Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met with Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa - also known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani - in Damascus on Sunday, Turkey's foreign ministry said, without providing further details. On Sunday, Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani, met with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Damascus. Fidan's visit comes amid …
Turkey says PKK is a threat to Iraqi security, ignoring Baghdad’s complaints about Ankara’s air attacks on Iraqi soil. Turkey expects the government in Iraq to officially recognise the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or the PKK, as a “terrorist” organisation, mirroring Ankara and its Western allies, its foreign minister says. “Sinjar, Makhmour, Qandil, Sulaimaniyah, and many other Iraqi districts have been …
An internationally respected former banker gets top economy job, powerful intelligence chief is named foreign minister. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has named former economy chief and internationally respected ex-banker Mehmet Simsek as treasury and finance minister as he unveiled his new cabinet. Hakan Fidan, Erdogan’s intelligence chief and a former soldier, was named as the new foreign minister replacing …
