ANKARA – The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on Friday launched its fifth regional center in Istanbul, aiming to develop its ties across Eurasia, the Middle East and North Africa, southeastern Europe, and Southeast Asia. The new OECD Istanbul Centre will be instrumental to back countries in these regions and lay the groundwork for a sustainable post-pandemic recovery. “We are one step closer to our goal of making Istanbul a center for international organizations, including the UN,” said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, inaugurating the center at a virtual event. He noted that Turkey, through the new OECD center, would be ableRead More

BELGRADE, Serbia – The head of Montenegro’s parliament praised relations with Turkey on Thursday after a telephone call with his Turkish counterpart. Aleksa Becic said he had the pleasure to speak with Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Mustafa Sentop. ”We jointly noted that Montenegro and Turkey have excellent bilateral relations followed by strong parliamentary cooperation,” said Becic, who said he thanked Turkey. “I thanked [him] for the significant help that Turkey has sent to Montenegro for tackling the coronavirus, emphasizing the fact that Turkey ranks third in theRead More

KYIV, Ukraine – Ukraine has much to learn from its defense cooperation with Turkey, the country’s deputy prime minister said on Saturday. In an interview with local daily Den, Oleg Urusky said Turkey has enhanced its overall industrial capabilities along with the strides it has made in the defense sector. “There is so much Ukraine can learn from the Turkish model. Thirty years ago, no one could have predicted that Turkey would be producing and selling arms around the world,” said Urusky, who is also the Eastern European country’s minister forRead More