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ANKARA, July 21 (Xinhua) -- Türkiye, Finland and Sweden will hold a meeting in August to evaluate the Nordic countries' anti-terror pledges required by Ankara for lifting its veto on their NATO membership bid, the Turkish foreign minister said on Thursday.

The meeting in August will evaluate the Nordic countries' progress made in fulfilling Ankara's counter-terrorism demands in order to ratify their NATO membership bid, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said in an interview with the state-run TRT broadcaster.

20 July 2022; MEMO: Turkiye, on Wednesday, refuted claims by Iraqi state media that it had carried out a strike on a mountain resort in Iraq's northern Dohuk province that killed eight tourists and wounded another 23 people, saying the attack was a terror act, Reuters reports.

The "fierce artillery bombing" hit a resort in Zakho, a city on the border between Iraq's Kurdistan region and Turkiye, Iraq state TV said.

ANKARA, July 20. /TASS/: A potential new military operation in northern Syria will remain on Turkey’s agenda, while Ankara still sees a terror threat coming from the neighboring state, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday.

19 July 2022; MEMO: Ankara hopes Washington will not fall for a "game" by some US lawmakers against the potential sale of F-16 jets, Turkiye's Defence Minister said, after the House of Representatives approved a Bill creating a new hurdle to any Turkish purchase, Reuters reports.

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A top administrative court in Turkey ruled Tuesday that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s decision to pull the country out of a key European treaty protecting women from violence was lawful, rejecting petitions seeking its cancellation, the state-run news agency reported.

Erdogan withdrew Turkey from the Council of Europe’s Istanbul Convention last year, prompting condemnation from women’s rights groups and Western countries. The landmark convention was signed in Istanbul in 2011.

ANKARA, July 18 (Reuters) - Turkey will freeze Finland and Sweden's NATO membership bids if the Nordic countries do not keep promises on counter-terrorism made last month, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday, adding he believed Sweden was "not showing a good image" for now.

Finland and Sweden applied for membership of the defence alliance in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but were met with opposition from Turkey, which accused the Nordic countries of supporting groups it deems terrorists.

ANKARA, July 17. /TASS/. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan plans to attend an Astana-format meeting during his visit to Iran on July 18-19 and to have talks with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, the Turkish presidential office said on Sunday.

16 July 2022; MEMO: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged on Friday that Türkiye would keep alive the spirit that defeated the coup attempt of 15 July, 2016, marking the sixth anniversary of the attempted coup, Anadolu Agency reported.

14 July 2022; MEMO: Turkiye, Russia, and Ukraine have agreed on the establishment of a coordination centre in the city of Istanbul to facilitate grain exports from Ukraine to international markets, as the global food crisis looms ever closer.

14 July 2022; MEMO: The Turkish and the United Arab Emirates Space Agencies signed a memorandum of cooperation on the "peaceful use of space, space science, technology and applications, Anadolu News Agency reports.

According to the report, the signing ceremony was attended by Turkish Industry and Technology Minister, Mustafa Varank and his Emirati counterpart, Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, as well as several other high-level officials.