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Turkey's president says he will back Finland's NATO bid
"Finland's bid to join NATO has finally received the blessing of Turkish president. Finnish president salani minister thanked turkey for the announcement that Ankara would move forward with ratifying Finland's NATO application. It is very good to hear these news. We understood earlier on that you have done your dishes. And signing it today confirms that the Turkish parliament starts to work with ratification of finished membership. The move paves the way for the country to join the military block ahead of Sweden, the breakthrough came after ninis to met Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, both Finland and Sweden applied to become NATO members ten months ago in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, abandoning decades of non alignment. I'm Charles De Ledesma
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Erdogan: Sweden can't join NATO if Quran-burning is allowed
"Turkey, which has been holding off approving Sweden and Finland's membership in the western military alliance, has been infuriated by a series of demonstrations in Stockholm by activists who have burnt the Quran. Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has reaffirmed turkey won't allow Sweden to join the NATO military alliance. As long as it permits protests, desecrating Islam's holy book to take place. Erdoğan says in a speech to his ruling party's legislators, Sweden don't even bother as long as you allow my holy book of to be burned and torn and you do so together with your security forces, we will not say yes to your entry. Ankara has indefinitely postponed a key meeting in Brussels that would have discussed the two Nordic countries entry into NATO. I'm Charles De Ledesma
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Survey Reveals Turkey is Highly Obsessed With Crypto, Especially Dogecoin
"11 p.m. Saturday, December 10th, 2022. Survey reveals turkey is highly obsessed with crypto, especially Dogecoin. The entire crypto industry has been experiencing a winter since the last quarter of 2021. Some cryptocurrency prices experienced a massive price slump with many declining over 65. However bad things may look, crypto may not go extinct as its popularity has not reduced. A recent study by crypto maniacs, a crypto education platform shows that turkey in the Netherlands ranked top in cryptocurrency awareness. As for the survey, 5.5 and 8.2 of the population in turkey and the Netherlands searched for cryptor related terms. Turkey accounted for 4.7 million searches, topping the chart with large numbers. Related reading Ethereum price bowls hold strong, indicators suggest fresh rally to 1400 turkey has made tremendous improvements in crypto adoption since the beginning of 2022. A 2022 research by the Turkish crypto exchange estimated that at least 8 million people in turkey engaged in crypto. Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke about the benefits of blockchain innovations. In his statement, Erdoğan added that turkey wants to be a producer of digital assets, not a consumer. Dojo ranks ether in terms of user curiosity in turkey, the latest crypto maniac study analyzed the number of searches for some selected cryptocurrencies. They represented the number of cryptocurrencies as a percentage of the population for each country to calculate the monthly local searches. Turkey ranked second in overall study and first, with 812,000 monthly searches related to Dogecoin. According to the survey, the number of searches for Dogecoin doubled that of Ethereum, the third most searched crypto in the country. Crypto maniac spokesperson commented on the rising Dogecoin curiosity over the last 12 months. He said Dogecoin is popularity has significantly exceeded Ethereum's, with almost 2 million monthly searches worldwide. Doge became popular after Elon Musk revealed plans to make it the official token for Twitter monetization. As a result, the memo coin's price soared to an all time high within the week of the complete official acquisition of the social media platform by Elon Musk. The survey didn't feature only doge and Ethereum. It also featured Solana, BNB, Bitcoin, and others. After turkey and the Netherlands, Canada, Germany, and the Czech Republic followed in ranking. Bear market didn't cripple people's interest in crypto, although the United Kingdom and the United States are top global players in the cryptocurrency industry, none ranked in the top. That is because the number of searches is insignificant compared to their population sizes. For example, the United States ranked 15th with 1.9 of its population searching for crypto related terms, whereas the United Kingdom took the 12th spot with 2.6. Related reading Ethereum on chain and social metrics reveal bulls versus. Bears battle who's winning recent research by coin telegraph also showed that the bear market did not affect the interests of several institutions in the crypto industry. According to the report, tap institutions are still interested in the cryptocurrency industry and continue to invest millions in crypto related projects. Featured image from pixabay chart from trading view dot com
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Russian official on negotiations with Ukraine
"The Kremlin says talks on Ukraine can happen Spokesman Dmitry peskov says president Vladimir Putin has been open for negotiations with Ukraine from the very beginning and nothing has changed in that respect Peskov was commenting on remarks made by Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who said the Putin appeared to be more open to negotiations than in the past Russian officials have repeatedly said they were not negotiate the return of the four Ukrainian regions must go illegally annexed last month Ukraine president volodymyr zelensky last month ruled out any talks with Moscow as long as Putin remains president I'm Charles De Ledesma
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Deal for Ukraine grain exports due to be sealed in Istanbul
"An agreement for Ukraine grain exports is due to be sealed in Istanbul UN secretary general Antonio Guterres and Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will oversee the signing of a deal allowing Ukraine to resume its grain shipments through the Black Sea and Russia to export grain and fertilizers the agreement would end a dangerous standoff just threatened world food security the deal foresees the establishment of a control center in Istanbul to run the exports ships would be inspected to ensure that their carrying grains and fertilizers and not weapons I'm
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Putin heads to Tehran for talks with leaders of Iran, Turkey
"Russian president Vladimir Putin's visit to Iran is intended to deepen ties with regional heavyweights as part of Moscow's challenge to the U.S. and Europe amid its grinding campaign in Ukraine As the west keeps sanctions on Russia and the costly Ukraine campaign drags on Putin seeking to bolster ties with Tehran a fellow sanctions target and to potential military and trade partner In recent weeks The White House alleges Russian officials have visited an airfield in central Iran to review Iran made drones for possible use in Ukraine but perhaps most crucially Iran offers Putin a chance for a high stakes meeting with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who sought to help broker talks on a peaceful settlement of the Russia Ukraine conflict I'm Charles De
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Live updates: Turkey calls for cease-fire as talks resume
"In the sample Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan tells the two sides but they have a historic responsibility to stop the fighting in Ukraine as she greeted the two delegations seated on opposite sides of a long table Erdogan said we believe that they'll be no loses in a just peace prolonging the conflict is not in anyone's interest earlier on the divisive to Ukrainian president hello to me is that in ski told you crying in media there are intensive consultations going on regarding several important issues the key among those isn't agreement on international security guarantees for Ukraine he added that only with this agreement can we end the war in a way that you crane needs I'm Charles de Ledesma
Hidden Brain
Flash Floods in Turkey Kill 59, and Dozens Are Still Missing
"Days as record rainfalls along the country's black Sea coast during Bush, Karen reports from Ankara that climate change is leading to more extreme weather events. Videos of the devastation shows streets piled with cars washed out bridges and apartment buildings collapsing into riverbeds. Residents say they didn't have adequate warning or enough time to get out of harm's way. Turkey's disaster agency has dispatched thousands of rescue workers. At least 2200 people have been evacuated. Many are being housed in student dorms. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attended a funeral for some of the victims Friday. The flooding comes as wildfires burned through southern Turkey on Saturday, A firefighting plane crashed, killing all eight people on board. For NPR News. I'm Jerry Buss, Karen in Ankara. Haitians are picking through the rubble of
The World
Turkish parliament to vote on controversial social media law
"This month. During a televised speech, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had a message for social media companies and the millions of Turks who used them so shut may damage other than the than the astonished that He said. Platforms like Twitter, YouTube and Netflix are immoral, not fit for the Turkish nation. This was just a day or two after Erdogan son in law, announced the birth of his child on Twitter and was then allegedly insulted by social media users. In a speech at a one vowed to crack down on today, Turkey's parliament began debating legislation that would do just that.
Morning Edition
Turkish police move to stop Greece pushing migrants back
"And this is the sound of desperation at the border between Turkey and Greece all you're hearing migrants were stranded pawns in a political standoff thousands of people have traveled there hoping to cross into mainland Europe after Turkey's government said that they would no longer blocked the border but they're being met with resistance from Greek authorities reporter during scaring has been talking with these migrants and she joins us from near the border thanks for being with us what are you saying thanks Rachel the border itself is close to press but what we're seeing what we've seen this week is people getting on buses from instable from elsewhere and they're dropped basically in a corn field about a kilometer from the border and they're told to walk they're being pushed back once they get to Greece by a Greek police who are using tear gas we've heard reports of live rounds and that's even though the Greek government is denying this but this is possible because Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has told the Turkish border guard to stand down and to not stop anyone from leaving for Europe so you've been talking with some of the migrants what are they telling you they're telling me some the stories of desperation I mean for the most part people are going because this is their last option Turkey's economy is faltering and policies towards foreigners have become more strict over the past years here's one father I met his name is Wally Muhammad he he's from Afghanistan and he shows me his two year old son's eyes at their bright red from what he says was being tear gassed at the border here's what he said but anyway you know hole but made a few lucky guy in Danish yeah he's speaking in dari and he's telling the translator that I'm working with that he's been living in Turkey for without papers for two and a half years eking out a living and he says he has no future when he heard erred once announcement about opening the border he used his last savings to get his family there's eighteen people and not to the border and other stock they had no idea what they were getting into so there are people like like Wally who are stock but have has anyone been able to cross the border yes some do make it it's hard to tell how many a Turkey definitely wants us to believe that a lot of people are going and Greece says not so much what we're told is that when people do cross either loaded onto buses and dropped back off on the Turkish side sometimes it's even more than that and that one group camping out by a river it that acts as the border between Greece and Turkey and they've actually gotten over and when they made it to Greece they were picked up by police stripped down to their underwear they said they were beaten and then driven back to Turkey something less I mean he's from Pakistan he says his mother had to wire money from Lahore so they could get clothing and get back on their feet here's what he said I'm a visual the real truth the cashier who I. T. ject because she gets and he's saying that Turkish organizations are coming by with T. and donations and encouraging them to stay saying the border will open so he's planning to keep trying even if it takes a month while so I mean what are you hearing how likely is it that the border will open and went I mean I get that question from migrants all the time and there's honestly no indication that it's going to happen Turkey and the U. struck this deal in twenty sixteen where it that you would pay Turkey to stop migrants from reaching Europe and they would give them money for programming in Turkey but Turkey claims he didn't hold up their part of the deal and last week Turkish soldier suffered heavy casualties in Syria everyone knows this is the one car he can play to get Europe to listen threaten them with human beings so you has dispatched delegations to Ankara to try and persuade everyone to reinforce the border but in the meantime it's creating a lot of confusion and false hope for a lot of desperate people who scare in reporting or the Turkey Greece border thank you so much
Not Too Shabby
Report: War crimes committed by almost all sides in Syria
"The U. N. says all sides in the current conflict in Syria have committed possible war crimes in in a report you and investigators have detailed as strikes in Italy province but hit schools and hospitals and said the Russian war planes were involved in such attacks despite Moscow's denials no Pinero chairman of a new report on Syria the Syrian government forces also targeted civilians in their declare fight against terrorism problem forces carry out a deal and ground attacks and solve them he leaves that to kill it uninsured scores of civilians and decimated civilian infrastructure including markets camps for displaced persons and most notably hospitals Greece's stopped accepting asylum claims for a month accusing Turkey of encouraging an influx of migrants the Greek government spokesman said Turkey had turned trafficker in breach of a deal it signed four years ago with the European Union earlier the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan complained that the E. U. had failed to help resettle Syrian
Snap Judgment
Turkey opens borders with Europe as tensions rise with Syria and Russia
"Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country's borders with Europe are now open allowing refugees to flee into the continent thousands had been gathered at the Turkish border with Greece to escape the violence in north western Syria between Syrian government forces backed by Russia and rebel fighters supported by Turkey Erdogan said Saturday his country can't handle another wave of migration and the European Union must look after the
BBC World Service
Turkey's Erdogan says Europe borders open as refugees gather
"The Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to allow refugees to traveling to Europe from Turkey he said his country can no longer handle new waves of people fleeing Syria's war the United Nations says about thirteen thousand refugees have group themselves along Turkey's border with Greece the Greek authorities the fire tear gas in attempt to disperse the crowds when refugee spoke to my colleague or like Aaron who's on the Turkish side of the border well my heart I have a lot of king's believing me because when I see families in the farce without food and water is too hard for me we come here to change your life not believing in this farce with very
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Turkey's Erdogan says Europe borders open as refugees gather
"News to Turkey where refugees are gathering along the border with Greece in an attempt to enter Europe Greek authorities firing tear gas today to read the scared reports Turkey is in the middle of two refugee crises in Syria's Idlib province hundreds of thousands of people are camping in the open hoping to cross Turkey's closed border to escape Russian bombs several children have died from exposure but Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan claims Turkey cannot host anyone else after an airstrike killed more than thirty Turkish troops in Adelaide this week Erdogan said Turkey would no longer stop refugees from moving on to
Morning Edition
Turkey's Erdogan asks Russia's Putin to step aside in Syria
"The Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he owns president Putin of Russia to get out of Turkey's way in the Syrian province of Idlib in a speech to his party's MPs miss Adams said the Syrian government would pay a price for killing Turkish soldiers his bulletins for weeks Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to take action and it led by the end of February the Syrian government forces don't withdraw to positions held before the latest offensive that moment has now come but Thursday's attack which killed thirty three Turkish troops has already prompted a significant response the exact circumstances behind Thursday's attack remain the subject of dispute yesterday at the U. N. Turkey said Russian and Syrian government jets were flying in formation at the time of the attack Russia insisted its forces were not involved in the same speech Mr another one also said he'd open the door for refugees to travel to Europe from Turkey as his country could no longer handle new waves fleeing Syria this is led Greece to close its border with Turkey our correspondent Jonah Fisher was there well I am on the Greek side of the border the border has been closed by the Greek authorities there is a group of probably is in the region between a thousand and two thousand people trapped in no man's land near the Turkish side they were encouraged in by the Turkish authorities yesterday but the Greek authorities determined that they not be allowed inside this morning we've seen car off the car security forces from the Greek side we are being kept at a distance from what is happening but we can certainly yeah and see some of the evidence that their disturbances taking
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Turkey to deport IS suspect stuck at Greek border to US
"A man has spent three days in a no man's land between Turkey and Greece after Ankara try to deport him but Athens refused him entry Turkish media have identified the man as Mohammed doorways beat at thirty nine year old U. S. citizen of Jordanian heritage turkeys Interior Ministry says Washington has now agreed to take him in procedures for his repatriation are under way the move comes a day after Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with president trump at the White House Turkey has been pushing to deport foreign I ask members held in Turkish prisons were in Syria since it invaded northeastern parts of that country I'm Ben Thomas
AP News Radio
Turkey’s Russian air defense system irks Trump
"Well impeachment hearings were under way on Capitol Hill president trump hosted Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife at the White House I'm a big fan of the president any seem determined not to let the hearings or the recent incursion into northern Syria get in the way of good relations with the NATO ally well having a very strong discussion on different things including the safe zone and that the border the oil and again trade is a very big factor a handful of GOP senators invited to the oval office express their concerns about the fate of Kurdish allies in Turkey's warming relations with Russia including the purchase of a Russian air defense system among them was Texas senator Ted Cruz we very much hope Turkey changes the path it's on and and does not employ the S. four hundred trump says he thinks their differences can be resolved Jennifer king Washington
BBC Newshour
Erdogan and Putin Meet as Syria Cease-Fire Nears an End
"The Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to resume the offensive against the currents in northeast in Syria when a ceasefire ends later today unless the withdrawal of Kurdish fighters is complete and was under one was speaking ahead of talks with the Russian president Vladimir Putin Serra Raynsford isn't such a weather talks are taking place first the foremost of course they'll be focusing on not cease fire that was brokered by the U. S. has been in place now for five days is due to expire this evening Turkey has said that sep not full of Kurdish militias have been withdrawn have withdrawn from the area so that see spot being extended is not a done deal yet tonight of course will be the first thing on the table but then beyond that is the question of tickets ambitions and desires for what it calls a safe zone and a much larger area of the border saying between Turkey and