Turkey

Officials from the Turkish Red Crescent said that the eight-year old siege on Gaza undermines Turkish attempts to deliver aid that covers the needs of all Gazans and guarantees...

Turkey's Prime Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu ruled out on the normalisation of relations with Israel unless the blockade on the Gaza Strip was lifted and aggression on the enclave was...

Turkish authorities summoned the US charge d'affaires in Ankara yesterday over reports suggesting Washington is spying on Turkish officials, a spokesperson of the Turkish government said. Deputy Turkish Prime...

The Popular International Committee to Support the Gaza Strip launched a campaign yesterday to raise $1 billion for the rebuilding of the Gaza Strip; $100 million is set to...

A Turkish floating power-generating ship is due to sail for Gaza in the next 120 days if the necessary permits for crew members are completed in time, confirms Turkish...

Turkey's new President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday stressed his country's non-confrontational foreign policy agenda following his inauguration. In his inaugural speech at the Cankaya Palace, Ankara, Erdogan said that...

Former prime minister Erdogan took the oath on Thursday at the Grand National Assembly. The ceremony was marked by a walkout by opposition Republican People's Party lawmakers. Party leader...

The Turkish Red Crescent has handed over an urgent shipment of aid to the Palestinian Red Crescent, the Anadolu news agency reported. The news agency reported Imad Abu-Matar, an...

Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party's new Chairman Ahmet Davutoglu said his party will continue on the path set by his predecessor. Turkey's Prime Minister-in-waiting Ahmet Davutoglu hailed the...

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday visited a number of injured Palestinians who are receiving treatment in Ankara. Several Turkish officials accompanied Erdogan's in his visit, which lasted...

Sudan and Turkey have expressed their keenness to strengthen economic ties and coordinate positions in regional and international forums. This development follows a meeting held in Sudan's capital Khartoum...

The nomination of Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu to serve as the next prime minister of Turkey and the president of the ruling AK Party by Turkey's President-elect Recep...

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has been tipped to become the new chairman of the ruling AK Party, and thus become the next prime minister, by outgoing President Abdullah...

As many as 350 Palestinians have fled from Syria's Yarmouk refugee camp, located in southern Damascus, to Turkey after airstrikes by the Syrian regime's warplanes destroyed their homes, Anadolu...

The former head of Germany's intelligence agency (BND) has confirmed that the German government ordered the agency to spy on Turkey. Anadolu news agency reported on Tuesday that Hans-Georg...

Deputy spokesperson of the US State Department Mary Harf refused to compare US arms sales to Israel and Turkey, saying that relations with the two countries are bound by...

Turkey will send a floating power-generating ship to Gaza, Taner Yildiz, Turkey's energy minister said Tuesday. "Turkey will build power plants in Palestine in the long term, but as...

German intelligence agencies are spying on Turkey for fear of the impact of terrorist groups in Turkey on German national security, the Frankfurter Allgemeine newspaper reported, citing government sources....

Turkey's President-elect and outgoing Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan received a delegation from the International Union of Muslim Scholars on Friday, a statement on the union's website said. According...

'If the allegations are true, then Germany must explain,' Turkey's Foreign Ministry said on Monday. The Turkish foreign ministry summoned the German ambassador in Ankara, Eberhard Pohl Monday morning...

A joint Palestinian medical task force said on Friday that a Turkish medical delegation arrived in the Gaza Strip to help treat Palestinian casualties caused by the Israeli war,...

Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Bashir Atalay said that the process of transferring injured Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Turkey for medical treatment faces major difficulties because the transfer...

Turkey's exports to the states of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in the first half of this year amounted to $14.6 billion, while its imports from...

For the second day in a row, the Egyptian authorities have continued to prevent a number of wounded Palestinians from leaving the country via Cairo International Airport for treatment...

Turkish human rights organisations and activists from 12 countries announced their intention to send a fleet to challenge the blockade imposed by Israel on the Gaza Strip. The organisations...

The Disaster and Emergency Management Agency of Turkey (AFAD) has sent 68.5 tonnes of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. Director-General Fuat Oktay said the aid is due to...

Turkey's outgoing prime minister and President-elect Recep Tayyip Erdogan toured 30 provinces in Turkey during his presidential campaign. Erdogan decided to run for president following internal discussions in his...

Outgoing Turkish President Abdullah Gul is welcome back into Turkey's ruling AK Party, said Bulent Arinc, deputy prime minister, although it is not clear what his role in the...

Predictions and polls suggest that the twelfth president of Turkey will be Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the man who is planning to make Turkey a strong influential central state by...

Turkish Jewish poet Roni Margulies condemned Israel's attacks on Gaza and called Israel as illegitimate pirate state. Speaking to Turkish Yeni Asya newspaper, Margulies said it was not legitimate...

Egyptian commentators and former politicians have welcomed the electoral victory of outgoing Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyib Erdogan on Sunday. Former advisor to the ousted president Mohamed Morsi and...

Turkey's recent history and the change it is undergoing today cannot be adequately understood without a comprehensive understanding of who exactly incoming president Recep Tayyip Erdogan is and what...