By Dure Akram, from Lahore / Pakistan When Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz addressed business leaders in Istanbul this month, he offered perhaps the most accurate diagnosis of Pakistan–Türkiye economic relations heard from either government in years. The friendship between Pakistan and Türkiye, he said, had always rested upon “strong emotional bonds.” The task now was to make it equally ...

Main political events in Türkiye in the last week. Last week in Türkiye, the agenda was as busy as ever. The visit of the Turkish delegation, headed by Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, to Syria was at the top of the agenda. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced the start of the domestic aircraft carrier construction process at a ceremony he attended ...