The Latest Breaking News from Turkey

Wales want Euro 2028 opener if UK and Ireland bid is successful

The joint UK and Ireland bid is the strong favourite to succeed, despite the chaotic and violent scenes that marred last year’s men’s Euro 2020 final at Wembley

The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2022

World champion arm wrestler Margaret Pathaw gets Rs 5 lakh award from Meghalaya govt

SHILLONG: The Meghalaya government handed over Rs five lakh as a cash award to Margaret Pathaw, who won gold in the 43rd World Arm Wrestling championship in Turkey.

The Times of India · Oct 27, 2022

Turkish doctor detained for proposing chemical weapons probe

Police have detained the president of the Turkish Medical Association after she called for an investigation into allegations that Turkey used chemical weapons against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq

The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2022

Sweden's top diplomat: We'll fulfil deal with Turkey on NATO

Sweden's foreign minister says the country's new center-right government will fulfil all requirements under a deal with Turkey to join NATO and will concentrate the country’s external relations to its immediate neighborhood while abandoning the previous government’s “feminist foreign policy.”

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2022

Rights group: Turkey forces hundreds to return to Syria

A leading human rights group says hundreds of Syrian men and boys have been detained, beaten and forcibly returned to their country by Turkish authorities over a six-month period

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2022

Syrian Refugees Cling on in Türkiye, Lebanon as Fears over Coerced Returns Grow

The first Syrian refugees in Lebanon to return home under a new repatriation scheme will leave on Wednesday, but few in worn-down camps in the central Bekaa Valley said they would sign up. Rights groups fear the program may not be as voluntary as it purports to be, at a…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 24, 2022

U.N. seeks 'urgent' steps to relieve backlog in Black Sea exports deal

A U.N spokesperson said on Monday that "urgent" steps are needed to relieve a backlog of more than 150 ships involved in a deal which allows Ukraine to export grain from ports in the Black Sea.

Reuters · Oct 24, 2022

Syrian refugees cling on in Turkey, Lebanon as fears over coerced returns grow

The first Syrian refugees in Lebanon to return home under a new repatriation scheme will leave on Wednesday, but few in worn-down camps in the central Bekaa Valley said they would sign up.

Reuters · Oct 24, 2022

Brits heading to Spain, Turkey, Cyprus and Greece this week face sizzling temperatures

Brits heading away for half-term will face highs of nearly 30°c

Liverpool Echo · Oct 23, 2022

‘Nobody forced us’: the Greek builder who saved 80 Afghans from the sea

On Monday, 66-year-old is to be honoured in Athens for his actions on night both tragic and awe-inspiring

The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2022