A Saudi consulate worker in Istanbul told a Turkish court that he was asked to light an oven less than an hour after Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi entered the building where he was killed in 2018. Zeki Demir, a local technician working for the consulate, presented evidence on Friday, the …
Read More »Hatice Cengiz appears in the murder trial of Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey | Turkey News
Jamal Khashoggi’s fiancee told a Turkish court that the Washington Post columnist was lured to his death at the Saudi Arabian Consulate in Istanbul through “great treason and deception,” and has asked that all persons responsible for His murder is brought to justice. Hatice Cengiz spoke at the opening of …
Read More »Hagia Sophia from Turkey and the battle to turn it into a mosque | News
From a symbol of Christianity after its establishment by the Byzantine emperor Justinian I in the 6th century, to an emblem of the Muslim ottoman empire‘Due to its great influence, the church of Saint Sophia has been at the heart of centuries.old Ideological and political battle. After Fatih Sultan Mehmed …
Read More »Turkey Wants French Apology For Mediterranean Warship Incident
FILE PHOTO: Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu speaks during a joint press conference after talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Russia, on January 13, 2020. Pavel Golovkin / Pool via REUTERS BERLIN (Reuters) – Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday that Turkey hopes France will apologize …
Read More »Exclusive: oil tankers with two months of Venezuelan production trapped in the sea
MEXICO CITY / SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil tankers transporting nearly two months of Venezuelan oil production are trapped at sea as world refineries avoid the nation’s crude to avoid falling under U.S. sanctions, according to sources at the industry, PDVSA documents and shipping data. Washington is tightening sanctions to reduce …
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