• Central Asia

    Turkmenistan Pardons 612 Prisoners, Including 26 Foreigners

    Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov has pardoned 612 prisoners, including 26 foreign citizens, ahead of festivities marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan. RFERL reported on July 2 that Berdymukhammedov had signed the order of amnesty “to further strengthen the unity and solidarity of Turkmen society.” State media did…

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  • West Asia

    Foundation behind Gaza flotilla apologizes

    The Turkish Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief (IHH) — aid foundation behind the 2010 Gaza flotilla – has apologized for using a Palestine idiom in the statement criticizing Turkish government’s normalization deal with Israel, Turkish Minute reports. IHH criticized the normalization agreement between Turkey and Israel…

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  • tobechecked

    Magazine N’s July issue

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  • West Asia

    Sofuoglu breaks new land speed record at 400 km

    Kenan Sofuoğlu, a professional Turkish motorcycle racer, who holds the highest number of Supersport World Championship titles, broke a new land speed motorcycle record on Thursday, by reaching 400 kilometers per hour on the newly constructed Osman Gazi Bridge, prior to its opening ceremony. Sofuoğlu made the crossing by special…

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  • Central Asia

    Russia to receive six S-400 antiaircraft missile systems

    The Russian Aerospace Force plan receiving six S-400 Triumf long-range antiaircraft missile systems, Commander-in-Chief Col. Gen Viktor Bondarev said on June 26, Tass reports. “The industry is approaching the planned amounts, and thus this year we shall receive six S-400 systems, and next year the amount would be similar,” he…

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  • Central Asia

    400 Russian defense enterprises to take part in Army 2016 forum

    More than 400 enterprises of Russia’s defense and industrial sector and about 100 foreign delegations will take part in the Army 2016 international military and technical forum, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on June 30, Tass reports. The Army 2016 international military and technical forum will be held in…

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  • West Asia

    Bombers of Istanbul attack from Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia

    Istanbul Governor’s Office has announced that the three suicide bombers who carried out the attack at Istanbul’s Atatürk Airport that killed 43 on Tuesday night were from Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia, Turkish Minute reports. The statement added that 43 people lost their lives in the attack while 144 of the…

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  • Central Asia

    Russian Tourism to Turkey Falls 90%

    Russian tourism to Turkey in May 2016 was down 91.82 percent year-on-year, according to figures released by Turkey’s Culture and Tourism Ministry, the Moscow Times cites RBC. May is typically a popular time for Russian tourists in Turkey. In May 2015, over 501,000 Russians visited the country, and in 2014…

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  • The concept of “zero problems” was not effective in the last 4 years

    Letter of the Turkish President, the normalization of relations between Turkey and Israel, and, on the contrary, a complication of relations between Turkey and Germany is under the constant scrutiny of international and Turkish media and expert community. In this regard, we offer you an interview of The Great Middle…

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  • West Asia

    Erdogan Criticizes Group Behind 2010 Gaza Flotilla

    Two days after Turkey announced its reconciliation agreement with Israel, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan went on the offensive against the IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation, the organization behind the May 2010 flotilla to Gaza Strip that sparked the crisis between Jerusalem and Ankara. “Did you ask me before you set sail?…

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