In a press release Honda, which produces the Civic and City models at Turkey’s Honda Gebze plant, did not indicate when production would resume, citing the flooding of its suppliers in Thailand. Japanese automaker Honda Motor Company, Ltd., said on Monday that it will suspend production in Turkey because of supply difficulties that have emerged [...]
Iran’s parliament has summoned President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to face questioning over the biggest banking fraud in the country’s history. Iran’s parliament has revived its threat to call in President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for questioning, with more lawmakers signing a summons that could ultimately lead to the president’s impeachment, media reported on Monday. Less than a week [...]
Assad warned the West over the weekend that meddling in its affairs would cause an “earthquake” in the Middle East where his country borders Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Israel. NATO ruled out the possibility of military intervention in Syria on Monday but said Damascus should draw lessons from Libya, where NATO-backed rebels won a [...]
Recep Çalışkan, a victim of the earthquake that struck Van province on Sunday, claims that a pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) municipality rejected his request for aid because he could not speak the Kurdish language in spite of being a Kurd. Çalışkan, who lost two daughters when a building collapsed during the quake, allegedly [...]
Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani and Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei have discussed the fight against the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and its Iranian offshoot, the Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan (PJAK), and have agreed to cooperate to ensure the security of their common border, a news report said on Monday. [...]
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan will leave the country for a four-day trip that includes Germany and France on Tuesday. Complying with an invitation from German Chancellor Angela Merkel, ErdoÄŸan will leave for Germany on Tuesday where he will stay for two days to attend ceremonies marking the 50th year of the emigration of [...]
Turkey and Israel, two countries that have had strained relations since an Israeli attack on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla killed nine Turks last year, are likely to face a new crisis over Turkey’s Göktürk electro-optical satellite project, which will pave the way for the Turkish military to gather its own intelligence. The project will enable [...]
The Turkish economy will record the fastest growth in Europe between 2011 and 2015, according to a report compiled by global commercial real estate services company Jones Lang LaSalle. Jones Lang LaSalle released its Turkey Real Estate Overview report for the third quarter of 2011 on Monday, assessing the current developments in the Turkish economy [...]
The United Nations’ cultural agency decided on Monday to give the Palestinians full membership of the body, a vote that will boost their bid for recognition as a state at the United Nations. UNESCO is the first UN agency the Palestinians have sought to join as a full member since President Mahmoud Abbas applied for [...]
Turkey has told Iraq that it is ready to provide training for Iraqi security forces if the Iraqi and US governments fail to agree on a deal for US training of Iraqi security personnel, a news report said. The offer was made by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan during a meeting with Iraqi Vice [...]
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