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Turkish president slams Israel's 'Jewish nation-state' law
Jul 24, 2018 09:10Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday slammed a controversial Israeli law, which calls it a ‘Jewish nation-state’.
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Turkey says rejected US call to abide by anti-Iran sanctions
Jul 24, 2018 06:00Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has described Washington’s sanctions against Iran as inappropriate, saying Ankara has told US officials that it will not abide by the bans.
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Turkey’s police detain 43 suspected members of Daesh terror group in Istanbul
Jul 24, 2018 01:34Turkish security forces have arrested 43 people suspected to be foreign members of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in an array of counter-terrorism operations across Istanbul.
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Turkey says working to avoid repercussions of US sanctions on Iran
Jul 20, 2018 11:24Turkey's Foreign Ministry says the country's officials are working to prevent Ankara from being negatively affected by the US move to re-impose nuclear sanctions against Iran in the wake of Washington's withdrawal from a historic nuclear deal signed between the Islamic Republic and the P5+1 group of countries in 2015.
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Turkey, Netherlands agree to normalize relations
Jul 20, 2018 11:24Turkey and the Netherlands have agreed to normalize relations following a severing of bilateral ties in a 2017 diplomatic row.
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PKK logistics head slain in Turkish airstrikes in northern Iraq
Jul 19, 2018 14:41Turkey’s military says the head of logistics for the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group has been killed as Turkish military aircraft conducted a series of airstrikes against terrorist hideouts in Iraq’s northern semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.
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Emergency rule ends in Turkey after two years
Jul 19, 2018 06:57A two-year state of emergency in Turkey that had been imposed nationwide after a failed coup in 2016 has expired, with Ankara deciding not to renew it.
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US trying to persuade Turkey to buy Patriots instead of Russian S-400s: Official
Jul 17, 2018 01:47An American official says the United States is engaged in negotiations with Turkey in a bid to sell Patriot surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems to the Ankara government as an alternative to the advanced S-400 air defense missile systems.
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Erdogan warns Putin over Syrian military’s Idlib operations
Jul 15, 2018 02:36Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned his Russian counterpart that Syrian military action in the Idlib region may endanger the Astana peace accords.
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Turkey resolved to make progress in EU membership process: Cavusoglu
Jul 11, 2018 02:23Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has underlined the country’s determination to make progress in its EU membership process.