Turkey

Four Turkish opposition parties form parliamentary coalition

May 06, 2018 01:23

Four Turkish opposition parties have announced the forming of a coalition in an attempt to challenge Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan party in the upcoming national election.
Turkish president accuses France of 'abetting terrorism' in Syria

Apr 08, 2018 02:03

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused France of supporting terrorists amid growing tensions between the two NATO members over their different positions with regard to Kurdish militants in northern Syria.
Jordan joins Turkey in pressuring Syrian refugees

Mar 26, 2018 02:47

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has criticized Jordan's decision to end medical protection for Syrian refugees living outside camps in the kingdom.
Turkey begins operations in northern Iraq to hunt down PKK militants: President Erdogan

Mar 26, 2018 01:21

President Tayyip Erdogan has said Turkey had begun operations in Iraq's Sinjar region, an area where it has threatened a military incursion, two days after sources said Kurdish PKK militants would withdraw from the area.
Kurdish militants shell Turkish town, kills 1

Jan 31, 2018 10:46

Turkish media say Kurdish militants have fired two rockets from the northern Syrian region of Afrin at a Turkish border town, killing a teenage girl and wounding another person.
OIC emergency summit in Turkey on al-Quds

Dec 13, 2017 08:23

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) convenes an urgent summit in Istanbul on Washington’s contentious declaration on al-Quds, with the Turkish foreign minister urging Muslim nations to respond by pressing the world for the recognition of the city as the capital of a Palestinian state.
Thousands of Turkish people protest Trump's decision on Al-Quds

Dec 09, 2017 01:29

Thousands of protesters have gathered in downtown Istanbul to demonstrate against US President Donald Trump's decision to move the US embassy in Tel Aviv to al-Quds.
Iran consults Russia, Turkey before Syria talks

Jan 22, 2017 09:45

The Iranian delegation, which is in Astana to mediate talks aimed at resolving Syria’s six-year conflict, has held separate consultations with the two other mediating delegations, namely those of Russia and Turkey.
UK has sold £50 million worth of arms to Turkey since coup

Jan 22, 2017 05:53

The United Kingdom has sold almost £50 million worth of arms to Turkey since its government clamped down on opposition groups after the failed coup attempt in July 2016.
Turkey orders over 400 arrests as post-coup crackdown widens

Jan 21, 2017 16:23

Turkish prosecutors have issued arrest warrants for more than 400 people, including soldiers and security officers, over alleged affiliation to the network of US-based opposition cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom Ankara accuses of having orchestrated last July’s failed military coup.