A magnitude 6.0 earthquake has struck an area of western Turkey near the town of Duzce, about 210km (130 miles) east of Turkey's largest city Istanbul.
The tremors were strong enough to be felt in Istanbul and the capital Ankara. At least 46 people (...)
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake hit a town in northwest Turkey early Wednesday, causing damage to some buildings and widespread panic. Around 35 people were injured, mostly while trying to flee homes, the AP reported.
The earthquake was centered in the (...)
Turkey's president again hinted at a possible new ground offensive in Syria against Kurdish militants on Tuesday, and it was Moscow that urged restraint and called on Ankara to avoid an escalation.
Russia's presidential envoy in Syria Alexander (...)
Turkey has summoned Sweden's ambassador to Ankara to protest against "insulting" images of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Kurdish "propaganda" — featuring Erdogan's face — was allegedly projected onto the Turkish Embassy building in Stockholm.
The (...)
Egypt said on Monday that President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed that their meeting in Doha will be the start to develop bilateral relations between Cairo and Ankara.
The two leaders met on Sunday in (...)
Turkish authorities have arrested more than 20 suspects including one person who is believed to have planted a bomb that exploded on a bustling pedestrian avenue in Istanbul, Turkey's interior minister said on Monday.
Süleyman Soylu said that (...)
In the corridors of power in Stockholm and Helsinki, the celebrations are on ice.
After four months, 28 out of 30 NATO states have ratified the treaty changes in their national parliaments that would approve membership for Finland and Sweden, with (...)
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Chinese President Xi Jinping in a meeting on Friday vowed to work together in times of change and instability, and to contribute more to global peace and development.
Scholz is the first European leader to visit (...)
Russia has performed an abrupt U-turn and again agreed to allow the safe shipment of millions of tons of Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea.
Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told his Turkish counterpart on Wednesday that Moscow has agreed (...)
Turkish police have detained the president of the country's medical association after she called for a probe into the use of chemical weapons.
Dr. Sebnem Korur Fincanci has demanded an independent investigation into allegations that the Turkish (...)
Missiles hit the southeastern region of Zaporizhzhia in Ukraine on Friday, following an earlier wave of strikes in northeastern Kharkiv that injured nine people, local authorities said.
"Russia attacked the city with S-300 missiles. A residential (...)
Forty people are now thought to have died following an explosion in a coal mine in northern Turkey, the country's interior minister says,
Suleyman Soylu said 58 miners had been rescued, 11 had been injured and one was unaccounted for.
Around 110 (...)
Ankara and Moscow will work jointly on building a natural gas hub in Türkiye's Thrace region after a Russian proposal earlier this week, according to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
"For such a distribution center, of course, Thrace is seen (...)
A group of Mediterranean countries, known as the MED 5, have called for more EU support, fearing the fallout from the Ukraine war could cause a surge in migration to the bloc.
Ministers from Cyprus, Greece, Malta and Spain met in the town of Pafos (...)
Runaway inflation and a collapsing lira are pushing millions of Turks to the brink of financial ruin and slamming factories, farmers and retailers across the country.
More than two-thirds of people in Turkey are struggling to pay for food and cover (...)
Ukrainian forces entered the eastern Russian stronghold of Lyman on Saturday after encircling thousands of Russian troops, Kiev has said.
Moscow has confirmed that its forces have left the town. The state-owned RIA Novosti agency quoted the Russian (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Shoura Council President Sheikh Abdullah Al-Sheikh received Turkish Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Fatih Ulusoy at the Shoura headquarters here on Thursday. During the reception, Al-Sheikh accepted an official invitation from Speaker of (...)
Speaker of the Shura Council Sheikh Dr. Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Ibrahim Al Al-Sheikh, today at the council's headquarters in Riyadh, received Turkish Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Fatih Ulusoy.
Dr. Al Al-Sheikh stressed the importance (...)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he believes Russia's leader is seeking an end to the war he began in Ukraine, and that a "significant step" will be made.
He said his impression from recent talks with Vladimir Putin was that he wanted (...)
Russian forces have withdrawn from key eastern towns, as a rapid Ukrainian counter-attack makes further gains.
Ukrainian officials said troops entered Kupiansk, a vital eastern supply hub for Russian forces, on Saturday.
Russia's Defense Ministry (...)
Upon the generous directives of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and with continuous follow-up by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the Republic of Turkiye, (...)
JEDDAH — Saudi citizens who sustained injuries in a recent traffic accident in the Turkish city of Rize were airlifted to the Kingdom on Wednesday.
This was in line with the directives of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman and Crown (...)
ANKARA — A Saudi tourist sustained injuries and fractures after falling from a cliff in Turkiye. The accident took place in Akcaabat district in Trabzon province in the Black Sea region of Turkiye.
The 41-year-old citizen lost his balance at a (...)
Turkey's lira slid towards an all-time low on Friday as traders continued selling the currency after the previous day's surprise central bank interest rate cut in the face of near 80% inflation.
Analysts and bankers said Thursday's cut to 13% from (...)
Three more ships have been given the green light to leave Ukraine's Black Sea ports on Friday, carrying just over 58,000 tons of corn, in a move that will raise hopes further for the success of a UN initiative aimed at lowering prices of essential (...)
