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El ejército turco permanecerá en Irak y Siria, afirma un ministro a la AFP
El ejército turco permanecerá en Irak y Siria, afirma un ministro a la AFP Burcin GERCEK et Didier LAURAS mar, 20 de octubre de 2026, 2:24 p.m. EDT Agrega Yahoo como fuente de noticias preferida para ver más de nuestras historias en Google.
Exército turco permanecerá no Iraque e na Síria, afirma ministro à AFP
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Turkey troops to stay in Syria, Iraq 'until border security ensured', defence minister tells AFP
Turkey will keep its own troops in Syria and Iraq until border security with its two neighbours has been fully ensured, Defence Minister Yasar Guler told AFP. "We are maintaining our military presence in Iraq and Syria," he said in a written answer to AFP questions.
Le pouvoir turc prend le contrôle de la principale télévision de l’opposition
La police turque a pris le contrôle mercredi du siège de la principale télévision de l’opposition et interpellé 11 personnes, dernier geste d’une campagne du pouvoir en cours contre les milieux médiatiques, politiques et associatifs du pays. La saisie de Halk TV, la plus importante chaîne d’information en termes d’audience, a provoqué un émoi considérable alors que circulaient les images de l’opération policière avant l’aube.
Turkey puts its best foot forward to charm Chinese investors
Turkey plans to draw on its geographical position and an EU customs deal to entice Chinese investors keen to access European markets tariff-free, as it recently just did with carmaker BYD. The Chinese electric vehicle giant signed a billion-dollar deal with Ankara on Monday to open a plant in western Turkey, promising to create 5,000 jobs, a move that will help it dodge new EU tariffs.
Turkey puts its best foot forward to charm Chinese investors
Turkey plans to draw on its geographical position and an EU customs deal to entice Chinese investors keen to access European markets tariff-free, as it recently just did with carmaker BYD. The Chinese electric vehicle giant signed a billion-dollar deal with Ankara on Monday to open a plant in western Turkey, promising to create 5,000 jobs, a move that will help it dodge new EU tariffs.
Erdogan's LGBTQ crackdown 'first step of election campaign': activist
Already jailed twice for his activism, Yildiz Tar has no doubt: a sweeping operation targeting Turkey's LGBTQ community marks "the start of the election campaign" for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ahead of an expected re-election bid in 2028. At a cafe in the capital Ankara, this 36-year-old who belongs to Kaos GL, one of Turkey's leading LGBTQ rights organisations, spoke to AFP just days after the authorities began a major crackdown on activists and community members.
Turquie: avec la répression anti LGBT+, "Erdogan lance la campagne présidentielle" (militant)
Militant déjà emprisonné deux fois, Yildiz Tar est formel. En lançant une vaste opération contre les milieux LGBT+ turcs il y a une semaine, le président Recep Tayyip Erdogan "a lancé sa campagne électorale" pour la présidentielle de 2028. Lors d'un entretien dans un café de la capitale, ce membre de Kaos GL, une organisation turque en première ligne sur la défense des droits des homosexuels et transgenres, a accepté de revenir pour l'AFP sur une semaine de bras de fer avec les autorités.
En medio de la presión financiera de EEUU a Teherán, Turquía revocó la licencia del banco iraní Mellat
El Banco Mellat está sujeto a sanciones de Occidente desde hace varios años Turquía revocó la licencia del Banco Mellat de Irán, una entidad financiera semiprivada sujeta a sanciones occidentales desde hace años, según informó el boletín oficial este sábado.
'Turks, Kurds want the war to end': MP involved in talks
← THE STANS | Home THE STANS By Burcin GERCEK Ankara (AFP) Feb 21, 2025 AFP For nearly two months, pro-Kurdish lawmakers have been engaged in shuttle diplomacy between the Turkish government and jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan in the first such negotiations for almost a decade. Hopes are high that Ocalan will soon publicly call on fighters from his Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to lay down their arms.
Is this cave in Turkey where Homer wrote 'The Odyssey'?
The cave's claim as the place where Homer wrote The Odyssey remains unproven, though renewed interest is reviving Bornova's link to the ancient poet by BURCIN GERCEK ON A Turkish hillside overlooking the olive-covered slopes outside Izmir is a cave known to generations of locals as the place where Homer penned The Odyssey . "This place was always called Homer's Valley by the locals.
"Homero é dessas terras": cidade turca reivindica o nascimento da Odisseia
A Odisseia teria nascido em uma caverna que se ergue sobre as colinas cobertas de oliveiras de Bornova, na província de Izmir, na costa do mar Egeu, na Turquia, avalia um pesquisador turco, enquanto as autoridades locais esperam tirar proveito do renovado interesse por Homero com o filme de Christopher Nolan. "Este lugar sempre foi chamado de vale de Homero pelos moradores.
"Homero é dessas terras": cidade turca reivindica o nascimento da Odisseia
A Odisseia teria nascido em uma caverna que se ergue sobre as colinas cobertas de oliveiras de Bornova, na província de Izmir, na costa do mar Egeu, na Turquia, avalia um pesquisador turco, enquanto as autoridades locais esperam tirar proveito do renovado interesse por Homero com o filme de Christopher Nolan. "Este lugar sempre foi chamado de vale de Homero pelos moradores.
"Homère était des nôtres" : une ville turque revendique la naissance de l'Odyssée
L'Odyssée serait née dans une grotte surplombant les collines couvertes d'oliviers de Bornova, dans la province d'Izmir, sur la côte égéenne en Turquie, estime un chercheur turc tandis que les autorités locales espèrent des retombées du regain d'intérêt pour Homère avec le film de Christopher Nolan. "Ce lieu a toujours été appelé la vallée d'Homère par les habitants.
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Is this cave in Turkey where Homer wrote 'The Odyssey'?
On a Turkish hillside overlooking the olive-covered slopes outside Izmir is a cave known to generations of locals as the place where Homer penned "The Odyssey". "This place was always called Homer's Valley by the locals. Travellers from all over the world would come and see the cave where Homer is said to have composed his poems," explained Turkish researcher Altan Altin, who has written a book on the subject.
Turkish MPs back limited amnesty for Kurdish militants
A majority of Turkish MPs on Wednesday backed limited and conditional amnesty for PKK Kurdish militants, a first legislative step to end decades of deadly fighting. Entitled "Strengthening National Solidarity and Social Integration," the bill, which will be put to a vote soon, was signed by 360 of 592 MPs. They include lawmakers from President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's ruling AKP party, its ally the MHP, and the pro-Kurdish DEM party.
Le chef de l'opposition turque quitte son parti et fonde un nouveau mouvement
Le chef de l'opposition turque Özgür Özel a annoncé vendredi avoir quitté, avec 91 députés, son parti historique, le CHP, dont il a été évincé, pour fonder un nouveau mouvement, le Yeni Parti ("Nouveau Parti" en turc).
"Tout ce maquillage n'est pas pour nous" : Ankara se refait une beauté pour l'Otan
Autant de travaux cosmétiques pour faire bonne impression auprès des chefs d'Etat et délégations de 32 pays, dont le président américain Donald Trump, attendus dans la capitale turque à partir de mardi pour le sommet de l'Otan, dénoncent l'opposition et la population. En raison des mesures de sécurité, plusieurs grands axes seront fermés pendant les deux jours du sommet, contraignant habitants et commerçants à limiter leurs déplacements et parfois à fermer temporairement leurs boutiques.
"Tout ce maquillage n'est pas pour nous" : Ankara se refait une beauté pour l'Otan
Sur la route de l'aéroport d'Ankara, des employés municipaux travaillent sans relâche sous le soleil pour fleurir les bas-côtés et masquer par des panneaux géants tout panorama indésirable, maisons délabrées ou quartiers défavorisés.
Billboards, cologne and flowers: Turkish capital gets NATO makeover
Along the highway from Ankara airport to the city centre, municipal workers have been planting flowers and installing giant billboards to shield views of dilapidated homes and poorer neighbourhoods. Ahead of a high-stakes NATO summit that begins Tuesday, the Turkish capital has had a facelift to burnish its image for the 32 heads of state who will fly in, among them US President Donald Trump.
Billboards, cologne and flowers: Turkish capital gets NATO makeover
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Mines 'Draining Turkey's Water Sources', Environmentalists Warn
(MENAFN- Jordan Times) By Burcin Gercek ANKARA - Guney was once a water-rich village fed by 50 springs in Turkey's western Usak province, but since a gold mine opened 20 years ago, they have all dried up. "Before, you only had to drill 60 metres to find water," said Ugur Sumer, environmental activist and resident of Guney, which is about 170 kilometres (100 miles) east of the resort city of Izmir. "Today, even drilling 400 metres yields nothing.
Mines 'draining Turkey's water sources', environmentalists warn
Villagers in the Ordu province protested plans to mine a verdant green area they use for farming (Yasin AKGUL) (Yasin AKGUL/AFP/AFP) Guney was once a water-rich village fed by 50 springs in Turkey's western Usak province, but since a gold mine opened 20 years ago, they have all dried up. "Before, you only had to drill 60 metres to find water," said Ugur Sumer, environmental activist and resident of Guney, which is about 170 kilometres (100 miles) east of the resort city of Izmir.
Under threat of dying out, Turkish Armenian evolves through art
The Hantibum (Face to Face) festival runs until the end of March (HANDOUT) (HANDOUT/AFP/AFP) Once spoken by two million people across the Ottoman Empire, Turkish Armenian has shrunk to the point of becoming an endangered language following a century marked by massacres and mass emigration. Yet defenders of Western Armenian, a language essentially spoken only by Turkey's now-miniscule Armenian minority, are refusing to let their native tongue become a historical curiosity.
Turkey confirms third ballistic missile from Iran shot down
Fragments from the second ballistic missile fired on Monday landed in southeastern Turkey (Handout) (Handout/DHA (Demiroren News Agency)/AFP) Turkey's defence ministry on Friday said a ballistic missile from Iran had been shot down in Turkish airspace by NATO forces in the third such incident of the Middle East war.
Turkey talking to US, Iran in bid to end war: minister
'This unprovoked attack on Iran is as unjust and unlawful as Iran's attacks on Gulf countries,' said Fidan (John MACDOUGALL) (John MACDOUGALL/AFP/AFP) Turkey is talking to both Washington and Tehran in a bid to end the Middle East war, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Thursday as the conflict raged for a 13th day. "We have been experiencing the most intense moments of the war in the last few days," he told a news conference in Ankara alongside his German counterpart Johann Wadephul.
Un an après son arrestation, le maire suspendu d’Istanbul au tribunal
L’ancien maire d’Istanbul Ekrem İmamoğlu, détenu depuis un an, a comparu lundi lors d’une audience tendue dans une vaste affaire de corruption qualifiée par l’opposition de tentative de saboter ses chances de défier le président Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Arrêté le 19 mars 2025 et détenu depuis, M. İmamoğlu a commencé à comparaître devant le tribunal de Silivri à 11 h 05 (4 h 05 au Québec). Mais l’audience a été suspendue après à peine 15 minutes, à la suite d’un conflit verbal entre M.
Un an après son arrestation, le maire d’Istanbul au tribunal
Le maire d’Istanbul, Ekrem İmamoğlu, détenu depuis un an, comparaît lundi dans une vaste affaire de corruption qualifiée par l’opposition de tentative de saboter ses chances de défier le président Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Arrêté le 19 mars 2025 et détenu depuis, M. İmamoğlu a commencé à comparaître devant le tribunal de Silivri à 11 h 05 (4 h 05 au Québec). Mais l’audience a été suspendue après à peine 15 minutes suite à un conflit verbal entre M.
NATO intercepts second Iran missile in Turkish airspace: Ankara Original
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NATO intercepts second Iran missile in Turkish airspace: Ankara
Turkey's defence ministry confirmed another ballistic missile fired from Iran had been intercepted in Turkish airspace by NATO defence systems (Handout) (Handout/DHA (Demiroren News Agency)/AFP) Ankara on Monday said a second ballistic missile was shot down by NATO defences in Turkish airspace, as Washington urged all of its citizens to leave southeast Turkey over security concerns.
NATO intercepts second Iran missile in Turkish airspace
TURKEY - NATO said it shot down a second ballistic missile fired from Iran in Turkish airspace on Monday, prompting a stern warning from Turkey to Tehran not to take "provocative steps". It was the second such incident in the skies over NATO member Turkey in five days, leading the alliance to stress its readiness "to defend all allies against any threat". Washington meanwhile urged all American citizens to leave southeastern Turkey, where US troops are stationed at several bases.
Turkey says missile launched from Iran destroyed by NATO
A ballistic missile launched from Iran and heading towards Turkish airspace via Iraq and Syria was destroyed by NATO air defence systems, Turkish officials said Wednesday. The defence ministry said it had been "engaged and neutralised by NATO air-and-missile defence assets deployed in the eastern Mediterranean". It did not specify the missile's intended target. Iran has been hitting sites across the region in retaliation after the United States and Israel launched strikes against it on Saturday.
Turkey says missile launched from Iran destroyed by NATO
Erdogan has insisted that Saturday's US‑Israeli strikes that started the war were 'illegal' (Marco Simoncelli) (Marco Simoncelli/AFP/AFP) A ballistic missile launched from Iran and heading toward Turkish airspace via Iraq and Syria was destroyed by NATO air defence systems, Turkish officials said Wednesday. The defence ministry said the it was "timely engaged and neutralised by NATO air-and-missile defence assets deployed in the eastern Mediterranean".
Turquie: le chef de la guérilla kurde veut toujours croire à une "nouvelle ère"
Dans un discours lu en son nom, sous son portrait, par une responsable du parti prokurde DEM à Ankara à l'occasion de cet anniversaire, M. Öcalan s'est dit vendredi résolu à "ouvrir un processus fondé sur une société démocratique et l'Etat de droit".
Turkey MPs back moves to 'reintegrate' former Kurdish fighters
Protesters demand the release of PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan during a march in the Kurdish-majority city of Diyarbakir (Ilyas AKENGIN) (Ilyas AKENGIN/AFP/AFP) Kurdish fighters who have laid down their arms should be reintegrated into society, Turkish lawmakers urged in a key report released Wednesday, while ruling out an "amnesty".
Turkey says missile launched from Iran destroyed by NATO
By Fulya Ozerkan and Burcin Gercek Istanbul (AFP) Mar 5, 2026 A ballistic missile launched from Iran and heading towards Turkish airspace via Iraq and Syria was destroyed by NATO air defence systems, Turkish officials said Wednesday. The defence ministry said it had been "engaged and neutralised by NATO air-and-missile defence assets deployed in the eastern Mediterranean". It did not specify the missile's intended target.
Turkey says missile launched from Iran destroyed by NATO
A ballistic missile launched from Iran and heading towards Turkish airspace via Iraq and Syria was destroyed by NATO air defence systems, Turkish officials said Wednesday. The defence ministry said it had been "engaged and neutralised by NATO air-and-missile defence assets deployed in the eastern Mediterranean". It did not specify the missile's intended target. Iran has been hitting sites across the region in retaliation after the United States and Israel launched strikes against it on Saturday.
Le chef d’état-major libyen, Mohammed Al-Haddad, tué dans l’écrasement de son avion près d’Ankara
Le chef d’état-major libyen a été tué mardi soir dans l’accident de son avion survenu moins de 40 minutes après son décollage de la capitale turque Ankara. « C’est avec une profonde tristesse et une grande affliction que nous avons appris la nouvelle du décès du chef d’état-major général de l’armée libyenne, le général de corps d’armée Mohammed Al-Haddad », a annoncé le premier ministre libyen, Abdelhamid Dbeibah, sur sa page officielle sur Facebook.
Cristãos da Turquia lutam contra desigualdade e exclusão
Apesar de alguns avanços em seus direitos, os cristãos ainda enfrentam desigualdade e certo sentimento de exclusão na Turquia, que receberá nesta semana o papa Leão XIV. Embora o Estado, oficialmente laico e majoritariamente muçulmano, tenha oferecido um terreno para a construção de uma igreja em Istambul, alguns cargos no serviço público ainda permanecem, na prática, vetados para minorias não muçulmanas, apesar de não haver nenhuma proibição legal.
Cristãos da Turquia lutam contra desigualdade e exclusão
Apesar de alguns avanços em seus direitos, os cristãos ainda enfrentam desigualdade e certo sentimento de exclusão na Turquia, que receberá nesta semana o papa Leão XIV. Embora o Estado, oficialmente laico e majoritariamente muçulmano, tenha oferecido um terreno para a construção de uma igreja em Istambul, alguns cargos no serviço público ainda permanecem, na prática, vetados para minorias não muçulmanas, apesar de não haver nenhuma proibição legal.
As pope heads to Turkey, Christian community still battling inequality, exclusion
ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) — Despite some progress in restoring their rights, Christians in Turkey are still struggling against inequality and a sense of exclusion as Pope Leo XIV visits the country this week. “In Turkey, 99 percent of the population is Muslim,” President Recep Tayyip Erdogan often likes to say of his officially secular Muslim-majority nation of 86 million people.
Los Cristianos De Turquía Luchan Contra La Desigualdad Y La Exclusión
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Russian strike kills 25 as Zelensky's Turkey peace bid stumbles
A Russian strike in western Ukraine on Wednesday killed at least 25 people including three children, ripping the top floors off a block of flats, as an attempt by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to revive the peace process with talks in Turkey fell flat. U.S. President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff did not travel to Turkey and Zelensky walked away from talks he had hoped would "reinvigorate" diplomacy with little to show.
Kurdish PKK militants say have left key area in north Iraq
The Kurdish militant PKK said Monday its forces had withdrawn from a key border area in northern Iraq in a move aimed at shoring up the peace process with Turkey. The pull out comes six months after the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) formally renounced its armed struggle against Turkey, drawing a line under four decades of violence that had claimed some 50,000 lives. "As of the evening of November 16, our forces..
Kurdish PKK militants say have left key area in north Iraq
By Burcin GERCEK Ankara (AFP) Nov 17, 2025 The Kurdish militant PKK said Monday its forces had withdrawn from a key border area in northern Iraq in a move aimed at shoring up the peace process with Turkey. The pull out comes six months after the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) formally renounced its armed struggle against Turkey, drawing a line under four decades of violence that had claimed some 50,000 lives. "As of the evening of November 16, our forces..
Turquie: espoir de libération pour l'opposant Demirtas après une décision européenne
Ses avocats et l'opposition parlementaire turque ont aussitôt réclamé mardi la remise en liberté de cette figure toujours charismatique et populaire, arrêté il y a exactement neuf ans le 4 novembre 2016 et condamné en mai 2019 à 42 ans de prison.
PKK withdrawal ends first peace process phase: Turkey's DEM
The PKK's decision to withdraw its militants from Turkish soil was 'critical' for moving the peace process forward, the pro-Kurdish DEM party said (Shwan MOHAMMED) (Shwan MOHAMMED/AFP/AFP) Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM party on Monday hailed the withdrawal of PKK fighters from Turkish soil as a "critical" step that completed the first phase of Ankara's peace process with the Kurdish militants.
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