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Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Op Sindoor effect: India skips Turkish National Day celebrations, no official turns up at embassy 

New Delhi-Ankara ties have cooled over Turkey’s support to Pakistan after Operation Sindoor and at international forums. However, India has deepened its engagement with Cyprus.

Turkish court delays ruling to oust opposition leader and annul party congress

Hundreds of CHP members, including President Erdogan’s main rival, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, are jailed pending trial in a sweeping probe over graft and terrorism links.

Turkey restricts access to social media, YouTube amid Opposition’s call for rallies

Netblocks says the access blockage began after the Republican People's Party (CHP) called for rallies after police barricaded its offices in Istanbul.

Firefighters battle to contain wildfires in Turkey, Greece, and Albania amid relentless heatwave

Athens: Firefighters battled to put out wildfires on Monday in three separate provinces in Turkey, in Greece and near a tourist resort in Albania,...

UN urges Australia, Turkey to end COP31 host dispute, calls delay ‘unhelpful’

The annual UN climate talks rotate among 5 regional groups. COP31’s host needs unanimous backing from the 28-member WEOG, with a June deadline set by the UN.

Junking Celebi’s plea against Centre, Delhi HC points to ‘compelling national security considerations’

The Turkish ground-handling firm had challenged the revocation of its security clearance in the wake of the flare-up between India & Pakistan, & Turkey’s military support to Pakistan.

Turkey’s looking more like Pakistan every day. Blasphemy-obsessed, imprisoned by hatred

Erdoğan’s beliefs are increasingly evident beyond Turkey’s borders, too. The new regime in Syria has embraced Sharia as the basis of its laws, just as Erdoğan seeks in his homeland.

Turkey’s ‘Asia Anew’ isn’t just a slogan—it’s a growing strategic surprise for India

While Turkey has expanded arms sales to Pakistan and Bangladesh, India has been conspicuously excluded, or rather blacklisted.

From Cyprus-Turkey buffer zone, Modi extends support for Nicosia’s territorial integrity

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday strongly pitched for the “territorial integrity” of Cyprus, the European nation which has since the 1970s been...

On Camera

What Pakistan Supreme Court judge Mansoor Ali Shah wrote in his resignation letter

The recent resignations of its seniormost judges are among the most pointed institutional protests Pakistan has witnessed since the lawyers’ movement of the late 2000s.

As govt starts rolling back Quality Control Orders, a look at adverse impact they had, mainly on MSMEs

Between 2016 and 2025, around 700 QCOs were issued by the government. Now, it has withdrawn 69 of them.

Drone manufacturer ideaForge wins orders worth over Rs 100 crore from Army

ideaForge has formed a joint venture to manufacture and market UAVs in the US. Its Q6 UAV is now included in NATO and allied procurement systems.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.