Turkey and Egypt agreed on Wednesday to continue talks to normalize ties after wrapping up a second round of discussions meant to address differences, the two countries said in a joint statement.
The talks were held in Ankara over two days and led (...)
Turkey, Qatar and the US are working to operate Karzai International Airport in the Afghan capital, Kabul, through talks with the Taliban, said Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu Tuesday.
During an interview with Turkish broadcaster NTV, (...)
Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, reviewed on Monday the prospects of reinforcing relations between the two nations in a way that serves their common interests.
During the phone (...)
Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan received an Emirati delegation on Wednesday led by National Security Adviser Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed in Ankara.
During the meeting, the two sides discussed the prospects of consolidating ties between the UAE (...)
Saudis were not known as people of the Gulf until after the year 1980 when the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) came into being. The GCC was established in extraordinary circumstances to confront the rapid and dangerous changes that suddenly swept the (...)
Turkish authorities said on Friday the death toll from the severe floods and mudslides that struck the north of the country has risen to 27. One other person is reported missing.
Torrential rain triggered severe flooding and mudslides on the Black (...)
Turkish authorities said on Thursday the death toll from the severe floods and mudslides that struck the north of the country has risen to 17. One other person is reported missing.
Torrential rain triggered severe flooding and mudslides on the Black (...)
A weaving project is helping to close the decades-long divide between the two communities in Cyprus, with assistance from the UN mission in the country, UNFICYP.
Hande Toycan, who is Turkish-Cypriot, and Flora Hadjigeorgiou, a Greek-Cypriot, are (...)
A thermal power plant in southern Turkey was evacuated on Wednesday as flames from raging wildfires approached it.
Images posted online by the mayor of Milas, Muhammet Tokat, showed the fire at the gates of the plant.
Local authorities had earlier (...)
These were the dramatic scenes as locals in southern Turkey scrambled to fight a wildfire that had surrounded their village.
Villagers in Cokertme raced to get a water hose long enough to reach the flames.
Others tried to usher their farm animals (...)
The European Union has sent three firefighting planes to Turkey as the country continues to battle blazes that have claimed the lives of at least eight people.
Three Canadairs from Croatia and Spain were mobilized on Sunday after Ankara activated (...)
NATO needs to confront the challenges posed by China, but Russia remains the "most immediate threat to the common security of the allies," Douglas D. Jones, the US Chargé d'Affaires, told Euronews.
Leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (...)
Turkey's tourism minister is facing calls to resign after public criticism of an official video promoting tourism that includes workers wearing "Enjoy, I'm vaccinated" face masks.
The video was released by the government-linked Go Turkiye travel (...)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan discussed bilateral ties in a call on Tuesday, the second conversation between the two leaders in less than a month.
The Turkish President also congratulated the (...)
Turkey granted emergency use authorization for Russia's Sputnik V vaccine on Friday, according to Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca.
"Turkey's Medicines and Medical Devices Agency approved the emergency use of the Sputnik V vaccine after (...)
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Monday the country's strictest pandemic restrictions so far to fight a surge in COVID-19 infections and deaths.
The new measures, which will come into force on Thursday, include closing businesses (...)
Turkey said it respected the Saudi court's verdict in the murder case of Jamal Khashoggi in which 8 people were handed between 7 and 20 years jail sentences last year.
In an interview with Reuters on Monday, Ibrahim Kalin, the spokesman and adviser (...)
President Joe Biden on Saturday became the first US president to officially recognize the massacre of Armenians under the Ottoman Empire as a genocide, risking a potential fracture with Turkey but signaling a commitment to global human rights.
In a (...)
US President Joe Biden told his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday he plans to recognize the 1915 massacre of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire as genocide, according to a person familiar with the conversation.
Readouts from the White (...)
A court in Turkey's capital Ankara on Wednesday sentenced 32 defendants to life, including six who received aggravated life terms without the possibility of parole, for their alleged involvement in the 2016 failed coup attempt against President (...)
European Union chiefs called out Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday over his decision to withdraw Turkey from the Istanbul Convention, a treaty on preventing violence against women.
The meeting in Ankara centered around the need for a (...)
Turkey reported 40,806 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, marking another record high in daily cases since the start of the pandemic, according to Turkish health ministry data released on Thursday.
It was Turkey's highest single-day (...)
EU foreign ministers were on Monday set to meet in Brussels to consider sanctions against several nations, the southern neighborhood, and relations with Turkey.
At the gathering of the Foreign Affairs Council, hosted by EU High Representative Josep (...)
Turkey has withdrawn from a landmark European treaty protecting women from violence that it was the first to sign 10 years ago, provoking a wave of anger at a time when attacks have been on the rise.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a decree (...)
Turkish authorities have ordered Istanbul-based TV channels affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood to soften their critical political coverage of Egypt's government, according to media reports.
The move comes as Ankara seeks to repair ties with (...)
