Turkey

ANKARA, November 17. /TASS/: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed on Thursday that the grain deal signed in Istanbul in July would be extended for 120 days.

"Following the decision made by the UN, Turkey, Russia and Ukraine, the agreement on the Black Sea corridor will be extended from November 19, 2022 for 120 days," the Turkish leader wrote on Twitter.

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish security forces have detained a suspect wanted in connection with the deadly bombing in Istanbul in an operation in a Turkish-controlled area in northwestern Syria, Turkey’s state-run news agency reported.

Other suspects detained following the bombing will appear before court officials on Thursday to face possible charges or be released from custody.

16 Nov 2022; MEMO: Turkiye plans to strike targets in northern Syria after it completes a cross-border operation against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Iraq, a senior official told Reuters yesterday, in retaliation for a deadly weekend bomb in Istanbul.

A senior Turkish official said threats posed by Kurdish militants or Islamic State are unacceptable, adding that Ankara will clear threats along its southern border" one way or another".

ANKARA, Nov 16 (NNN-XINHUA) – Türkiye detained 50 suspects over the deadly bomb attack in central Istanbul earlier this week, Justice Minister, Bekir Bozdag, said yesterday.

The detainees include a Syrian woman, who was caught soon after the incident, for suspectedly planting the bomb that exploded on Istiklal avenue, Bozdag told parliament.

“Afterward, many people who assisted this terrorist and were considered in contact with this terrorist were also detained,” he said.

ANKARA, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- Türkiye has detained 50 suspects over the deadly bomb attack in central Istanbul earlier this week, Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said Tuesday.

The detainees include a Syrian woman who was caught soon after the incident for suspectedly planting the bomb that exploded on Istiklal avenue, Bozdag told the parliament.

"Afterward, many people who assisted this terrorist and were considered in contact with this terrorist were also detained," he said.

Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), Sergey Naryshkin, met on Monday with his American counterpart, CIA Director, William Burns. This was the first high-profile Russian-US contact since Russia launched its special military operation in Ukraine. The Biden administration insists that the two officials focused on reducing nuclear escalation risks and an exchange of prisoners, rather than on ways of resolving the Ukraine conflict.

ANKARA, November 15. /TASS/. Syrian citizen Ahlam Albashir, who carried out a terrorist attack on Istanbul's Istiklal Street on November 13, had been trained by US instructors, the Yeni Safak newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing the police investigating the incident.

According to the newspaper, a Syrian branch of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), banned in Turkey, ordered the attack.

ISTANBUL, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Turkey's government blamed Kurdish militants on Monday for a blast that killed six people in Istanbul's main shopping street, and said police had detained 22 suspects, including the person suspected to have planted the bomb.

State broadcaster TRT released footage of police escorting a woman, the main suspect, from an apartment after an overnight raid.

ANKARA, November 13. /TASS/. The death toll from the blast in Istanbul’s Istiklal Caddesi pedestrian street has risen to six, and the number of those injured has increased to 53, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday.

"As a result of the Istanbul blast, six people were kills, 53 received wounds," he told a news conference before leaving for Indonesia.

ANKARA, November 14. /TASS/. Turkish police have detained a man who is believed to have left the bomb, which detonated on Sunday on Istiklal Street in Istanbul's Beyoglu district, Minister of Internal Affairs of Turkey Suleyman Soylu.

"The man who left the bomb in Beyoglu was detained by the Istanbul security department. He is under interrogation," he said. A video with his statement was published on Twitter.