Tag: Turkey
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Pilot dies in middle of flight to Turkey, forcing emergency New York City landing
A Turkish Airlines pilot died mid-flight, forcing the co-pilot into an emergency landing in New York City on Wednesday morning, authorities said. Flight 8JK landed safely shortly before 6 a.m at John F. Kennedy International Airport, according to an FAA statement. Pilot İlçehin Pehlivan, 59, “fainted during the flight” and when “medical intervention to our captain…
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Turkey will not ‘be rushed’ on Ukraine NATO membership, Erdogan tells NBC News
Ukraine’s proposal for NATO membership is not a question “to be rushed,” Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told NBC News in an exclusive interview Tuesday, adding that relations between his country and Russia were “expanding.” Speaking on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Erdoğan said that the U.S. and other…