ISTANBUL : Two Brazilian tourists died Monday and 23 other people were hurt after two hot-air balloons collided in a beauty spot in central Turkey, officials said.The accident occurred over Cappadocia's sculpted rock formations when one balloon collided with the basket of another balloon above and ...

Ankara Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday firmly rejected a Syrian proposal to hold a joint probe over a twin car bomb attack that killed 51 people.“The administration in power in Damascus is illegal ... how can we recognise a structure that isn’t even recognised by ...

ISLAMABADThe Pakistan govt has expressed anguish at the tragic loss of precious lives resulting from the terror attack in the Turkish border town of Reyhanli, killing and injuring many innocent people Saturday last.In separate messages of condolence, addressed to President Abdullah Gul and Prime ...

REYHANLI  - Turkey on Sunday said it has arrested nine people over the twin car bombings that left at least 46 people dead in a Turkish town near the Syrian border, as Damascus rejected allegations that it was behind the attack.Cranes were seen lifting debris from buildings destroyed by ...

AL-AMADIA, Iraq : Iraqi Kurds living near the border are wary of thousands of Kurdish fighters leaving Turkey for northern Iraq, and hope the move does not lead to more Turkish air and artillery strikes.For years, Turkey’s military has targeted fighters from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party ...

ANKARA : Visiting Burkina Faso Foreign Minister Djibrill Bassole collapsed and fell off a platform on Thursday during a live press conference in Ankara with his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu. Bassole wobbled and fell to the floor, knocking down a stand in front of him, while Davutoglu was ...

 ANKARATurkish and Israeli officials will meet on Monday in Israel for another round of talks over compensation for a deadly 2010 raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, a diplomatic source told AFP."The second round of negotiations will be held in Israel tomorrow," the source said on Sunday, ...

  Istanbul MO After a series of missteps as he travels the world on his Believe Tour, things appear to be turning around for Justin Bieber. The Boyfriend singer was playing a sold out show at the ITU Stadium in Istanbul when he paused his act multiple times to allow fans to step away for the ...

ANKARA :JapanandTurkeyon Friday signed a long-awaited deal to build a sprawling nuclear power plant onTurkey’sBlack Seacoast, a milestone for the Japanese nuclear industry as it recovers from the 2011Fukushimadisaster. Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan hailed the $22 billion contract as a ...

ISTANBUL The Turkish government welcomed a planned withdrawal by Kurdish militants as significant progress towards ending three decades of conflict on Friday, and it warned its nationalist opponents not to sabotage the peace process.The main nationalist party, however, was quick to reiterate its ...

islamabad - Pakistan and Turkey have historic brotherly relations, therefore Turkish Airline being global airlines wants to further enhance mutual relationship and deep love held between Pakistani people and the Turkish people.Alp Yavuzeser, General Manager, Turkish Airlines North & Central ...

ANKARA   Israeli and Turkish officials on Monday began talks on compensation over a deadly Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aid ship, a crucial step towards restoring the once-solid ties between the two countries. This first meeting is part of what Turkish officials said would be a several-step ...

ISLAMABAD (PR): Turkish Ambassador Babur Hizlan has invited the students of Roots Millennium Schools (RMS) for the International Children Festival at Izmir, Turkey, from April 13-24, 2013. This festival is hosted by the Turkish Radio & Television Corporation, also known as TRT, which is the ...

ANKARA   - Turkish police have uncovered and foiled an alleged plot by Al-Qaeda to bomb the US embassy in Ankara, as well as a synagogue and other targets in Istanbul, Turkish media reported on Friday. As a result of a February raid in Istanbul and the northeastern city of Corlu, police ...

ANKARA - Turkey’s parliament speaker on Thursday called on political parties to draft a new democratic constitution without delay, warning that failure to do so would tarnish the country’s image. Turkey’s political parties in the 550-seat parliament have been working since 2011 to ...

MULTAN - Provincial minister for Auqaf, Religious Affairs, Labour and Manpower Haji Ehsanuddin Qureshi lashed out at the federal government on Saturday, saying the president and prime minister had become symbols of kickbacks and rental power scandal respectively.Addressing the participants of a ...

ANKARA - Turkey’s new constitution will reduce the political influence of the once-powerful military in order to steer the EU-hopeful country more on the path of democracy, a parliamentary source said Friday. The army, considered the self-appointed guardian of Turkish secularism, has ...

ANKARA- After banning smoking in public places, the Turkish govt has gone one step further by clamping down on an ancient tradition - the hookah. As of Sunday it is no longer permitted to smoke the "hubbly-bubbly" in cafes, bars or restaurants as the Islamic govt cracks down on use of tobacco. In ...

LAHORE - Turkey will invest in livestock sector in Punjab to meet global requirement of Halal products.This was stated by a three-member delegation of Turkish firm Aytac Food, headed by chairman Dorsum Uyar that visited PBIT.  CEO PBIT, Javed Akbar told the delegation that Punjab government ...

ISTANBUL  - Turkey launched a tender to build in Istanbul what aims to be the world’s largest airport at an estimated cost of over 7b euros ($9.3 bn), an official from the country’s airports authority said. “As of today, interested firms can start doing their math on the ...

BRUSSELS (AFP) - The Patriot missile system being deployed to help protect Turkey from any spillover of the conflict in neighbouring Syria should be operational by early February, perhaps sooner, NATO said Monday. A NATO spokesperson said transport of troops and material got underway in early ...

ANKARA  - The Turkish government and jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan have agreed on a roadmap to end a three-decade-old insurgency that has claimed tens of thousands of lives, media reported. The deal was reached during a new round of talks between Ankara and Ocalan and aims to ...

ISTANBUL (AFP) - From communist works to a comic book, thousands of titles banned by Turkey over the decades were taken off the restricted list Saturday, thanks to a government reform. In July, the parliament adopted a bill stipulating that any decision taken before 2012 to block the sale and ...

ALGIERS - Turkey will discuss building a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal with Qatar on its Aegean coast to help meet rising domestic needs and as Turkey’s role as an energy supplier to Europe grows, Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said on Saturday.Yildiz said the planned terminal on the ...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey accused the European Union of bias and bigoted attitudes towards the EU candidate country on Monday and blamed it for undermining the Turkish public’s trust in the bloc.Turkey criticised the European Commission’s latest report on its progress towards EU ...

ANKARA - The Turkish economy is expected to post growth of at least 4 percent in 2013, according to a projection by the central bank on Tuesday. “We expect a growth of 4 percent or above in 2013,” Central Bank governor Erdem Basci told reporters in Ankara. The Turkish economy recorded ...

ISTANBUL (AFP) – Nato member Turkey has agreed to lift its veto on non-military cooperation between the alliance and Israel which it imposed over a deadly raid on a Turkish aid ship to Gaza in 2010, a diplomat said Sunday.Ankara took the retaliatory measure after the Israeli army stormed the ...

ANKARA - A Trilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on Wednesday among the governments of Turkey, Afghanistan and Pakistan to promote and facilitate trade and economic cooperation among the three countries.The MoU, signed during the 7th trilateral Summit of Afghanistan, Pakistan and ...

NEW YORK (AFP) - Turkey has more journalists in jail than any other country, followed by Iran and China, the US-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said Tuesday.The number of journalists in prison reached a record high this year, as critical reporters and editors were charged with ...

BRUSSELS – Nato foreign ministers meeting Tuesday and Wednesday in Brussels are expected to signal support for alliance member Turkey by giving the go-ahead to deploy Patriot missiles near its border with Syria.The 28-nation alliance is more than likely to agree to Turkey’s November 21 ...