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The Council of Europe will hold an online international meeting in Berlin on May 11 to mark the 10th anniversary of the signing of the Istanbul Convention against violence against women. Germany’s Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, Franziska Giffey, hosts the meeting since Germany is the rotating chair of the Council.
Clashes between protesting Palestinians and Israeli police at al-Aqsa Mosque in Eastern Jerusalem continued for another day on May 10 amid international calls to ease tensions.The recent violence erupted on Israeli attempts to replace dozens of Palestinians, giving their homes to Jewish settlers in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of Eastern Jerusalem.Stéphane Dujarric, the official spokesperson
I was curious while watching the speech by President Ursula von der Leyen at the European Parliament Plenary. She would talk about the conclusions of the meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during their visit to Turkey. I had no doubt that we would listen to the criticism of a woman, who was the main
China denied allegations that the delivery of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines to Turkey was stopped due to political reasons. Sources from the Embassy of China in Ankara told YetkinReport that the “slowdown” in deliveries was because of a “massive” vaccination campaign in China and the deliveries to Turkey to which gets a quarter of whole Chinese
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu made probably the biggest blunder of his political career during a joint press meeting with Heiko Maas, his German counterpart, on May 6 in Berlin, triggering reactions from the opposition.“Until the end of May, we will vaccinate everyone who could encounter tourists,” he said.It would cause no problems if he
The storm of April 24 that hit Turkey after the US President Joe Biden pronounced “Armenian genocide”, after 1915 wartime massacres under the Ottoman Rule calmed quickly. Preventing the US presidents from using the “G-word” has been named as one of the few basic aims of Turkish foreign policy for years.President Tayyip Erdoğan was expected
It was not surprising that the Cyprus talks in Geneva on 27-29 April did not produce a common ground and the parties agreed to disagree. It would be surprising that the “informal” talks, held under the auspices of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, actually turned into “formal” talks unless Greek Cypriots recognized the political equality of
President Tayyip Erdoğan’s Turkey is turning into a country of privileges and double standards, with more and more examples.Let’s start by giving examples that would be enough to talk about the issue.• Covid vaccine example: Health Minister Fahrettin Koca admitted on April 28, that is, two days to go to the covid lockdown that the
Do not expect an outcome from the Cyprus talks that started yesterday. At least do not hope for an outcome that the European Union dreams of. That train was missed when the Greek Cypriot community said “no” to the “reunification” plan presented by the then-U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a referendum on 24 April, 2004.