Immediately following the February disaster, award-winning photographer Peter van Agtmael travelled to the epicenter of the destruction. Nothing could prepare him for what he saw.
Erdogan’s challenger faces delicate balancing act to win over Turkey’s Kurds
The compromise that salvaged Turkey’s opposition bloc from collapsing this week lays the ground for enlisting Kurdish support as well, but not without fragilities and risks on the way.
Philippines to send $200K aid, in-kind relief assistance to quake-hit Syria
The Philippine government will donate $200,000 to Syria and send relief aid to help the country recover from the devastation caused by the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck its neighbor Turkey last …
Erdogan sets Turkey election date for May 14
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is seeking to extend his two-decades in power, on Friday formally set the country’s parliamentary and presidential elections for May 14 — a month earlier than scheduled despite last month’s devastating earthquake.
Ukraine Latest: Turkey Blocks Sanctioned Goods on Way to Russia
Turkey abruptly stopped the transit of sanctioned goods to Russia this month as the European Union and the US pressure allies to support measures imposed over Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.Most Read from BloombergOne Bank Folds,
Turkey’s southeast exodus after earthquake puts manufacturing at risk
Mehmet Alkan, a shoe-sole manufacturer in Turkey’s earthquake-hit south, doesn’t know what will become of his company after some of his 220 employees died and half fled, reflecting the difficult …
Footage of SpaceX rocket launch falsely linked to Turkey earthquake conspiracy theories
Footage of a SpaceX rocket launch in 2018 is circulating in social media posts falsely claiming it shows a strange object spotted in the sky shortly before a devastating earthquake hit Turkey and Syria in February 2023.
The earthquake disaster in Turkey and Syria and the role of German imperialism
While governments are expending enormous resources on rearmament and war, they are neglecting the most urgent needs of the broad masses of the population. The victims of the earthquake are being given …
Turkey pounces on optimism to take another $2.25bn
The Republic of Turkey hit the halfway point of its funding needs on Wednesday, capitalising on investor optimism after the opposition unveiled its presidential candidate. Turkey printed the $2.25bn …
Turkey blocks transit of sanctioned goods to Russia
Russian logistics companies claim that Turkey has started blocking transit of sanctioned goods to Russia, Russian business news outlet Kommersant FM reported on March 9.