(2020-10-25). 'Rigged election?' Trump seizes on Biden's latest gaffe, boasting about 'most extensive and inclusive VOTER FRAUD' organization. rt.com 
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's remark that his party has created "the most extensive voter fraud organization" has reinforced the former VP's "gaffe-machine" status, giving the Republicans a free gotcha moment. | Wait… What? | "We're in a situation where we have put together — and you guys did it for our admi … the president, Obama's administration before this — we have put toge…
(2020-10-25). Saudi imports from Turkey rise to over $220 mln as public shuns boycott calls. yenisafak.com Calls to boycott Turkish products in Saudi Arabia that appeared to be gaining momentum on social media seem to have fallen on deaf ears as newly-released data showed that the Kingdom's imports rose to over $220 million.Saudi Arabia's imports from Turkey actually rose in August, up from the previous month, according to official data on Sunday, despite an informal boycott that has gained momentum with Saudi businessmen and retailers calling for a ban on "everything Turkish."For over a year, some Saudi and Turkish traders have speculated that Riyadh was enforcing an informal boycott due to political tensions between…
(2020-10-25). TRNC's Tatar to work to bring sides closer together. yenisafak.com The new president of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) vowed to work towards bringing the two sides of the island to the negotiation table, based on sovereign equity.Ersin Tatar, who was sworn in on Friday, gave his first interview to Anadolu Agency at the Presidency of the TRNC.Tatar said he would not only focus on negotiations like previous presidents, but would especially work on the economy, as well as in the social and sports areas, for Turkish Cypriots to be recognized in the world as a separate nation.Noting that there are many TRNC citizens living in Turkey and the UK, he said he aimed to str…
(2020-10-25). Turkish ruling party spokesman slams Dutch politician. yenisafak.com Turkey's ruling party spokesman on Sunday slammed Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders for tweeting an insulting cartoon of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan."Immoral, antihuman and fascist…," Omer Celik wrote on Twitter in response to…
(2020-10-25). Erdogan calls Dutch politician 'fascist' over cartoon. yenisafak.com Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday hit back at Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders over an insulting cartoon he shared."Fascism is not in our book, it's in your book. Social justice is in our book," Erdogan said at a meeting of his ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party in the eastern Malatya province, calling Wilders a "fascist.""The forces that make the world uninhabitable have put us on the target board because we disrupt their games and reveal their true faces," Erdogan said, adding: "We will carry on."His remarks came after Wilders, known for his anti-Islamic stance, shared on Twitter…
(2020-10-25). New fighting flares over Karabakh as Aliyev warns against Russian involvement. yenisafak.com New fighting erupted between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces on Sunday over the mountainous enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh as both sides blamed each other for blocking a peaceful settlement to the conflict.Armenia accused Azeri forces of shelling civilian settlements. Baku denied killing civilians and said it was ready to implement a ceasefire, provided that Armenian forces withdrew from the battlefield.The weekend's clashes in and around Nagorno-Karabakh, a part of Azerbaijan populated and controlled by ethnic Armenians, came after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hosted the foreign ministers of both count…
(2020-10-25). 'Regional consensus can drive peace in Afghanistan'. yenisafak.com Consensus among regional countries can drive peace in Afghanistan with people of the war-torn country in the driver's seat, speakers said at an international virtual conference said."The Afghan peace process seems long, [and] complex with the bumpy road," said Oguzhan Ertugrul, Turkey's ambassador in Kabul, at the conference hosted by Ankara-based Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research (SETA) on Friday.In February, the US reached a deal with Taliban to end the war. The US promised to withdraw all troops within 14 months if the Taliban uphold the deal. The deal followed the intra-Afghan dialogue in…