The Turkish President is due to meet with US President Donald Trump. The meeting is expected to focus on the extradition of Fetullah Gulen, and Trump’s decision to arm the Kurdish fighters in Syria, among other issues.
“The blocking of opposition media websites proves that all statements of the Azerbaijani government and President Ilham Aliyev on internet freedom in the country are false,” Freedom House said in a statement.
The Turkish government again banned the German Bundestag Defense Committee members to visit the German soldiers stationed in Incirlik air base, Deutsche Welle reports citing DPA news agency.
Turkish commissioned officer refused a medal of honor by the U.S. military Thursday over the Trump administration’s recent decision to provide PKK-affiliated Democratic Union Party’s (PYD) armed wing, the People’s Protection Units (YPG), with heavy weapons.
The crash happened on a hilly road and the bus plunged into a precipice after smashing through the crash barrier. The bus landed on a lower section of the road. An investigation is under way.
The International Bank of Azerbaijan, the largest bank of the country, is on the verge of collapse due to the currency deficit in the country, and is unable to pay foreign debt, and has launched negotiations with creditors on restructuring the debts.
Turkey’s Ambassador to Vatican Mehmet Paçacı announced that even the Pope cannot help Deniz Yücel, the arrested reporter of the German Die Welt newspaper in Turkey, Deutsche Welle reported. The Ambassador said that even “the Pope’s urge on pardoning the reporter won’t be of any use.”
According to Diken, the Mayor’s statement came after media reports that Erdogan will arrive in Brussels for the NATO summit 12-14 hours earlier than expected.
In an interview with Belarusian TV Channel ONT, Assad said any escalation attempt will be prevented by the military forces of Syria and Russia, with the support of Iran and Hezbollah.
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters, have been battling the militant group for weeks in Tabqa, some 40 km (25 miles) west of Raqqa, along the Euphrates River.
