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In her first public speech in about half a year, former German Chancellor Angela Merkel described Russia's attack on Ukraine as a "deep turning point".

She said she did not want to make assessments as a former chancellor, but Russia's invasion of its neighboring country was a gross violation of international law in European history since the end of World War II.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has sent a letter to the United Nations formally requesting that his country be referred to as "Turkiye," with the U.N. late on June 1 accepting the demand.

The move is seen as part of a push by Ankara to rebrand the country and dissociate its name from the bird, turkey, and some negative connotations that are associated with it.

Turkey has accelerated its diplomatic efforts with Russia and Ukraine to create a secure "food corridor" through the Black Sea for the transport of around 20 million tons of grain products from the Ukrainian ports to the world markets.

Turkey has sent a letter to the United Nations to change the name of the country's foreign name, "Turkey," and register it as "Türkiye" from now on, a top Turkish diplomat has announced.

Turkey will play an important role in preventing the world food crisis if the talks for the export of Ukraine's agricultural products yield results, the presidential spokesperson has said.

Turkey is working on new regulations against hookahs, the country's president has said, putting the long-disputed hookahs and the hookah-cafes on the main agenda of the country.

"Hookahs are more harmful than cigarettes. We are making some preparations to save our people from this harm," Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said in a meeting with youth on May 31, World No Tobacco Day.

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on May 30 it was essential to create a "safe zone" inside Syria near the Turkish border, his office said.

The disinformation bill consists of an ambitious 40 clauses that cover a variety of topics, from internet regulations to press law. Primarily it introduces new restrictions targeting the free circulation of information. 

In short, it's an attempt to silence any voice that does not resonate with the press releases of the presidential palace. 

Their range is more than a hundred kilometers.
If that happens, it will be the most powerful weapon Ukraine has ever received from the West.

Podolyak: The Russians are afraid of those weapons

Turkey will continue to fight against terrorists in northern Syria until they are eradicated, the nation's president said on May 29.

"We are fighting against terrorists in northern Syria and we will continue it until they will be rooted out," Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said at an event at Ataturk Airport marking the 569th anniversary of the Ottoman conquest of Istanbul.