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Apr
11
2021
By The African Mirror
Turkish, Egyptian ministers in talks

Turkish, Egyptian ministers in talks

NEWS
THE foreign ministers of Turkey and Egypt spoke by phone yesterday, the Turkish foreign ministry said, their first direct contact since a push by Ankara to improve strained ties between the regional powerhouses. The two ministers exchanged good wishes over the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, which starts next week, the ministry added, but gave no further details. Last month, Turkey said it had resumed diplomatic contacts with Egypt and wanted to improve cooperation after years of tensions since the Egyptian army toppled a Muslim Brotherhood president close to President Tayyip Erdogan in 2013. "Our Minister Mr Mevlut Cavusoglu spoke…
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Mar
22
2021
By The African Mirror
U.S., Europe press Turkey to rethink ditching violence-on-women pact

U.S., Europe press Turkey to rethink ditching violence-on-women pact

WORLD
JONATHAN SPICER U.S. and European leaders denounced what they called Turkey's baffling and concerning decision to pull out of an international accord designed to protect women from violence, and urged President Tayyip Erdogan to reconsider. Erdogan's government on Saturday withdrew from the Istanbul Convention, which it signed onto in 2011 after it was forged in Turkey's biggest city. Turkey said domestic laws, not outside fixes, would protect women's rights. The Council of Europe accord pledged to prevent, prosecute and eliminate domestic violence and promote equality. Killings of women have surged in Turkey in recent years and thousands of women protested…
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Aug
03
2020
By The African Mirror
Algerian leader secures fugitive officer with Erdogan call, source says

Algerian leader secures fugitive officer with Erdogan call, source says

NEWS
 LAMINE CHIKHI ALGERIA's president phoned his Turkish counterpart last month to secure the return of a fugitive military official who fled Algeria days after its powerful army chief died in December, a top Algerian security source said. Guermit Bounouira was handed over to Algerian security officials in Turkey on Thursday, accused of leaking military secrets, and will face a military judge on Monday in Blida prison southwest of Algiers, the source told Reuters. Turkish officials were not immediately available to comment on Sunday, which is not a working day in Turkey. A lawyer for Bounouira was not immediately available for…
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Jul
24
2020
By The African Mirror
Praying at Hagia Sophia, Erdogan crowns long campaign

Praying at Hagia Sophia, Erdogan crowns long campaign

RELIGION
PRESIDENT Tayyip Erdogan attended the first prayers at Turkey's Hagia Sophia on Friday since declaring the ancient monument a mosque, crowning his long campaign to place Islam at the heart of public life in the once fiercely secular republic. In 17 years in power, Erdogan and his Islamist-rooted AK Party have changed the face of modern Turkey, lifting a ban on wearing Muslim headscarves in public, championing religious education and building thousands of mosques across the country. While retaining Turkey's secular constitution, forged by the republic's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Erdogan has transformed the country which Ataturk led nearly a…
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