Geneva, 28 April 2021 (Anadolu News) According to a document leaked to the media on Wednesday, Ersin Tatar, president of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), made his six-point proposal to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for a sustainable settlement to the decades-long Cyprus dispute. Tatar made the proposal during this week's three-day informal gathering...

Lefkosa, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, 28 April 2021 (Anadolu News) Turkish Cyprus is standing firm on the need for a two-state solution, the president of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus said on Wednesday, day two of informal UN talks in Geneva on the island. “We expressed our own views clearly. Of course, there...

Istanbul, 27 April 2021 (Anadolu News) By Batu Coskun (The writer is a London-based political analyst focusing on Turkey, Israel, and the Gulf. He holds a master’s in comparative politics from the London School of Economics). Iran’s nuclear facilities in Natanz took a devastating hit in the form of a power cut on the eve...

Islamabad, 26 April 2021 (Daily Dawn) Members of the legal fraternity, analysts, and politicians on Monday saw as monumental and historic the Supreme Court judgement of accepting the review petitions challenging the top court's verdict in the presidential reference filed by the government against Justice Qazi Faez Isa. Over the course of the last few...

Ankara, 26 April 2021 (Anadolu News) The Turkish president on Monday denounced US President Joe Biden's "unfounded" statement on the events of 1915, saying it is "contrary to the facts."Addressing a news conference following a three-hour Cabinet meeting in the capital Ankara, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said: "US President Biden made a statement that is unfounded...

Lefkosa/Ankara, 26 April 2021 (Anadolu News) At a UN-led unofficial Cyprus conference this week in Geneva, a common ground will be sought to negotiate a lasting solution to the decades-old conflict on the island. The meeting will be held from April 27-29 with guarantor countries Turkey, Greece, and the UK. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will...

Islamabad/Ankara / Lefkosa, 25 April 2021 (Anadolu News) In response to Saturday's US President Joe Biden's recognition of the events of 1915 during the Ottoman Empire era as a "genocide," against Armenians, Pakistan's Foreign Minister on Sunday supported Turkey’s thesis on the events of 1915.  In a phone call with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, Shah...

Ankara, 24 April 2021 (Anadolu News) Turkey’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday said remarks by US President Joe Biden on Armenian claims about the events of 1915 lacks any scholarly or legal basis and is not supported by evidence. "We reject and denounce in the strongest terms the statement of the President of the US regarding...

Ankara/Washington, 23 April 2021 (Anadolu News) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his US counterpart Joe Biden spoke over the phone on Friday and discussed bilateral relations, the Turkish Communications Directorate said. Erdogan and Biden agreed on the strategic character of the bilateral relationship and the importance of working together to build greater cooperation on...

Doha, 23 April 2021(QP) In a statement issued for media, Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, Minister of State for Energy Affairs has said that *“The State of Qatar, United States, Saudi Arabia, Canada, and  Norway, collectively representing 40 percent of global oil and gas production, will come together to form a cooperative forum that will develop pragmatic...