
Lizzie Porter
Turkey Correspondent at The National
Award-winning correspondent based in Turkey for @thenationalnews. English, français, العربيّة, فارسى, Türkçe öğreniyorum. All views are my own.
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1 day ago |
thenationalnews.com | Lizzie Porter |Khaled Yacoub Oweis |Nada Homsi |Jihan Abdalla
Syria’s President Ahmad Al Shara meeting his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Paris this month. The idea of talks between Mr Al Shara and US President Donald Trump in Saudi Arabia is said to be ‘on the table’. EPA
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2 days ago |
thenationalnews.com | Lizzie Porter
Recep Tayyip Erdogan with Vladimir Putin following a meeting in September 2023 in Sochi, Russia. AFPFace-to-face meeting between Ukrainian and Russian leaders could take place in Istanbul this week
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3 days ago |
thenationalnews.com | Lizzie Porter
US President Donald Trump, left, welcomes Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the White House in 2017. ReutersWhy US and Turkish leaders appear to get on so well
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6 days ago |
thenationalnews.com | Lizzie Porter
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan invited nations to help build a multibillion-dollar transport route connecting Turkey to the Gulf as he met Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani on Thursday. During a joint press conference held by the two leaders after a bilateral meeting, Mr Erdogan said: “I invite countries interested in the Development Road to be part of the strategic project. In our meeting, we discussed the steps towards the implementation of the project.
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1 week ago |
thenationalnews.com | Lizzie Porter
Turkey’s intelligence services intercepted a shipment of explosive-rigged electronics on its way to Lebanon last September, possibly preventing a repeat of the lethal Israeli attacks on the Hezbollah militant group days earlier, Turkish media and officials said.
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