November 2017

1.1M refugees in Turkey hold charity debit cards

29 November 2017 0

Around 1.1 million refugees in Turkey are benefiting from debit cards issued by The Turkish Red Crescent, said a UN official. “So far, we have received applications from 1.8 million Syrians and other refugees,” Nils Grede, the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) country director and representative, told Anadolu Agency in a recent interview in the Turkish capital. “Close to 1.1 million are receiving assistance. 700,000 people have been found not eligible,” he said. As Read More

Norway apologizes to Turkey over NATO drill incident

18 November 2017 0

Norway’s defense minister on Friday apologized to Turkey after a civilian Norwegian official depicted Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as an “enemy collaborator” during a NATO drill in the Scandinavian country. In a statement published on the Ministry’s website, Frank Bakke-Jensen said: “During a NATO exercise at the Joint Warfare Center in Stavanger an exercise message was published on the internal exercise network. “The message does not reflect Norway’s views or policies and I apologize Read More

Turkey withdraws troops from NATO drill in Norway

17 November 2017 0

President Erdogan says move comes after his name, picture of Ataturk used in ‘enemy chart’ during drill Turkey has withdrawn its troops from a NATO military drill in Norway after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that his name and the picture of Turkish Republic’s founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk were used in an “enemy chart”. “There was an incident in Norway,” Erdogan told ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party members in capital Ankara. “They used Read More