Turkey halts intercity trains, limits domestic flights
Turkey halted all intercity trains and limited domestic flights on Saturday as part of measures to contain a fast-growing coronavirus outbreak, as the number of … Read more
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Coronavirus death toll in Turkey surpasses 44 victims
Turkey confirmed seven more deaths from coronavirus on late Tuesday, bringing the total number of fatalities to 44.
A total of 3,952 coronavirus tests have … Read more
Turkish Airlines says 85% of its passenger planes idle
Turkish Airlines’ board chairman said on Sunday that 85% of the carrier’s passenger planes were not being used at the moment, after Turkey banned … Read more
CoVid19 Update – Another dark day for Europe
Thirty-two more people have died in England after testing positive for coronavirus – taking the total number of UK deaths to 104. It follows the … Read more
Turkey confirms first CoVid19 death
Turkey confirmed its first death from the coronavirus late Tuesday, according to its health minister.
Anadolu News Agency said that a patient, 89, died while … Read more
Turkey reports new cases of coronavirus, bars and nightclubs ordered to close
Turkey reported 12 new cases of the virus on Monday, its highest daily rise since the country announced its first case last week.
Two of … Read more
Turkey closes border to passengers from 9 countries
Turkey announced late Friday it will close all border gates to passengers coming from nine European countries to fight the coronavirus outbreak.
An authorization letter … Read more
Turkey confirms 2nd coronavirus case
Turkey’s health minister announced on Friday another case of the coronavirus (COVID-19), only the second case seen in the country.
“He is from the … Read more
Traffickers behind Alan Kurdi death get 125 years
Three organizers of the human trafficking ring which led to the death of Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi, in a case which made headlines worldwide, were … Read more
Turkey’s Erdogan likens Greek authorities to Nazis for returning migrants
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that there was “no difference” between the Nazis and the Greek authorities forcibly repelling thousands of … Read more
Turkey confirms first coronavirus case
A Turkish citizen with high fever and cough symptoms was diagnosed with the coronavirus following tests, making him the country’s first confirmed diagnosis, Turkish Health … Read more
Cyprus closes down schools, ban mass gathering and lock down hospitals after first CoVid-19 cases confirmed
After becoming the last EU country to report confirmed cases of COVID-19, Cyprus has followed the example of other countries in the bloc and closed … Read more
Erdogan announces new summit with Macron and Merkel for next week
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Tuesday a new summit in Istanbul with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel next week, … Read more
Refugee situation in Turkish-Greek border under focus in Brussels
EU leaders warned President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday to respect the terms of a previous deal to keep migrants away from Europe’s borders, after … Read more
Von der Leyen tells Turkey to take migrants back from Greek border
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said ahead of talks with President Tayyip Erdogan that Turkey must move refugees and migrants away from the … Read more
‘Open the gates’ to migrants, Erdogan tells Greece before EU talks
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he will hold talks in Brussels Monday as he called on Greece to “open the gates” for migrants at … Read more
Violent incidents in Greek refugee centre as tensions rise
A fire has ripped through a refugee shelter on the Greek island of Lesbos as tensions over a surge in migration from Turkey continue to … Read more
Erdogan expected in Brussels on Monday
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan plans to be in Brussels on Monday for a one-day working visit, his office said amid a charged conflict between … Read more
Migration agreement between Turkey and EU is dead – Greek PM
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has ordered the Turkish coastguard to prevent migrants from crossing the Aegean sea because of the risks, state media reported.
A … Read more
EU foreign affairs chief calls on countries involved in Greek-Turkey standoff to stop this game
Migrants attempting to get into Europe need to know the border between Turkey and Greece is closed, the EU’s foreign affairs chief has said, as … Read more
Greece on alert as concerns mount of Turkish provocations
The Aegean has been placed in a state of alert as Athens fears that Turkey may, under the guise of migrant search and rescue operations, … Read more
Relative calm in Syria’s Idlib as ceasefire takes hold
A ceasefire agreed by Russia and Turkey has gone into effect in Syria’s northwestern region of Idlib, activists and a monitoring group confirmed Friday.
The … Read more
Putin and Erdogan agree on a ceasefire in Idlib, Syria (Updated)
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he had agreed a deal with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan at talks in Moscow that he hoped would … Read more
Erdogan flies to Moscow for Syria ceasefire talks with Putin
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan flew to Moscow on Thursday for talks with Russia’s Vladimir Putin over a potential ceasefire in Syria’s Idlib, where their militaries … Read more
Turkey deploys police at Greek border to stem pushback of migrants
Turkey is deploying 1,000 special police forces along its border with Greece on Thursday to halt the pushback of migrants towards its territory, Interior Minister … Read more
EU warns situation at the EU’s external borders is not acceptable
At a meeting of EU interior ministers in Brussels on Wednesday, the member states said that Turkey was exploiting refugees to get its way politically.… Read more
EU ministers hold emergency talks in the wake of tensions at the Greek-Turkish borders
European Union countries offered more money on Wednesday for border policing in Greece and humanitarian aid in Syria’s Idlib, but they were in a bind … Read more
Balkan countries step up controls at borders
Countries along the so-called ‘Balkan route’, where hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers crossed in 2015-2016, are pledging not to allow migrants to cross this … Read more
More than 24,000 attempts to cross the Greek border
Greek security forces have launched a manhunt for migrants who illegally crossed over from the Turkish border since Friday when thousands massed on the Turkish … Read more
Photo Story: New clashes along Turkish-Greek land border
Migrants clash with Greek police officers as they attempt to cross the closed-off Turkish-Greek border in a bid to reach European soil, in Edirne, Turkey, … Read more