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As ties warm, Turkey's president says Greece may be able to benefit from a Turkish power plant
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey is considering allowing neighboring Greece to benefit from a nuclear power plant it plans to build near its Black Sea coast, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying on Friday. Erdogan made the comments on his return from a visit to...
Turkish and Greek leaders turn on the charm in Athens as they vow to leave years of animosity behind
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — After years of strained relations that raised tensions to alarming levels, longtime regional rivals Greece and Turkey made a significant step Thursday in mending ties during a visit to Athens by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. During a day of intense...
Turkey's Erdogan tends to strained relationship with EU with 'win-win' trip to neighbor Greece
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will fly to Greece on Thursday on a visit designed to set the historically uneasy neighbors on a more constructive path. Erdogan and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will oversee joint Cabinet talks and trade...
NATO member-to-be Sweden and the US sign defense deal, saying it strengthens regional security
STOCKHOLM (AP) — On the brink of joining NATO, Sweden has signed a defense cooperation agreement with Washington that will allow the United States access to all of the military bases across the Scandinavian country, saying the deal would bolster regional security. Swedish Defense...
NATO chief tells Turkey's Erdogan that 'the time has come' to let Sweden join the alliance
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says he has told Turkey’s president that “the time has come” to let Sweden become a member of the military alliance. Turkey and Hungary are the only NATO countries that have not yet formally approved...
Erdogan to visit Budapest next month as Turkey and Hungary hold up Sweden's membership in NATO
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Hungary's capital in December, his second trip to Budapest this year at a time when both countries remain the only NATO members not to have ratified Sweden's accession into the trans-Atlantic military alliance. ...
Turkey's central bank hikes interest rates again as it tries to tame eye-watering inflation
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s central bank delivered another huge interest rate hike on Thursday as it tries to curb double-digit inflation that has left households struggling to afford food and other basic goods. The bank pushed its policy rate up by 5 percentage points, to...
Turkish and German leaders air deep differences on the Israel-Hamas war
BERLIN (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday aired deep differences over the war between Israel and Hamas as the Turkish leader made a brief and tensely anticipated visit to Berlin. Erdogan was invited to visit Germany months ago...
Erdogan backtracks after siding with court that defied top court's ruling on lawmaker's release
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s president on Friday backpedaled after siding with a top appeals court that defied a Constitutional Court ruling calling for the release of an imprisoned opposition lawmaker. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan adopted a more neutral stance after voicing...
Uzbekistan hosts summit of regional economic alliance
MOSCOW (AP) — An economic bloc that includes several ex-Soviet nations along with Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan and Turkey held a summit Thursday, with leaders vowing to further expand trade and economic ties. Members of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), who met in...
