Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday moved to soothe tension following the Turkish Super Cup final cancellation in Saudi Arabia the day before. Opposition parties and critics acuused Erdoğan's government of silence after Saudi authorities reportedly banned Turkish sides Galatasaray and Fenerbahce from carrying banners featuring modern Turkey's founder, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, ahead of Friday's final in Riyadh. Although Erdoğan called the incident "saddening" in his first reaction, h
The southern province of Hatay, which lies within the borders of the National Pact, was incorporated into Türkiye on July 7, 1939, amid the pre-World War.