Middle East press Releases

The suspect in Saturday’s attack on the Turkish Consulate in Amsterdam turns out to have links with the PKK terrorist organization, according to security sources. Ercan Polater, the suspect who was arrested by Dutch police, has been wanted by Turkey si…

Turkey will continue to take steps to protect the Turkish lira’s value in international trade, Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak said on Tuesday.Speaking at a symposium in the capital Ankara, Albayrak said: “The U.S. dollar has been turned i…

Turkey is now facing a serious speculative attack lacking any economic basis, Adnan Bali, the CEO of private lender Isbank, said on Monday.When we look at Turkey’s inflation, budget-deficit-to-GDP ratio, or debt-to-GDP ratio, the currency issue cannot …

An Indonesian aircraft crash took the lives of eight people, local media reported Sunday.The debris of Dimonim Air’s Pilatus Porter aircraft were found in a mountainous area near Oksibil Airport in the Papua province, where it was supposed to arrive, t…

Four PKK terrorists were “neutralized” in the southeastern Sirnak province, according to a security source on Saturday.Turkish authorities often use the word “neutralized” in their statements to imply the terrorists in question either surrendered or we…

At least 323 irregular migrants were held across Turkey, security sources said on Friday.The sources, who asked not to be named due to restrictions on speaking to the media, said 86 migrants were held in the eastern Mus province, the local governor’s o…

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Thursday bowed to opposition party demands to form a parliamentary commission to probe allegations of vote-rigging in the July 25 general elections, local media reported.According to local broadcaster Geo News, PTI spo…