Türkiye

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' upcoming visit to Türkiye presents an opportunity to enhance ties between Ankara and Athens.

"This visit is an important stage in Türkiye-Greece relations," Erdogan told a group of journalists in Istanbul on April 19.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has expressed confidence in Türkiye's economic trajectory, citing improved indicators and increased national income over the past 21 years.

"Türkiye is a player in a very different league today, with 32 million employees and 16 million retirees," he told a crowd during a rally in Isparta ahead of the upcoming local elections.

With Turkish series garnering a significant following around the world, Türkiye plans to host a TV and series content fair in Istanbul in 2025, the deputy culture and tourism minister has said.

A joint endeavour by the Defense Ministry, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the European Union has concluded a three-year-long mine clearance project along Türkiye's eastern border.

United States authorities have returned $8 million of stolen antiquities, some of which were plundered as far back as the 1960s to Türkiye, a prosecutor said on Dec. 5.

Among the 41 pieces returned were two Heads of the Roman emperor Caracalla and the Bust of a Lady which were trafficked from Bubon, a Roman-era site in southwest Türkiye which was extensively looted in the 1960s.

Refinancing pressures have reduced for Turkish banks, following the post-election policy shift that includes progress towards a more conventional policy mix, and normalization of monetary policy, as evidenced by banks' recent market access, Fitch has said in a recent report.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will hold in-depth talks about the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, with the latter to put pressure on his American counterpart for an immediate ceasefire.

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan attended a conference by the German foreign ministry devoted to the enlargement of the European Union and reforming it before accepting new members.

 The head of the European Union Delegation to Türkiye Ambassador Nikolaus Meyer-Landrut has congratulated the 100th anniversary of the Republic of Türkiye in a special message conveyed to the Hürriyet Daily News.

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Turkish Airlines is working to attract more tourists from 10 Asian countries, including South Korea, Japan, China, Singapore and Malaysia to help give a boost to Türkiye's tourism revenues, Turkish Airlines Chairman of the Board and Executive Committee Ahmet Bolat has said.