News archive of November 2017

Conservative leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday expressed his distress during a recent trip to Germany when he and other passengers flying in from Greece were subjected to much greater scrutiny than customarily used for European Union arrivals.

Turkey, Azerbaijan and Pakistan on Nov. 30 discussed ways to enhance relations, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said.

Negotiators for Syria’s combatants arrived at a U.N. complex for peace talks on Nov. 30 amid expectations the rival teams will be encouraged to hold face-to-face discussions, in what would be a small breakthrough in efforts to end the six-year-old war.

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Turkey pursued a legal policy in its energy trade with Iran and did not breach any sanctions, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said, amid harsh reactions from Ankara over the ongoing trial in New York in which gold-trader Reza Zarrab is testifying.

Jailed Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş was acquitted on Nov. 30 of “insulting a public official” over his remarks about former Chief of General Staff Necdet Özel, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

Turkey dispatched 180 commandos to the Syrian city of Al-Bab on Nov. 30, the military stated.

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Nov. 30 launched an investigation into main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) accusations of alleged off-shore accounts linked to the relatives of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.   

The U.N. humanitarian adviser for Syria called on world powers on Thursday to help arrange the evacuation of 500 people, including 167 children, from the besieged Damascus suburb of eastern Ghouta, saying it has become a "humanitarian emergency", Reuters reported. 

Apple Inc is designing its own main power management chips for use in iPhones as early as in 2018, the Nikkei business daily reported on Thursday citing sources, writes Reuters. 

Apple's move would reduce its dependence on Dialog Semiconductor Plc, that makes power-management chips for smartphone makers.