Ankara says Muslim nations must unite against hostilities in Palestine

PUTRAJAYA, April 23 — No Malaysians were affected by the 6.2-magnitude earthquake that struck Istanbul, Turkey, earlier today, the Foreign Ministry said.

ISTANBUL, April 23 — More than 150 people were injured when they jumped from buildings in Istanbul today as one of the strongest quakes in years hit the city.

ANKARA, Dec 22 — Four people were killed in southwest Turkey on Sunday when an ambulance helicopter collided with a hospital building and crashed into the ground.

ISTANBUL, Dec 4 — A Turkish government proposal to end a decades-long conflict with Kurdish militants has put Kurdish rights back in the spotlight, at a time when Kurdish leaders say repression is rife and freedoms won more than a decade ago have eroded.

ANKARA, Oct 23 — A deadly attack was carried out at the Turkish Aerospace Industries’ headquarters near Ankara on Wednesday, the government said, as broadcasters showed footage of several armed assailants entering the building amid reports of gunfire and a loud explosion.

ISTANBUL, Aug 8 — Turkey on Wednesday filed its official request to join South Africa's genocide case against Israel over its conduct in the war in Gaza in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague, the foreign ministry said.

ISTANBUL, April 20 — Tension between Israel and Iran should not distract from the situation in Gaza, and the first priority of the international community should be ending the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said.

ISTANBUL — One person was killed and 10 others injured on Friday in the southern Turkish province of Antalya after a cable car cabin collided with a broken pole, the Interior Ministry said on Saturday.

ANKARA, May 15 — Turkey headed for a runoff presidential vote after President Tayyip Erdogan outperformed projections in Sunday's election as he sought to extend his two-decade rule, holding a sizable lead over his rival but falling short of an outright majority.

DIYARBAKIR/ANKARA, Turkey, Feb 6 — A major earthquake of magnitude 7.9 struck central Turkey and northwest Syria on Monday, killing about 200 people as buildings collapsed across the snowy region, and triggering a search for survivors trapped in rubble.

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, Feb 6 — A strong earthquake of magnitude 7.9 struck southern Turkey early on Monday and was felt in Cyprus, Lebanon and Syria, collapsing buildings and sending residents into the snowy streets, witnesses and broadcasters said.

ISTANBUL, Nov 15 — Turkey blamed Kurdish militants on Monday for an explosion that killed six people in Istanbul and police detained 47 people including a Syrian woman suspected of planting the bomb.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 14 — There has been no report of Malaysians affected by the explosion at Istanbul’s Istiklal Street, which so far has killed six people and injured 81 others.

MOSCOW, Nov 14 — Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu says the person who left an explosive device in Istanbul on Sunday (November 13) has been detained, reported Sputnik, quoting TRT World public broadcaster.

ANKARA, Sept 27 — Turkey said on Monday that Malaysia and Indonesia had expressed keen interest in buying armed drones from Turkish defence firm Baykar, which has supplied the weapons to several countries after battlefield successes.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 1 — Malaysian ports are not dealing directly with Ukrainian ports instead, they are trading more with Turkish and Malta 2 ports, Transport Minister Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong said. He said the direct impact of the Russia-Ukraine crisis was still being studied in terms of its...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16 — Passenger movements for Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd’s (MAHB) network of airports contracted by 82.6 per cent to 2.1 million in January 2021 from 11.89 million in the same month last year.

ANKARA, Nov 21 — About 20,000 volunteers applied for the Chinese Covid-19 vaccine Friday in Turkey, Anadolu Agency reported.

IZMIR (Turkey), Nov 2 — A 70-year-old man was pulled from the rubble of a collapsed building in the Turkish city of Izmir on Sunday, after being buried for 33 hours following a powerful earthquake which struck Turkey's Aegean coast and Greek islands.