ANKARA: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that attacks on commercial ships in the Black Sea were unacceptable, issuing a warning to “all related sides” after an unmanned vessel reportedly struck a tanker off Turkiye’s northern coast. “The war between Russia and Ukraine has clearly begun to threaten navigational safety in the Black Sea. The targeting of vessels in our Exclusive Economic Zone on Friday signals a worrying escalation,” Erdogan told reporters. “We cannot justify these attacks in any way.

ISTANBUL: The Turkish government has condemned Ukrainian drone attacks on two Russian “shadow fleet” oil tankers in the Black Sea. Foreign Ministry spokesman Oncu Keceli said the…

The Turkish president stressed that Ankara cannot in any way justify these attacks

ANKARA: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that attacks on commercial ships in the Black Sea were unacceptable, issuing a warning to “all related sides” after an…

Turkish authorities said Tuesday a third Russian vessel bound for Georgia with a shipment of sunflower oil had come under attack, days after two similar attacks. A Ukrainian…

ANKARA: A tanker carrying sunflower oil from Russia to Georgia was attacked in the Black Sea, the Turkish maritime authority said Tuesday, days after two Russian “shadow fleet”…