President Bola Tinubu will leave Abuja on Monday for a state visit to Türkiye, a Presidential Spokesperson, Mr Bayo Onanuga, confirmed on Sunday. The visit aims to strengthen diplomatic relations between Nigeria and Türkiye and explore collaboration in sectors including security, education, innovation, social development and aviation. During the trip, Nigerian and Turkish officials are…
The Republic of Türkiye has expressed its sadness and solidarity with the Federal Government over the recent floods, deaths and destructions in Mokwa community of the North-Central state of Niger. This is contained in a statement issued by the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) by the…
Turkish Interior Minister, Ali Yerlikaya on Monday said security forces have detained 45 people in nationwide raids over the past week for alleged links to a coup attempt in 2016. The detained are accused of links to the Gulen movement, which Ankara blames for the failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016. Yerlikaya said on…
Türkiye said on Tuesday that it will accept 15 Palestinian prisoners released by Israel under the Gaza ceasefire agreement. The National Intelligence Organisation would oversee the transfer of 15 exiled Palestinians to Türkiye via Egypt in the initial phase, the Turkish presidency said in a statement. Israel said in the ceasefire agreement that some prisoners…
Türkiye’s consulate general in the northwestern Syrian city of Aleppo resumed its operations on Monday, Turkish state media reported. A video aired by the local media showed Turkish officials raising the Turkish flag at the consulate building, 13 years after it was closed due to the Syrian civil war. Burhan Koroglu, the acting charge d’affaires…
Türkiye Interior Minister, Ali Yerlikaya announced on Monday that authorities have detained 1,644 irregular migrants and 51 human trafficking organisers in nationwide operations. Yerlikaya said on his social media platform X, that among the detained organisers, 11 were foreign nationals, adding that deportation procedures for the detained migrants have already been initiated. The minister did…
Türkiye on Monday denied reports claiming that it is allowing crude oil shipments to Israel via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline. The BTC pipeline, which originates in Azerbaijan and passes through Georgia before reaching Türkiye’s Ceyhan port, exports oil from Azerbaijan’s oil fields in the Caspian Sea. In a statement, Türkiye’s Energy and Natural Resources Ministry…
Türkiye has announced that it will present evidence regarding the killing of a Turkish-American woman by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank. The evidence would be presented to both the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Criminal Court (ICC). Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, 26, was shot during a protest against an Israeli settlement…
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi arrived in Ankara on Wednesday for talks with Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, marking the first visit by an Egyptian president to Türkiye in 12 years. Erdogan and Sisi will co-chair the inaugural meeting of the High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council, the Turkish presidency said in a statement, as the two countries…
