Turkish Football Federation urges FIFA, UEFA to ban Israel from competitions
- 27-Sep-2025
Turkish Football Federation President Ibrahim Haciosmanoglu has written to FIFA, UEFA and national soccer association chiefs urging them to impose a ban on Israel from participating in sporting competition, local media reported on Friday. The request comes as European soccer’s governing body UEFA appears poised for an emergency vote next week on suspending Israel from […]
Pakistan, Turkiye agree to increase bilateral trade to $5bn
- 21-Mar-2024
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar Thursday met Minister of Foreign Affairs of Türkiye Hakan Fidan on the sidelines of the Nuclear Energy Summit 2024 in Brussels. The ministers reviewed Pakistan-Turkiye ties and noted with satisfaction the upward trajectory in bilateral relations in all domains. They reaffirmed the commitment to further enhance bilateral trade and increase […]
Russian, Turkish ministers talk after Turkey sends Ukrainian commanders home
- 10-Jul-2023
The foreign ministers of Russia and Turkey spoke by telephone on Sunday, a day after Ankara angered Moscow by sending five Ukrainian commanders home with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in what Russia called a violation of a prisoner exchange agreement. The Russian and Turkish foreign ministries said Sergei Lavrov and Hakan Fidan discussed the situation in […]
Five migrants die as boat sinks in the Aegean, Turkish coastguard says
- 12-Mar-2023
ANKARA/ATHENS: Five migrants died when a dinghy sank off the coast of southwest Turkey on Saturday, the coastguard said, adding that it had rescued 11 people, while Greece said five more migrants from the same wreck were found on a nearby island. Turkey’s coastguard said it had arrived at the scene after learning that a […]
Esra Bilgic wins social media with new pictures
- 29-Sep-2022
Esra Bilgic won numerous awards for her portrayal of Halime Sultan in Ertugrul.
Turkish scorpion farmer milks arachnids for their expensive venom
- 17-Aug-2022
Thousands of scorpions, housed in transparent plastic boxes, line the walls of a breeding laboratory in Turkey’s southeastern Sanliurfa province, waiting for personnel to milk their expensive venom used to produce medicine. Using a pair of tweezers and tongs, lab employees remove the scorpions from the boxes and wait as they squeeze a tiny drop […]
Teenager jumps from window to escape alleged human trafficking
- 04-Sep-2021
She claims Iranian men wanted to sell her
Ertuğrul star Engin Altan cancels deal with ‘fraudster’ Kashif Zameer, says will visit Pakistan again
- 16-Feb-2021
'Inshallah, I will visit Pakistan again in person soon'
Turkish train crash in Ankara kills nine, injures 47
- 13-Dec-2018
ANKARA: Nine people were killed and nearly 50 injured in Turkey when a high speed train collided with a locomotive and crashed into a station platform and overpass in an Ankara suburb early on Thursday, officials said. Rescuers worked to free people trapped under the mangled wreckage at Marsandiz train station, 8 km (5 miles) […]
President invites Turkish businessmen to tap Pakistan’s favourable investment climate
- 03-Dec-2018
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has invited Turkish businessmen to take advantage of the favourable investment climate in Pakistan. He was talking to Turkish Ambassador to Islamabad Ihsan Mustafa Yurdakul who called on him on Monday. The president said Turkish companies had invested immensely in energy and infrastructure projects in Pakistan. “Both the countries are […]