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Gulf-based E-commerce brands hunter, Opontia, has landed $20 million in seed round for the acquisition of new brands and the recruitment experts. The seed round was led by Raed Ventures, Global Founders Capital, Presight Capital and Kingsway Capital. The company Read more
Turkish Intelligence has arrested a senior official of the Islamic state group (ISIS) who is allegedly a bomb expert of the global terror group, Middle East Monitor (MEMO) reports. Egyptian-born Mustafa Abdulwahab Mahmud, believed close to the former leader of Read more
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Wednesday laid into the European football governing body, UEFA, arguing that the organization’s recent decision to move the final of the European Champions League to Porto instead of Istanbul was politically motivated, Arab News reports. Read more
The Iraqi foreign ministry Monday summoned the Chargé d’Affaires to the Turkish embassy in Baghdad, to protest against a visit by Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar to a military base in northern Iraq, Alquds newspaper reports. The ministry in a Read more
Czech Republic Thursday introduced for the first time buses manufactured in Turkey in its public transport. Five buses produced by leading Turkish land vehicles manufacturer BMC have added to capital Prague’s transportation fleet. The vehicles were sold via the BusPlan Read more
A Turkish diplomatic mission will visit Egypt early next month as both countries work to defuse the long standing row opposing Ankara and Cairo, Turkish presidency spokesman Ibrahim Kalın told Reuters Monday in an interview. Ties between both countries deteriorated Read more
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will provide Turkey’s small enterprises financial support valued at $300 million to muddle through the pandemic, Daily Sabah reports. The financial pledge was born Wednesday from a cooperation agreement with Turkey’s Small and Medium Industry Read more
Palestinian movement Hamas has elected former Chief Khaled Meshaal to run its diaspora office, Anadolu news agency reports. The Turkish state-run news agency citing a source within the group and who asked to be named because not allowed, said Meshaal Read more
Turkish counterterrorism forces arrested Thursday 12 people suspected of links with the Islamic State group, ISIS, state-run Anadolu news agency reports. The arrests took place during raids in 12 locations in eight districts of the metropolis Istanbul, the agency notes. Read more
Turkey and Azerbaijan have abolished visa requirements for travel between the two countries and the measure will take effect April 1st. Citizens from the two countries crossing respective borders, will be able to do so without needing their passports, using Read more