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14 Dec
Germany will stop accepting imams sent from Turkey and instead train the muslim clerics on home soil in a bid to encourage integration, the interior ministry said on Thursday. An agreement has been reached with the Turkish-Islamic umbrella group DITIB to phase out foreign imams and train 100 a year in Germany to replace them,…
27 Nov
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Monday said Turkey should approve Sweden's stalled bid for membership "as soon as possible".
20 Nov
Brazil, Turkey, South Africa and Egypt have indicated interests to participate in the 2023 Calabar Carnival.
17 Nov
Five years after a photo with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sparked questions over his loyalty to Germany, Ilkay Gundogan will captain the national side during Saturday's international friendly against Turkey in Berlin.
10 Nov
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday accused the country's highest court of making repeated mistakes and defended an unprecedented criminal investigation against its judges.
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28 Oct 2023
The Ambassador of the Republic of Türkiye to Nigeria , Mr Hidayet Bayraktar, said that Nigeria was a rising power in Africa due to its population and her large economy.
11 Oct 2023
The Minister of Police Affairs, Senator Ibrahim Gaidam has stressed the need to explore avenues forcollaboration with Turkey in the areas of intelligence sharing and capacity building to combat trans-national crimes.
10 Oct 2023
The Council of Europe on Monday awarded its top rights prize to jailed Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala, who has come under repeated attack from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The decision drew an angry response from Ankara, but was cheered on by groups that have long expressed worries about Turkey's deteriorating human rights record under Erdogan.…
4 Oct 2023
A joint bid from the United Kingdom and Ireland to host Euro 2028 now has no rivals after Turkey withdraw from the bidding process, UEFA said on Wednesday.
13 Sep 2023
Turkey on Wednesday resumed the trail of an anti-femicide campaign group that prosecutors are trying to shut down on charges of violating administrative laws and "morality". Riot police cordoned off Istanbul's main courthouse and detained two supporters of the We Will Stop Femicide Platform ahead of a likely verdict later Wednesday. Prosecutors have asked the…
12 Sep 2023
Nigerian attacker Emmanuel Dennis is set to leave the English Premier League side, Nottingham Forest for a club in the Turkish Super Lig. Italian journalist Fabrizio Romano on Tuesday disclosed on X (formerly Twitter) that Dennis only has to make a final decision on the transfer. "Understand Emmanuel Dennis has now decided to play in…
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