Turkish Government

A Turkish court has convicted the country's former Chief of the General Staff to life imprisonment. Retired General Mehmet İlker Başbuğ was sentenced for his role in the "Ergenekon...

Turkey's ambassador to Cairo, Huseyin Avni Botsali, has been recalled to Ankara for consultations on developments in Egypt following the violent crackdown by the security forces on supporters of...

Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that accepting the military coup in Egypt means that people will not be able to speak up in the future...

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has brushed aside criticism that his foreign policy has isolated Turkey by insisting that "God and the people are with us." Speaking from...

Turkey's prime minister has questioned why it is the Americans, and not the Israelis, who have responded to his criticism of the State of Israel. "Why would the United...

An informed source in Palestine has claimed that former Fatah leader Mohamed Dahlan, who is currently a senior government advisor in the UAE, has visited Turkey and met opposition...

Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu warned that backing off from a military strike against Syria "signals a green light to the Syrian regime to commit more massacres." He pointed...

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced that Turkey is taking the necessary measures to avoid future tragedies like the recent incident involving Turkish pilots being kidnapped in...

According to Turkish newspaper, Yeni Shafaq, close to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the head of the Turkish Intelligence Service (MIT), Hakan Fidan, is expected to submit a...

Turkish newspaper, Hurriyet, reported that Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, will meet Russian President, Vladimir Putin, in Moscow at the end of November, when discussions will focus on...

A former Israeli official demanded that Turkey be expelled from NATO following media reports which accused the Turkish intelligence service of leaking the names of 10 Iranian agents who...

Turkey's military chief of staff has revealed that two F-16 aircrafts took off from the Amasya Merzifon Airport in western Turkey and headed to the Syrian border, following reports...

The Turkish Parliament has approved the renewal of a mandate that allows the Turkish government and Armed Forces to carry out military operations outside Turkey's borders when necessary. This...

Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Besir Atalay has denied rumours that the government intends to build a fence along the border with Syria. He insisted that all security procedures have...

A report in the Washington Post claims that, last year, the Turkish government passed to the government in Tehran a list of ten Mossad agents active in Iran. The...

In a rare incident, two Turkish F16 fighter jets have intercepted a Russian military spy plane above the international waters between the two countries in the Black Sea, the...

Sources in the Turkish army have revealed that Turkish authorities seized three truckloads of chemical materials at its border with Syria. In a statement, Turkish chief of staff said...

The trial of six former military officers charged with killing six Kurdish villagers in 1993 has begun in Hernak in south-eastern Turkey. The former military officers, who include generals,...

Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will visit Iran next week to participate in an international meeting that would address the Syrian crisis; a Turkish diplomatic source said on Monday....

British police held Israel's former intelligence chief Amos Yadlin for 45 minutes at London's Heathrow airport in response to a Turkish arrest warrant against him over his responsibility in...

Turkey's Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan responded to Egypt's decision to expel his country's ambassador from Cairo by raising the Rabia Al Adawiya four fingers symbol in front of...

Since 1925, when Egypt and Turkey exchanged diplomatic representatives, relations between the two countries have gone back and forth between apathy and warmth. The relationship, which began at the...

Spokesperson of the Turkish Foreign Ministry Levent Gümrükçü indicated that his country has reached a complete agreement with Iran to develop bilateral relations, according to the London-based newspaper Al-Sharq...

Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has affirmed his country's respect for and friendship with the people of Egypt despite the current diplomatic crisis. Commenting on the quarrel between Ankara...

Turkish authorities have decided to allocate homes for homeless Syrian refugees before the start of the winter season. The Director General of Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency, Dr...

Amnesty International (AI) has denounced the reaction of the European Union (EU) to the growing Syrian refugee crisis. So far, EU member states have only opened their doors to...

Turkey has decided not to attend the inaugural event for the tenth session of an international conference convened at the level of senior officials in Cairo. The G8's Broader...

Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that he would agree to the retrials of hundreds of army officers who were jailed for plotting a coup against...

In 1980, General Kenan Evren led a military coup against the Turkish government. American President Jimmy Carter was at a musical concert when he received a phone call from...

The protests in Turkey have dominated international media coverage for several weeks now. Starting with a local protest over plans to bulldoze a park to make way for a...

During its early renaissance stages, modern Turkey was subjected to violent shocks, some of which were neither justifiable nor understandable. However, the Turks' only option was to deal with...

On the heels of the British parliament's refusal to sanction a military attack on Syria, US President Barack Obama drove the issue of a possible intervention to a dead-end...