Merve Berker

1 month ago | aa.com.tr | Mohammed Sameai |Ömer Erdem |Merve Berker

YEMEN/ANKARA US warplanes targeted with two airstrikes the “command post” of the Galaxy Leader, a vessel seized in November 2023 by Yemen’s Houthi group in the Red Sea, the Houthi-affiliated Al-Masirah television channel reported Sunday. The Houthis provided no further details on the attack, and there has been no official statement from the US or Israel regarding the incident. Israel's Walla news outlet reported on Nov.

1 month ago | aa.com.tr | Muhammet Ikbal Arslan |Merve Berker

GENEVA / ANKARA The continuation of Israel's occupation in Gaza and the risk of large-scale conflict make proper reconstruction efforts extremely difficult, according to UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing Balakrishnan Rajagopal. Speaking to Anadolu on the sidelines of the 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Rajagopal addressed Gaza’s rebuilding and US President Donald Trump’s reported plan to "take over" the territory and forcibly displace Palestinians.

1 month ago | aa.com.tr | Merve Berker |Esra Tekin

Turski ministar vanjskih poslova Hakan Fidan izjavio je u srijedu da Ankara neće prihvatiti plan američkog predsjednika Donalda Trumpa o preuzimanju Gaze i prisilnom raseljavanju njenog stanovništva, te je pozvao da se ovaj prijedlog ne uzima ozbiljno. „Vjerovatno samo dvije zemlje na svijetu podržavaju ovo: SAD i Izrael. Ostatak svijeta je protiv,“ rekao je Fidan u intervjuu za Al Jazeeru Arabic.

1 month ago | aa.com.tr | Esra Tekin |Merve Berker

ISTANBUL / ANKARATurkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Wednesday that Ankara would not accept US President Donald Trump’s plan to take over Gaza and forcibly displace its people, calling for the proposal not to be taken seriously. “There are probably only two countries in the world that support this: the US and Israel. The rest of the world is against it,” Fidan said in an interview with Al Jazeera Arabic.

2 months ago | aa.com.tr | Alper ŞAŞMAZ |Merve Berker

ANKARA More than 100 earthquakes have been recorded in the Aegean Sea over the past 48 hours, with magnitudes ranging from 1.3 to 4.8, Türkiye’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) said on Sunday. Over 400 minor earthquakes have been recorded in the region since Jan. 28, AFAD said on X. According to data from the agency, multiple tremors were registered across the region between Feb. 1 at midnight and Feb. 3 at midnight, marking a period of heightened seismic activity.