The Turkish government has warned that members of a terrorist group known as the Fethullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), exist in Nigeria, and also operate in other countries around the world. Mehmet Poroy, Turkish Ambassador-designate to Nigeria, disclosed this on Tuesday night in Abuja at a dinner organised by the Turkish Embassy to mark the country’s…
A lion that escaped a theme park near the Turkish resort of Antalya was shot dead Sunday after attacking a man, the local governor and media reports said. The lion, reportedly named Zeus, escaped his enclosure at the Land of Lions animal theme park in Manavgat, some 60 kilometres west of Antalya in the early…
Clashes erupted in Istanbul Monday with police firing rubber bullets and tear gas to break up an angry mob after allegations that a satirical magazine had published a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed, an AFP correspondent said. The incident occurred after Istanbul’s chief prosecutor ordered the arrest of the editors at LeMan magazine on grounds…
Nigerian sprint sensation and 150m world record holder, Favour Ofili, has reportedly filed to switch her sporting allegiance to Turkey, just three months before the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. The news was first shared by Jamaica-based journalist Kayon Raynor, who revealed via X, “Nigerian sprinter Favour Ofili has switched allegiance to Turkey as…
A dramatic altercation unfolded in the Turkish Parliament on Friday as a heated debate over the detention of an opposition delegate descended into physical violence. The brawl erupted when Ahmet Sik, a representative from the same party as the jailed deputy, was attacked by a member of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party during a…
Turkey on Friday blocked access to the Instagram social media network, the national communications authority said without explanation, following censorship accusations against the US company by a high-ranking Turkish official. The BTK communications authority said in a post on its website that “instagram.com has been blocked by a decision on the date of 02/08/2024”, without…