Rescuers raced Tuesday to find survivors in the rubble of thousands of buildings brought down by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake and multiple aftershocks that struck eastern Turkey and neighboring Syria, with the discovery of more bodies raising the death toll to more than 5,000. Countries around the world dispatched teams
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Quake kills 2,300 in Turkey, Syria
A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked wide swaths of Turkey and Syria early Monday, toppling hundreds of buildings andkilling more than 2,300 people. Hundreds were still believed to be trapped under rubble, and the toll was expected to rise as rescue workers searched mounds of wreckage in cities and towns
Erdogan’s desperate bid to become the new Ataturk
As Turkey approaches its centennial anniversary this October, President Erdogan is stopping short of nothing to win the election in June to fulfill his life-time dream of presiding over the celebration. The Turkish people should deny him this historic honor because of the reign of terror to which he has
As Turkey gears up for Syria, Iraq invasion, can the US stop them?
Ankara’s threats are not new. It has been threatening and carrying out invasions of Syria, often targeting Kurdish areas, routinely since 2016. Turkey is gearing up for a new invasion of Syria and possibly expanded campaigns in Iraq, claiming it is a fight against terrorism. A recent bombing in Ankara was
Israeli PM meets Turkish president
Bangladesh-Türkiye Business Forum launched to strengthen bilateral ties
Eleven Bangladeshi and six Turkish companies have come together and established the new Bangladesh-Turkiye Business Forum (BTBF) to strengthen bilateral ties, expedite connections and optimise potential. The newly established Bangladesh-Turkiye Business Forum aspires to be the leading business platform to bring Bangladesh and Turkiye closer through innovative branding and building partnerships.
D-8 CCI Business Forum & Expo 2022 to be held in city July 26-27
Ukraine, Russia sign grain export deal
Erdogan renews threat to freeze Swedish, Finnish NATO bids
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday renewed his threat to "freeze" the NATO membership bids of both Sweden and Finland unless the military alliance complies with Ankara's conditions. At a NATO summit in Madrid at the end of June, Erdogan called on the two countries to "do their part" in
BGMEA finds scope for boosting Bangladesh-Turkey trade
Bangadesh and Turkey have considerable scope for reaping mutual trade benefits by deepening collaboration and cooperation, a press release said Sunday. The optimism was expressed when Ambassador of Turkey to Bangladesh Mustafa Osman Turan paid a courtesy call on BGMEA President Faruque Hassan at the latter’s office in Gulshan on