Greece said Ankara’s decision to send the vessel close to Kastellorizo, a Greek island near the Turkish coast, was a “major escalation” and a “direct threat to peace in …
Germany warns Turkey against “provocation” in eastern Mediterranean
Turkey should refrain from provocation in a gas dispute in the eastern Mediterranean, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Tuesday, adding Germany stood in solidarity with Cyprus and Greece as …
Paxful, Turkey-Based BiLira, Cointral to Expand Crypto Offerings in Eastern Europe
Peer-to-peer crypto marketplace Paxful said it’s partnering with BiLira, the group behind the Turkish lira-backed stablecoin bilira (TYRB), and crypto trading platform Cointral as part of a …
Surely Turkish seeds belong to Turkey
Turkey’s repossession of a collection of ancient seeds from the British Institute in Ankara has caused a rift between the members of my family. Seeing as both parents have a PhD in weedy science, less …
One West Island family is giving back, one home-cooked turkey at a time
No Thanksgiving is complete without a big homecooked turkey, and to mark the holiday one West Island family decided to give back to their community.
Pandemic means Thanksgiving in a parking lot, but it still has turkey
Daniele Leigh sat on the hard pavement to eat her Thanksgiving dinner Sunday. She sat on a parking berm in the windy back alley behind the Salvation Army’s addiction residential centre, a far cry from …
Erdogan Tells EU’s Michel That Progress Needed on Improving Turkey-EU Ties
In a statement, the presidency said Erdogan told Michel in a phone call that Turkey expected “concrete steps” from the EU on holding a regional conference with eastern Mediterranean states, and that …
A year on, Syria Kurds displaced by Turkey long for home
The five-month-old baby girl of Wadha Sharmoukh has only lived in a tent because Turkish troops and their Syrian proxies captured her family’s hometown in northern Syria from Kurdish forces a year ago …
Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict: Why Turkey is outsourcing its wars
The deployment to Azerbaijan is relatively modest and more political than … While religious motivation was clearly a factor, like Turkey, Iran used financial incentives. In particular, the Afghans …
Is Syria’s Idlib the Next Gaza Strip?
Many relatives of mine were living in camps near the border with Turkey,” says Huda Husein, a 25-year-old teacher living in the rebel-held enclave of Idlib in northwest Syria. “But last month they …