians including a pregnant women

Turkey justifies airstrike killing of 10 civilians including a pregnant women

Turkey justified its air raid on a village in the Kurdistan Region in which 10 civilians were reportedly killed, claiming the village was home to senior members of its outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). “Hearing that many civilians were killed due to airstrikes, we were saddened, and we attempt to avoid civilian casualties in the […]

Didier Drogba Mobbed By Fans As He Arrives In Monteal

Didier Drogba Mobbed By Fans As He Arrives In Monteal

Didier Drogba has enjoyed a stellar career in England, France, Turkey and China but he appeared to be taken aback by the welcome he received in Montreal on Wednesday. Hundreds of fans turned up at Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to greet the Ivorian star after he agreed to join MLS side Montreal Impact. The […]

Turkey’s ruling AK party seeks coalition partners

Turkey’s ruling AK party seeks coalition partners

One month after the June 7 elections in Turkey, a government is yet to be formed. The Justice and Development party (AK), which lost its single majority in parliament for the first time since it took power in 2002, has been engaged in lengthy talks on coalition options. On Thursday, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gave […]

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