Two days after the U.S.-led airstrikes on Syria, Jens Stoltenberg of NATO is in the Turkish capital, Ankara where he met with the Turkish Defence Minister Nurettin Canikli. Media in Turkey report that Stoltenberg was welcomed at the Ministry of Defence without giving more information on the meeting between the two men. NATO’s head will also meet […]
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Hakan Cavusoglu stated on Monday that Ankara’s stance on Assad is firm and has not been altered. “Speaking in Lefkosa, the capital city of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), Hakan Cavusoglu welcomed the U.S.-led airstrikes on Assad regime”, Anadolu reads. “The reaction of the U.S. and the U.K. and […]
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg drew attention to already existing NATO presence in Turkey and called on all allies to provide more support to the country. Stoltenberg spoke to Anadolu Agency at the NATO headquarters in Brussels ahead of his official visit to Turkey on April 16. The NATO chief said the aim of his […]
Onur Air plane landed Sunday at Ohrid Airport bringing the first group of 180 Turkish tourists to one of Macedonia’s best holiday destinations. Today, the Turkish low-cost airline Onur Air is commencing services between Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport and Ohrid for this summer season, following talks with the Macedonian government last October. The carrier will maintain […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has welcomed the combined strikes on Syria’s alleged chemical facilities, saying that the operation sent a message to his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad. The US and its allies, Britain and France, carried out a wave of strikes against Assad’s government on Saturday, a week after a suspected deadly gas attack on the rebel-held Damascus suburb […]
Macedonia and Turkey can do a lot more in the field of investments and trade exchange. Back in 2012 we agreed that political relations are excellent but economic cooperation lags behind. Therefore we set the goal of increasing annual trade exchange to one billion dollars, said President Gjorge Ivanov in his address before Turkish businessmen […]
The President of Macedonia, Gjorge Ivanov met with the Archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. The 50-minute meeting was held in a warm atmosphere, on Tuesday afternoon, in Istanbul, at the diocese of the Patriarchate and more specifically in the quarter of Fener. The Eucumenical Patriarch told President Ivanov that on Wednesday he is expecting the arrival of representatives from […]
Defense Minister Radmila Sekerinska is paying an official visit to Turkey, upon an invitation of counterpart Nurettin Canikli. During the visit, Minister Sekerinska will also meet with Prime Minister Binali Yildirim and Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, the Defense Ministry said in a press release. Discussions will focus on current developments in Macedonia, prior and future […]
Two German journalists were arrested at the Greek border with Turkey on Friday after allegedly entering a restricted area, local police said. The pair, reportedly a 31-year-old man and a 33-year-old woman, said they were researching a story about the migration route that passes from this area, according to Greek police. They were taken to […]
Macedonia’s President Gjorge Ivanov, who is paying an official visit to Turkey, held talks Tuesday with Prime Minister Binali Yildirim and Speaker Ismail Kahraman. The officials expressed satisfaction with Macedonia-Turkey overall relations, based on traditional friendship and regular contacts at the highest level, the President’s Office said in a press release. They also shared information […]
President Gjorge Ivanov, accompanied by First Lady Maja Ivanova, is paying an official visit to the Republic of Turkey. President Ivanov will meet host Recept Tayyip Erdogan and lay a wreath at the Ataturk Mausoleum in Ankara. During the visit, Ivanov will also deliver lecture titled “Challenges of University Education in the third Millennium” before […]
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev met Monday with Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim. Zaev kicked off late Sunday his official visit to Turkey accompanied by Minister for Foreign Investments Adnan Kahil, MPs Enes Ibrahimi and Jusuf Hasan and State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Viktor Dimovski. Zaev at the beginning of the meeting expressed […]
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev launches late on Sunday his official visit to the Republic of Turkey. PM Zaev is accompanied by Minister for Foreign Investments Adnan Kahil, MPs Enes Ibrahimi and Jusuf Hasan, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs State Secretary Viktor Dimovski, the Government said in a press release. The visit begins with a dinner […]
Turkey on Sunday threatened to expand its operation against Kurdish militia in Syria to the town of the Manbij and even east of the Euphrates, warning that American soldiers risked being targeted in the area if they wore enemy uniform, AFP reports. Turkey on January 20 launched the “Olive Branch” operation in the northern Syrian […]
Romeo and Juliet, produced by the Istanbul National Theater and directed by Dejan Projkovski, was voted the best play of the 2017 theater season in Turkey. The award is given by the Turkish theater arts Tiyatro magazine, which holds an annual Anatolian theater awards ceremony. Many public figures attended the ceremony in Istanbul’s Grand Pera on […]
Turkey’s president vowed to oust Kurdish fighters from Afrin, northern Syria, Saturday as Syrian rebels also said they are bracing for such an operation, AP reports. Speaking in the eastern province of Elazig, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned the People’s Protection Units, or YPG, that Turkey will intervene if the “terrorists in Afrin do not […]
