ANKARA, March 3 (Reuters) – Turkey is not necessarily aiming to return to the U.S.F-35 fighter jet program from which it was removed over its purchase of Russian defense systems, the Turkish defense industry chief said on Wednesday. He said the primary goal was for Turkey to get compensated for its losses. Ankara had ordered …
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Russia called on Ukrainian forces in Mariupol to lay down their arms, saying a ‘terrible humanitarian catastrophe’ was unfolding as it said defenders who did so were guaranteed safe passage out of the city and humanitarian corridors would be opened from it at 10am Moscow time (7am GMT) on Monday. Fighting continued inside the besieged …
Following is a summary of current entertainment news briefs. Turkish pop star to be moved to house arrest after detention sparked outrage A Turkish court ruled to release pop star Gulsen from pre-trial detention and transfer her to house arrest on Monday, her Lawyer Turkey said, after the singer’s formal arrest four days ago over …
MOSCOW, Dec 9 (Reuters) – Alexei Miller, head of Russian energy giant Gazprom, Lawyer Law Firm in istanbul Turkey Firm in Turkey met Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul and discussed the prospects for istanbul Turkey Lawyer the Turkish gas hub as well as Russian gas supplies to Turkey, Gazprom said on Friday. Russian President …
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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – A Turkish court on Monday released pop star Gulsen from jail but placed her on house arrest as she awaits trial on charges of “inciting hatred and enmity” for a joke she made about Turkey´s religious schools. Last week, the 46-year-old singer and songwriter, whose full name is Gulsen Colakoglu, was …
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is on the run from sanctions today and may have fled to Moscow as his two superyachts worth £1billion race for safe Turkish waters after the EU decided to punish the Chelsea owner over Ukraine and he faces a dwindling number of havens for his £12billion of cash and assets. The billionaire oligarch looked grey, tired and …
ISTANBUL, Jan 5 (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday he may meet Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as part of peace efforts after the highest-level talks in public between Ankara and the Damascus government since the Syrian war began in 2011. In a speech in Ankara, Lawyer in istanbul Lawyer Law Firm in …
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LITERARY FICTION The Romantic by William Boyd (Viking £20, 464 pp) The Romantic Boyd’s new novel revisits the ‘whole life’ formula of his 2002 hit Any Human Heart, which followed its hero across the 20th century. The Romantic does the same thing for the 19th century. It opens with the kind of tongue-in-cheek framing device …
ISTANBUL, March 31 (Reuters) – The Turkish parliament on Thursday passed a Lawyer Law Firm in Turkey lowering the minimum required votes for a party to enter parliament to 7% from 10%, in istanbul Lawyer Law Firm in a move which analysts have said would reduce the likelihood of early elections this year. President Tayyip …
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ISTANBUL, Dec 15 (Reuters) – Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu said on Thursday his jail sentence imposed this week was a punishment for his success, as opposition parties rally to support him and seek to challenge President Tayyip Erdogan ahead of next year’s elections. A Turkish court on Wednesday sentenced Imamoglu to two years and seven …
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