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Istanbul, Turkey | Xinhua |  Large-scale rallies were held in Istanbul, the country’s largest city, over the weekend, marking the final weekend before the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for May 14th. On Sunday, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, representing the electoral coalition People’s Alliance, attracted hundreds of thousands of …

Ankara, Turkey | Xinhua | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday offered to mediate between the warring parties in Sudan to hold peace talks. Erdogan held separate phone talks with General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, chairman of the Sovereignty Council of Sudan, and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, deputy chairman of the …

Ankara, Turkey | Xinhua |  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin may travel to Türkiye on April 27 to attend the inauguration ceremony of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant. Erdogan told news channel ATV-A Haber in an interview that Putin may either travel …

Helsinki, Finland | Xinhua | Finnish President Sauli Niinisto said on Wednesday that during his upcoming visit to Türkiye he would acknowledge reception of the Turkish response to the ratification of Finland’s NATO membership. Contact with the Turkish presidential administration has been frequent since last spring, Niinisto said, and has …

Ankara, Türkiye | Xinhua | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Sunday discussed Türkiye-Russia relations, including the exports through the Black Sea grain corridor and the fight against terrorism along the Turkish-Syrian border, Türkiye’s presidency said in a statement. Erdogan told Putin in a phone call that …

Kiev, Ukraine | Xinhua | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, on Sunday discussed the latest developments of the Ukraine crisis over the phone. According to a statement by the Turkish presidential office, Erdogan said that the evacuation of the wounded and civilians from Ukraine’s …

Kinshasa, DRC | Xinhua | The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) signed late Sunday multiple cooperation agreements with Turkey following a meeting between the two heads of state here. The signing ceremony was held on the sidelines of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s 48-hour official visit to the DRC …

  Ankara, Turkey | Xinhua | Neither the United States nor other Western countries had not contributed to solving the crisis between Russia and Ukraine, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday. “Unfortunately, the West has not contributed to the solution of this issue until now. I can only …

  The Turkey-Africa Economic and Business Forum held in Istanbul from 21-22 October, aims to provide a platform for Turkish businesses to gain a foothold on the continent | SHOSHANA KEDEM | Turkey aims to double its bilateral trade volume with Africa from $25bn to $50bn, said Turkish President Recep …

Ankara, Turkey, | XINHUA |  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday announced the phase III trials of its indigenous COVID-19 vaccine named Turkovac. The vaccine, which is made with inactivated coronaviruses, is expected to be available for use by the end of this year, Erdogan said at an event …