Sources: BBC
In a major recovery from climate-related disaster, thousands of flamingo eggs hatched at Lake Tuz in Turkey. 2026-06-20
Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed and Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud meet in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, as part of a Turkey-brokered rapprochement to restore bilateral relations after a yearlong dispute due to the 2024 Ethiopia–Somaliland memorandum of understanding. 2025-01-11
Greek patrol boats rescue nearly 80 migrants in the eastern Aegean Sea who were trying to cross from Turkey in inflatable dinghies in two separate incidents. 2023-08-21
Turkey reports a record 74,266 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. 2022-01-11
Turkey threatens to take "legal and diplomatic action" in response to French magazine "Charlie Hebdo"'s caricature mocking Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay condemns the publication. France responds by saying that the country would not give in to "destabilisation and intimidation attempts." 2020-10-28
Protesters squat an oil terminal in the eastern Libyan town of Zuwetina at the request of tribal leaders, who claim that the Government of National Accord is using oil revenue to pay for foreign fighters, a reference to Turkey's sending of troops and arms in support of the GNA. The protesters are swiftly condemned by the state-owned National Oil Corporation. 2020-01-17
Turkey probes around 10,000 social media users for allegedly insulting government officials or supporting "terror-related activity." 2016-12-25
Almost 40 people are killed and 75 are rescued after a boat carrying migrants sinks between Turkey and Greece. 2016-01-30
Twelve Turkish academics are detained for signing a declaration opposing military action against Kurdistan Workers Party forces in southeast Turkey. 2016-01-15
At least 33 army officers, including a general, defect to Turkey. 2012-06-25