TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Turkish Foreign Ministry on Saturday condemned statements by Greek officials and a flag-burning protest in Greece after the first Islamic prayers in nine decades were held at Istanbul's Hagia Sophia.
News ID: 3472077 Publish Date : 2020/07/25
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Russia and Turkey have agreed to continue efforts to bring about a long-term and sustainable ceasefire in Libya, Russia's foreign ministry said in a statement Wednesday, according to Reuters.
News ID: 3472061 Publish Date : 2020/07/22
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A video footage has recently been released of Quran recitation by Iranian Qari Abbas Salimi in Turkey.
News ID: 3472016 Publish Date : 2020/07/15
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Habah, Nur-ul-Huda and Mustafa are members of a Syrian family resising in Turkey who have learned the entire Quran by heart.
News ID: 3472002 Publish Date : 2020/07/14
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Turkey dismissed prospects of any imminent ceasefire in Libya on Monday, saying any deal incorporating the conflict's existing front lines would not benefit the Ankara-backed Government of National Accord.
News ID: 3471991 Publish Date : 2020/07/13
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Pope Francis said on Sunday he was hurt by Turkey's decision to again make Istanbul's Hagia Sophia museum a mosque, the latest religious leader to condemn the move.
News ID: 3471976 Publish Date : 2020/07/12
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Suzan Shaikha is a Syrian Quran activist residing in Istanbul, Turkey.
News ID: 3471944 Publish Date : 2020/07/10
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Warplanes struck overnight at an airbase that was recently recaptured by Libya's internationally recognized government from eastern forces with help from Turkey, a military source with the eastern forces and a resident nearby said.
News ID: 3471892 Publish Date : 2020/07/05
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A Turkish court on Thursday heard a case aimed at converting the Hagia Sophia museum in Istanbul back into a mosque and will announce its verdict within 15 days, a lawyer said.
News ID: 3471864 Publish Date : 2020/07/02
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Turkey will try the 20 suspects in the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi -- including two former aides to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman -- in absentia on Friday, his fiancee said Tuesday.
News ID: 3471854 Publish Date : 2020/07/01
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The whitewashing of some artworks and the removal of boards with rear examples of calligraphy inside the Nasrullah Kadi Mosque, which was built in 1506 in Turkey’s northern province of Kastamonu, as a result of a restoration has raised eyebrows.
News ID: 3471798 Publish Date : 2020/06/27
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Turkey will reopen mosques for prayers with congregation as of Wednesday, said the head of Religious Affairs Directorate on Tuesday.
News ID: 3471768 Publish Date : 2020/06/24
TEHRAN (IQNA) – More than 73% of Turkish citizens are in favor of turning the Hagia Sophia into a mosque, according to a poll by pro-government newspaper Yeni Şafak.
News ID: 3471670 Publish Date : 2020/06/12
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Interior Ministry on Friday issued new guidelines for the reopening of mosques in Turkey, set for May 29.
News ID: 3471500 Publish Date : 2020/05/23
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Turkey has reportedly been increasing its presence in Yemen’s southern coastal areas in a bid to expand its foothold in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which is worrying Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
News ID: 3471402 Publish Date : 2020/05/10
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Every year in the holy month of Ramadan Turkey’s Muslims decorate and light up streets.
News ID: 3471327 Publish Date : 2020/05/02
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Turkey Wednesday accused Libya's strongman Khalifa Haftar of seeking to "create a military dictatorship" and vowed to "defend" the government in Tripoli.
News ID: 3471311 Publish Date : 2020/04/29
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Turkish authorities blocked Saudi and United Arab Emirates news websites Sunday, days after the sites of Turkey's state broadcaster and news agency were blocked in Saudi Arabia.
News ID: 3471202 Publish Date : 2020/04/20
TEHRA (IQNA) – Turkey has dispatched a new military convoy to Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, despite a recent ceasefire deal that Ankara has signed with Moscow to halt the escalation of violence there, a monitoring group said.
News ID: 3471147 Publish Date : 2020/04/15
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Turkey's parliament on Tuesday passed a law that will allow the release of tens of thousands of prisoners to ease overcrowding in jails and protect detainees from the coronavirus, but which critics slam for excluding those jailed on terrorism charges.
News ID: 3471143 Publish Date : 2020/04/14
