By Dmitry Zaks: Turkey's main opposition party lost a crucial ally Monday in its bid to form a united front against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling coalition in high-stakes March municipal polls. The secular opposition joined forces in landmark 2019 elections...
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Turkish leader issues strong rebuke of Israel as death toll in Gaza rises
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday called Israel a "terror state", stepping up his condemnation of the spiralling civilian toll of its war against Hamas militants in Gaza. Erdogan's latest -- and one of the most heated -- verbal attacks against Israel...
Turkey welcomes Palestinian cancer patients after they entered Egypt
More than two dozen Palestinian cancer patients, who had crossed from Gaza into Egypt, arrived in Turkey for treatment in the early hours of Thursday, Turkey's Anadolu agency reported. Two planes carrying the patients, many of them children, landed at Ankara airport...
Ukraine circumvents Russia’s blockade, ships grains via NATO countries
The first grain ship to sail from Ukraine since Russia reimposed its Black Sea blockade in July reached Istanbul on Thursday, marine traffic monitors said. Ukrainian officials said the Palau-flagged Resilient Africa vessel was carrying 3,000 tonnes of wheat when it...
Turkey: Istanbul’s popular opposition mayor faces fresh trial
By Dmitry Zaks: Istanbul's popular opposition mayor went on trial Thursday on fresh corruption charges that could further cloud his hopes of succeeding President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Ekrem Imamoglu has turned into one of Erdogan's most outspoken and openly ambitious...
Sweden eager to get NATO bases even before membership
Sweden, whose NATO membership bid is currently blocked, is ready to welcome temporary NATO bases on its soil even before it is a full member, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said Friday. "The government has decided that the military can undertake preparations with NATO...
Sweden eager to get NATO bases even before membership
Sweden, whose NATO membership bid is currently blocked, is ready to welcome temporary NATO bases on its soil even...
Turkish Airlines set for major fleet expansion
The chairman of Turkish Airlines said Monday that the company will make a final decision on plans for a...
Turkey: 16-year-old boy arrested for drawing mustache to president’s image
Turkish authorities on Tuesday seized and jailed a 16-year-old youth for drawing a moustache on an election campaign...
EU and Turkey in a dispute over steel tarrifs
Geneva, Aug 28, 2020 - The World Trade Organization agreed Friday to establish a panel to help settle a row between...
Tension continues to rise in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea with all parties flexing the muscles
Istanbul, Aug 27, 2020 - Turkey on Thursday extended its controversial Mediterranean gas exploration mission and...
Turkey says it is keen on negotiating with Greece
Istanbul, Aug 25, 2020 - Turkey said on Tuesday it was ready for talks with Greece in their growing row over eastern...
Turkey accused of abusing population in northeast Syria
Hasakeh, Syria, Aug 25, 2020 - Outside her home in northeast Syria, Sheikha Majid said her life had become an endless...
Turkey transforms Kariye Museum into mosque
Istanbul, Aug 21, 2020 - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday ordered another ancient Orthodox church that...
Turkey vows to pursue oil and gas exploration in the eastern Med
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed on Wednesday not to yield to "pirates" and to keep searching for energy...
Turkey postpones school openings due to Covid-19
Ankara, Aug 12, 2020 - Students will return to classrooms in Turkey in late September nearly a month after the start...
Turkish drone kills 2 Iraqi officers in Kurdish region
Baghdad, Aug 11, 2020 - Two high-ranking Iraqi officers were killed Tuesday in what the army said was a Turkish drone...
Turkey-Greece dispute continues to escalate
Athens, Aug 11, 2020 - Greek's prime minister on Tuesday called for the EU to hold an emergency foreign ministers'...
Turkey resumes search for oil in eastern Mediterranean, causes uproar at EU
Turkey's resumed search for oil and gas in the eastern Mediterranean is "extremely worrying", the EU said Sunday after...
Turkish President seeks to ease concerns over weakening currency
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan brushed off concerns over the weakening value of the Turkey's currency on Friday,...
Turkey: Concerns over Turkey’s economic policies send Lira to new record low vs. dollar
Istanbul, Aug 6, 2020 - Turkey's lira set a new record low against the US dollar on Thursday as investors worried...
Turkish women put pressure on their government on its commitment against domestic violence
Thousands of women in Turkey took to the streets on Wednesday to demand that the government does not withdraw from a...
Spread of Covid-19 accelerates in Turkey
Turkey has expressed concern over the rising number of coronavirus cases as the daily infection toll exceeded 1,000...
Concerns over Turkey’s restrictions on jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan
Restrictions imposed on Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan and a handful of other inmates at a Turkish island prison...
Tensions mount between Athens and Ankara, Greek navy deploys ships in the Aegean
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday denounced what he called Turkey's "violation" of the sovereignty of...
Egypt assembly gives Sisi permission to intervene in Libya
Egypt's parliament on Monday greenlighted a possible deployment of troops beyond its borders, after President Abdel ...
Turkish journalist Deniz Yucel sentenced for alleged “PKK propaganda”
Istanbul, July 16, 2020 - A Turkish court on Thursday sentenced well-known Turkish-German journalist Deniz Yucel to...
Egypt’s Sisi doubles down on threat to send troops to Libya and confront Turkey
Cairo, July 16, 2020 - Egypt's president said Thursday that his country "will not stand idle" against threats to the...
Church vs. Mosque: a history of medieval-era religious conflicts.. and nothing has changed
Istanbul's iconic Hagia Sophia is to reopen for Muslim worship as a mosque after an almost nine-decade hiatus, in the...
Three sentenced to life in prison in Turkey over Istanbul terror attack
Istanbul, July 13, 2020 - A Turkish court on Monday handed down life sentences to three suspects over a 2016 terror...
European Union ponders how to respond to Turkey on host of issues
Brussels, July 13, 2020 - EU countries on Monday agreed to step up efforts to calm raging tensions with Turkey through...
Turkish court revokes Hagia Sophia’s status as museum, Erdogan pledges to reopen it as a mosque
Istanbul, July 10, 2020 - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Friday that the Hagia Sophia, one of the...
Controversy over Turkey’s Hagia Sophia church
Russian officials and the Orthodox church on Monday urged caution over calls in Turkey to alter the status of the...
Turkey accuses Greece of human rights violations
Ankara, June 25, 2020 - Turkey on Thursday accused Greece of human rights violations as it hit back at criticism by...
Turkish forces raid Iraq’s Sulaimaniya
Sulaimaniyah, Iraq, June 25, 2020 - A Turkish air strike on Iraqi Kurdistan killed one person and wounded six others...
Top EU diplomat calls Turkish gas drilling off Cyprus ‘illegal’
Nicosia, Cyprus, June 25, 2020 - European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Thursday that "illegal"...
Turkey: Court in Ankara sentences dozens to prison for attempted coup
Ankara, June 26, 2020 - A Turkish court on Friday handed down life sentences to 121 people for taking part in the...
Turkey reeling from Covid-19 losses of more than 5,000 people
Istanbul, June 23, 2020 - Turkey's coronavirus death toll has crossed 5,000 and the number of infections have exceeded...
Blast kills two outside Turkish military training camp in Mogadishu
Mogadishu, June 23, 2020 - Two people were killed on Tuesday by an Al-Shabaab suicide bomb outside Turkey's military...
Turkey attacks northern Iraq, civilians killed
Arbil, Iraq, June 19, 2020 - The civilian death toll of Turkish air raids in northern Iraq rose to five on Friday,...
Turkish basketballer’s father acquitted of terror charges
Istanbul, June 19, 2020 - The father of Turkish NBA player Enes Kanter has been acquitted on charges of belonging to...
Turkey detains two opposition journalists: report
Istanbul, June 8, 2020 (AFP) - Turkish police detained two opposition journalists as part of an investigation into...
Turkish court jails US consul staffer for aiding ‘terror group’
Istanbul, June 11, 2020 (By Fulya Ozerkan) - A local US consulate employee was sentenced to nearly nine years in...
Turkey debates the risks and benefits of neighborhood watchmen
Istanbul, June 11, 2020 - Turkey's parliament passed a controversial bill on Wednesday giving neighbourhood patrols...
Honda’s Turkey four-wheel vehicle plant affected by cyber attack
Tokyo, June 10, 2020 - Honda plants in Turkey, Brazil and India have halted operations as the Japanese carmaker...
Greece and Italy sign agreement on Ionian Sea in apparent effort to counter Turkey’s regional ambitions
Athens, June 9, 2020 - Greece on Tuesday signed a maritime border accord with Italy on the Ionian Sea, settling...
Turkey’s youths and seniors allowed to leave home from 10 am to 8 pm
Istanbul, June 9, 2020 - Turkey will remove confinement rules on people over 65 years old and those under 18,...
Turkey reopens for business
Istanbul, June 1, 2020 - Turkey reopened restaurants, cafes and Istanbul's iconic 15th century Grand Bazaar...
Social gamer Zynga to buy Turkish rival
San Francisco, June 1, 2020 - Social gaming giant Zynga said Monday it had struck a deal to acquire Turkish-based...