General Andres Centino made his first major task as returning Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff on Tuesday, Jan. 10, when he met Turkish Ambassadori Niyazi Eyren Akyol. Gen. Andres Centino (right), Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), welcomes Turkish...
CEBU CITY – Rep. Vanessa Aumentado invited the people of Türkiye to visit the province of Bohol, which, she said, has so much to offer when it comes to tourism. BOHOL Rep. Vanessa Aumentado speaks during the recent Türkiye Tourism Roadshow and Uzakrota Travel Summit 2022 in Istanbul, Turkey....
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- A magnitude-6.1 earthquake struck northwest Turkey during Wednesday's early hours, injuring at least 50 people. The shallow tremor struck about 170 kilometres (105 miles) east of Istanbul, the country's largest city, where it was strongly felt. National authorities said the...
No Filipino has so far been reported among the casualties from an explosion incident in Istanbul, Turkey that killed six people, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. Members of the forensic team of the crime scene investigation police (C) work as Turkish policemen secure the area after a...
Turkey has pledged support to the modernization program of the Philippine National Police (PNP). Photo by PNP This was relayed by Capt. Yavuz Mercan, Turkish military attache to the Philippines, when he visited the PNP National Headquarters in Camp Crame, Quezon City last week, the PNP revealed...
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that Turkey was not looking to seize any Syrian territory despite stepping up its attacks against Kurdish forces in the war-torn country's north. Erdogan's comments came days after a Turkish air strikes on a Syrian border post run by...
LVIV, Ukraine -- Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Thursday of a nuclear disaster in Ukraine during his first face-to-face talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky since Russia's invasion began, echoing pleas from the UN's chief. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gives a press...
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Ukraine and Russia on Friday signed a landmark deal aimed at relieving a global food crisis caused by blocked Black Sea grain deliveries, ending months of negotiations and sending wheat prices tumbling to levels last seen before Moscow's invasion. United Nations (UN)...
ISTANBUL, Turkey - Russia and Ukraine were due Wednesday to hold their first talks with UN and Turkish officials aimed at breaking a months-long impasse over grain exports that has seen food prices soar and millions face hunger. The four-way meeting in Istanbul comes with Russia's invasion of...
UNITED NATIONS, United States -- Turkey has told the United Nations that, at the behest of its president, it wishes from now on to be called "Turkiye" in all languages, the UN announced Thursday. "The change is immediate," Stephane Dujarric, the UN chief's spokesperson, told AFP by email. He noted...
ANKARA, Turkey – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday told US counterpart Joe Biden that mediating the Ukraine-Russia war was important to Ankara, after the two sides' top diplomats held talks in Turkey. Ankara has close ties with Moscow and Kyiv and hosted a landmark meeting...
ANTALYA, Turkey – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba on Thursday began talks in Turkey in the first such high-level contact since Moscow invaded its neighbour, officials from both sides and their hosts said. A handout picture obtained from the...
