Daily briefing on novel coronavirus pandemic worldwide, Turkey, other developments Ali Murat Alhas | 25.05.2021
ANKARA
Anadolu Agency is here with a rundown of the latest developments on the coronavirus pandemic and other news in Turkey and around the world.
Coronavirus and other developments in Turkey
More than 5.03 million people have fully recovered from the disease, with over 10,000 registered on Monday. The country s overall case tally stands at over 5.19 million and fatalities neared 46,500.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at a joint press conference with his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda that Turkey was set to export unmanned aerial vehicles to Poland in what would be the first time in history of making such a sale to a NATO and EU member country.
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The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Tuesday that it had opened an investigation into Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu for allegedly disrespecting an Ottoman sultan’s tomb, Turkish news outlet Ahval reported.
The city’s mayor visited the mausoleum of Sultan Mehmed II last year as part of the commemoration festivities for the 567th anniversary of the Turkish conquest of Constantinople, the outlet noted. Mehmed II was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1444-1446 and again from 1451-1481. His most significant accomplishment was the conquest of Constantinople in 1453, the only successful siege of the city since its foundation more than 1,000 years prior. Thereafter, he was known as Mehmed the Conqueror.
Turkey seeks arrest of missing crypto boss over huge fraudInternational 2021-04-24, by Editor Comments Off 0
Police on April 23 arrested 62 suspects in Turkey as a part of an investigation into a cryptocurrency exchange platform, Thodex, the website of which is currently inaccessible, according to security sources.
The Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office issued detention warrants for 78 suspects over their alleged links to Thodex, the source said on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on speaking to the media.
While police teams carried out simultaneous raids in eight different provinces to nab 62 out of a total of 78 suspects, efforts are underway to arrest the remaining suspects.