The German government had approved an €800 million ($899 million) arms export deal with Egypt during the period from 1 January to 5 June 2019, the country’s economic affairs...

Turkey will make its own decision on purchasing Russian S-400 missile defense systems, according to the leader of a Turkish opposition party, Anadolu Agency reports. Speaking at an event in Istanbul...

A Turkish observation post in Syria’s Idlib region was attacked with mortar fire and shelling from an area controlled by Syrian government forces, causing damage but no casualties, the...

Bashar al-Assad regime forces attacked a Turkish observation point in Syria and it was retaliated with heavy weapons, Turkish Defence Ministry said on Sunday, Anadolu Agency reports. In a statement,...

French President Emmanuel Macron urged Turkey to stop “illegal activities” in Cyprus’s exclusive economic zone and said the European Union would not back down on the issue, reported by...

Turkey’s compound men team bagged silver medal in the 2019 World Archery Championships on today, reported by Anadolu Agency. Turkish men were beaten by South Korea in the final of...

Turkey rejects ‘fait accompli’ in Jerusalem, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said today, as reported on Anadolu Agency. “We reject efforts to create new fait accompli in Jerusalem,” Erdogan told at...

600 photographers from Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iran and Russia are expected to attend

Four civilians were killed in an aerial bombardment carried out by the Syrian regime and Iranian groups allied with it on the de-escalation zone in northern Syria, the Anadolu Agency reported....

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Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has stated that Turkey will retaliate if the US imposes sanctions on it over its purchase of Russia’s S-400 missile defence system. In an...

Speaking to his US counterpart, Turkey’s defence chief on Thursday brought up an “improperly” worded letter sent by the US last week, said an official Turkish statement, Anadolu Agency reports....

A Turkish lawmaker from the opposition Saadet (Felicity) Party reacted to the US’s threats of imposing sanctions on Ankara for purchasing S-400 air missile defence systems from Russia, Anadolu Agency reports....

Syrian regime forces under President Bashar Al-Assad have today launched an attack on a Turkish observation post in the province of Idlib breaking the terms of an agreed de-escalation...

Turkey has already bought the Russian S-400 missile defense systems, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday, stressing that it is a done deal, Anadolu reports. “I’m not saying...

Speaking to reporters at the Turkish embassy residence, Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gul said given international conventions and agreements the US and Turkey have signed, some steps should have been...

Ten Daesh suspects were arrested early Wednesday in Turkey’s Adana province, Anadolu reports. Police simultaneously raided 19 residences in Adana’s city centre and arrested those suspected of having links...

At least seven people including two children died after a migrant boat sank off the Greek island of Lesbos, local media reports said on Tuesday, reports Anadolu Agency. According...

A Turkish court Tuesday ordered the release of a defendant on probation in the case over the assassination of Russia’s ambassador in Turkey, Andrei Karlov, reports Anadolu Agency. The...

Up to two million refugees may flee to Turkey if the fighting rages in northwestern Syria as aid funds run seriously low, the United Nations (UN) warned yesterday. The...

Training by Turkish pilots on F-35 fighter jets has come to a faster-than-expected halt at a US air base in Arizona, US officials said on Monday, as the United...

Turkey accused Icelandic officials on Monday of showing disrespect to its visiting football team after players said they were kept waiting at passport control for three hours and had...

Turkey on Monday slammed the Greek Cypriot administration’s reported decision to issue arrest warrants for crew members of the Turkish-flagged drillship Fatih, reports Anadolu Agency. Any such warrants are...

Turkey's President Erdogan joins Arsenal footballer Mesut Ozil as his best man at his wedding

Turkey is considering the deployment of one of the S-400 missile defence systems it will receive from Russia along its southwestern coast opposite Greece and Cyprus, according to various...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stated that “Turkish Cypriots in Northern Cyprus have rights in the eastern Mediterranean and we cannot allow anyone to confiscate these rights”. Erdogan...

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The US Ambassador to Cyprus, Judith Garber, has expressed her deep concerns over Turkey’s continued drilling off the coast of Cyprus, and urged Turkey to halt the operations exploring...

The United States’ envoy to Syria has announced that the country has a general plan to establish a proposed safe zone on the Turkish-Syrian border, but that European countries...

The United States has decided to stop accepting any additional Turkish pilots who planned to come to the United States to train on F-35 fighter jets, US officials say,...

Turkish Airlines has cancelled its flight scheduled for June 6 to Sudan’s capital Khartoum due to tensions brewing in the country, it said on Thursday, Anadolu Agency reports. Turkey’s flag...

Ankara has told the United States that it is willing to purchase its Patriot missile system following the delivery of Russia’s S-400 missile system if the US offers a...