Energy minister Taner Yildiz says that Turkey will send another seismic reach ship for natural gas exploration off Cyprus on Monday. Yildiz details that the second vessel will conduct researches in a 1,100 square kilometres area in the Mediterranean for 40 days. Despite warnings from the Turkish government, The Greek Cypriot administration started offshore drilling activities for oil and natural gas off Cyprus southern coasts in September. Turkey dispatched a vessel to the Mediterranean shortly after in retaliation. |
The jailed leader of the PKK, Abdullah Ocalan, called for a ceasefire on Thursday, ordering armed PKK militants to withdraw from Turkey. Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in the city of ... more
The Syrian government said the rebel groups foreign supporters, Turkey and Qatar, were responsible for a chemical attack in Aleppo. The countries that back and support the rebels, including ... more
US secretary of state John Kerry was in Ankara on Friday for talks with the Turkish leaders, including PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President Abdullah Gul, focused on the crisis in Syria, ... more