Middle East

Spartan Medical Adds Vaccine Verification to Turnkey COVID-19 Testing Program

Editorial Bureau October 6, 2021

ROCKVILLE – Spartan Medical, a Federally Contracted Veteran-Owned Business that provides COVID-19 testing solutions to schools, colleges and communities across the country, today announced that it has added Vaccine Verification to its comprehensive, turnkey COVID-19 testing program. The

Middle East

Turkish President Erdogan says to meet Greek PM in New York

Editorial Bureau September 19, 2021

ANKARA – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that he would meet Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly next week in New York. The NATO members and regional rivals have been at odds over a host of maritime issues in the Mediterranean and migration. Mitsotakis said […]

Business

Turkey to be removed from England’s red travel list

Editorial Bureau September 17, 2021

LONDON (UK) – Travellers returning to England from Turkey will not have to quarantine as the government is set to remove dozens of countries from the so-called COVID red list for travel, The Times newspaper said on Thursday. Ministers will also announce on Friday that they will scrap the amber classification to simplify the traffic […]

Middle East

Turkey witnesses positive momentum in talks to revive ties with UAE

Editorial Bureau September 7, 2021

ANKARA (TURKEY) – Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday there was a positive change in Turkey’s discussions with the United Arab Emirates to end a years-long rift and that ties could come back on track if the momentum was maintained. The regional rivals have held a series of contacts in recent weeks to ease […]

Middle East

Turkey tackles with Black Sea floods, death toll rises to 31

Editorial Bureau August 14, 2021

SINOP (TURKEY) -Emergency workers struggled to relieve flood-hit areas of Turkey’s Black Sea region on Friday, as the death toll increased to 31 in the second natural disaster to strike the country this month. The floods, among the worst Turkey has experienced, brought chaos to northern provinces just as authorities were declaring wildfires that raged […]

Europe

Flash floods kill six in northern Turkey

Editorial Bureau August 12, 2021

ISTANBUL (TURKEY) – Six people lost lives in flash floods in Kastamonu in Turkey’s Black Sea region that sent water and debris gushing through streets and damaged bridges, authorities said on Thursday. There was also flooding in the Black Sea provinces of Sinop and Bartin, where one person went missing on Wednesday and another died […]

Middle East

Turkey says Kabul airport issue to be considered in coming days

Editorial Bureau August 12, 2021

ISTANBUL (TURKEY) – Turkey believes it would benefit Kabul airport to remain open and the issue will “take shape” in the coming days, Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said on Thursday as talks continued on Turkey running the airport. He was seen speaking at the Turkish Embassy in Islamabad as Afghan government forces battled Taliban fighters […]

Middle East

Three lose lives as wildfire in south Turkey shows rage -minister

Editorial Bureau July 29, 2021

ISTANBUL (TURKEY) -Three people were found dead as a massive forest fire burned for a second day in southern Turkey on Thursday, the country’s AFAD disaster agency and agriculture minister said, with efforts to rescue others and extinguish the blaze continuing. More than 100 other people had to be evacuated, required medical treatment or suffered […]

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Three dead as wildfire in south Turkey rages on -minister

Editorial Bureau July 29, 2021

Europe

Severe drought in central Turkey, thousands of flamingos die

Editorial Bureau July 15, 2021

ISTANBUL (TURKEY) – from a Severe drought in Turkey as a result of climate change and agricultural irrigation methods has led thousands of baby flamingos to died at Turkey’s Lake Tuz in the past two weeks Drone footage of the large saline lake in Turkey’s central province of Konya showed dead flaminglets lying partially buried […]