Section: Hurriyet Daily News (Turkey)
Ukraine’s new leader gets sworn in, dissolves parliament
Ukrainian TV star Volodymyr Zelenskiy was sworn in as the country’s new president on May 20, promised to stop the war in the country’s east against Russian-backed separatists and immediately disbanded parliament, which he has branded as a group only interested in self-enrichment. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Historical tragedies of Crimean Tatars, Circassians remembered
Turkey on May 18 remembered the deportation and ethnic cleansing of Crimean Tatars 75 years ago by the Soviet Union. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Ukraine’s president-elect Zelensky offers passports to Russians
President-elect Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed an offer by Vladimir Putin to provide passports to Ukrainians, and pledged instead to grant citizenship to Russians who “suffer” under the Kremlin’s rule. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Ukraine’s Zelensky to travel to Turkey for holiday
Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky, who gained an apparent win in last week’s presidential polls, will travel to Turkey for a two-day weekend holiday with his family. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Erdoğan congratulates Ukraine’s president-elect Zelensky
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on April 25 congratulated Ukraine’s president-elect Volodymyr Zelensky in a phone call. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Ukraine comedian Zelensky wins presidency in landslide
A comedian with no political experience won a landslide victory in Ukraine’s presidential election, drawing congratulations from global leaders while dealing a stunning rebuke to his country’s political establishment. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Comedian leads Ukraine presidential vote
Early results in Ukraine’s presidential election show a comedian with no political experience maintaining his strong lead against the incumbent president in the first round, setting the stage for a runoff in three weeks. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Comic leads as Ukraine votes for president
A comedian whose political experience is limited to playing the president on TV is likely to top the first round of voting as Ukrainians go to the polls on March 31. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Ambassador Halit Çevik appointed as chief of OSCE’s monitoring mission for Ukraine
Ambassador Halit Çevik has been appointed as Turkey’s candidate for chief monitor of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe’s (OSCE) Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine following a selection process from among six candidates. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
US, EU slap new sanctions on Russia over Ukraine
The United States, together with the European Union and Canada on March 15 slapped new sanctions on more than a dozen Russian officials and businesses in response to the country’s “continued aggression in Ukraine.” …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
