Turkey will continue to carefully abide by the decades-old international pact, Montreux Convention, governing the Istanbul Straits leading into the Black Sea, the foreign minister said yesterday. Mevlut Cavusoglu...

Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill are pressing President Biden to become the first US president to acknowledge the 1915 mass killing of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire as...

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu announced that his country has begun talks to purchase a new batch of Russian-made S-400 missile defence systems. Cavusoglu added that the Turkish administrations,...

The European Union announced on Wednesday that it will continue to fund an education project for Syrian children in Turkey. The project known by its acronym PIKTES — Promoting...

Mehmet Bozdag is a 38-year-old Turkish screenwriter, director and producer. He has become tremendously well-known after producing the widely-celebrated series Ertugrul. Bozdag pays attention to the smallest details in his...

Turkey remains opposed to the Muslim Brotherhood being designated a "terrorist" group by Egypt despite a recent push to repair strained ties between the two countries, Reuters reported Foreign Minister Mevlut...

Turkey and Greece on Monday agreed to hold more confidence-building talks. The Turkish Defence Ministry said on Twitter that the defence ministries of both countries have agreed to hold...

Turkey, Qatar, and the UN have agreed to postpone the Istanbul Conference for the Afghanistan peace process, a joint statement issued today has revealed. The high-level conference hosted by...

Chinese company Sinopec has won a deal to develop Iraq's Mansuriya gas field near the Iranian border, the Gulf state's Ministry of Oil announced yesterday. Last year Iraq cancelled...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appointed a prominent member of Turkey's ruling AK Party, Mehmet Mus, as trade minister today and split the Family, Labour and Social Policies Ministry into...

Turkey has been criticised heavily over the past few years for what some see as a series of foreign policy blunders, from its military intervention in northern Syria to...

The war in Afghanistan has been called the most pointless conflict of all time. It is probably the most disastrous military venture launched by the US, Britain and their...

The Turkish Embassy in Algeria has denied allegations on local news websites that it is interfering in the internal affairs of the country, Anadolu has reported. Claims have been...

In Turkey, second only to India in new coronavirus cases, a recent surge has brought active infections to a peak equivalent to nearly one per cent of working-age people,...

Ankara filed a complaint against Riyadh at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over the semi-official Saudi boycott of trading with Turkey, Arabi21 reported yesterday. Reporting the Turkish Sabah newspaper, Arabi21 said that Turkish officials had...

Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh visited Ankara last week with a large delegation including five deputy prime ministers, 14 ministers, and the chief of staff to participate in...

The Turkish Coast Guard Command announced on Saturday that it rescued 41 asylum seekers in the Aegean Sea who were pushed back into Turkish territorial waters with one set...

Algerian Ambassador to Ankara Murad Ajabi has called on Turkish businesspeople to invest in his country, promising that it could bring about distinctive commercial potential to both countries. In...

Turkey's Presidential Spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin on Friday condemned the latest Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip, Anadolu Agency reported. "We strongly condemn Israel's airstrike on Gaza during the holy...

The relations between Russia and Turkey are "developing", a Kremlin spokesman said today, Anadolu Agency reports. Suspension of the flights from Russia to Turkey does not mean chilling in the...

Searching an area in northern Iraq under the control of the Iraqi Hashd Al-Shabi (Popular Mobilization) militia, Iraqi authorities have found rocket pads that were used earlier this week...

The foreign ministers of Greece and Turkey clashed on a wide range of issues during a press conference in Ankara on Thursday, Anadolu has reported. Turkey's Mevlut Cavusoglu opened...

Turkey's Central Bank has outlawed the use of cryptocurrencies as a payment method for the purchase of goods and services, joining the short list of countries to have directly...

Turkey criticised a court ruling on the closure of Quran courses in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), saying the decision "is the product of an ideological and...

At the end of March 2021, Turkey announced the approval of plans for constructing the Istanbul Canal, which will connect the Black Sea north of Istanbul to the Sea...

A Turkish delegation is to visit Egypt early next month to mend strained relations, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said today. "Egypt has invited a delegation from Turkey. The delegation...

Greece has agreed to resume talks on demarcating the maritime border areas in the Mediterranean with the Libyan authorities, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced yesterday. In an official statement,...

The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has reiterated its call to hold accountable those responsible for the chemical attack launched by the Syrian regime forces on the city of...

Turkish journalist and writer Ahmet Altan was released from prison on Wednesday, his lawyer said, after the top appeals court overturned a verdict against him following a ruling by...

Turkey's donation of 150,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Libya has been shipped by air, according to the Turkish National Defense Ministry on Wednesday, Anadolu reports. "With the completion...

Kemal Kilicdaroglu, leader of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), maybe a candidate in Turkey's 2023 presidential election, an opposition politician said on Wednesday, Anadolu reports. "Kemal Kilicdaroglu...

German Fenerbahçe midfielder, Mesut Ozil, has donated €101,000 ($120,770) to the Turkish Red Crescent for an aid campaign run during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Anadolu news agency reported. The...