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  • Turkey to be removed from England’s red travel list

    Travellers returning to England from Turkey will not have to quarantine as the government is set to remove dozens of countries from the so-called COVID red list for travel, The Times newspaper said on Thursday. Ministers will also announce on Friday that they will scrap the amber classification to simplify the traffic light system for international travel, instead dividing countries into either green list or red list, the newspaper said.

  • Egypt-Turkey Ties Could be Restored This Year, PM Mostafa Madbouly Says

    Mostafa Madbouly, speaking in an interview with Bloomberg, said a key issue for Egypt remains Turkey’s involvement in Libya -- a nation whose nearly decade-long conflict morphed into a proxy battle between regional rivals. Much of the conflict waned with the formation of a unity government that ended dueling administrations in Libya’s east and west. No other countries should be physically interfering in Libya, Madbouly said, or try to influence decision-making in the OPEC state. “We would like to leave Libyans to decide” their future.

  • Egypt Sounds Optimistic Tone on Turkey, Urges Ethiopia Talks

    Egypt’s foreign minister said Wednesday his country was keen on finding ways to restore ties with Turkey, and had no interest in armed conflict with Ethiopia over a controversial Nile dam. Sameh Shoukry, speaking in an interview with Bloomberg TV, also said he didn’t believe the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan signaled a broader disengagement from the region.

  • Why Turkey Wants to Guard Afghanistan’s Gateway to the World

    Ears would have pricked up in Ankara on Monday when a Taliban spokesman said Turkey and Qatar will help restart operations at Kabul airport. While Zabihullah Mujahed didn’t say whether either or both those countries will assume the management of Afghanistan’s main international airport, he didn’t rule it out either. For the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, control of the airport is crucial to Turkey’s gaining a foothold in Taliban-led Afghanistan. Ankara offered to secure the perimeter around the airstrip even as the Biden administration accelerated the withdrawal of American troops from the country. The Taliban were less keen. In July, Mujahed warned that Turkey’s suggestion was “ill-advised, a violation of our sovereignty and territorial integrity and against our national interests.”

  • S-400: Turkey ‘not ready’ to sign deal to purchase new supply of Russian missiles

    The Turkish official believes Russia had been trying to manage a perception operation by releasing misleading statements against Turkey amid economic woes in the country and with outstanding issues with Washington. “The Russians are trying to poison [our] relations with the United States,” the official said. Turkey has yet to fully activate the already purchased S-400 system, in order to prevent any escalation with Washington.

  • Turkey sees positive developments in Saudi, Egypt ties

    Erdogan met a senior official from the United Arab Emirates last week and said ties with Gulf state were improving. The two countries have been at odds over the conflict in Libya and internal Gulf disputes.

  • Deaths reported as wildfires ravage forests in Turkey and Lebanon

    Wildfires have wreaked havoc across Turkey and Lebanon as record summer temperatures continue to batter the region.

  • Turkey Resumes Trade That Made It Europe’s Top Trash Destination

    In the five years leading up to the ban, Turkey received more garbage from Europe than any other country. While it’s supposed to be mostly recycled, images of garbage piled in fields earlier this year sparked a public backlash, with Turkish importers accused of illegally dumping thousands of tons of trash.

  • Taliban Warns Turkey of Consequences for Securing Kabul Airport

    The Taliban warned Turkey of serious consequences over its decision to take over the security of Kabul’s airport after the full withdrawal of U.S. troops in less than two months. The move is “ill-advised, a violation of our sovereignty and territorial integrity and against our national interests,” the group’s spokesman Zabihullah Mujahed said Tuesday in a statement, urging Turkey to reverse the decision.

  • Erdogan defiant as Turkey quits violence-on-women treaty

    President Tayyip Erdogan defended Turkey's withdrawal on Thursday from an international treaty to prevent violence against women, a move that has drawn condemnation from many Turks and Western allies. The Istanbul Convention, negotiated in Turkey's biggest city and signed in 2011, committed its signatories to prevent and prosecute domestic violence and promote equality. Erdogan announced the withdrawal in March in favour of local laws to protect women's rights.