AstrongearthquakehasstruckofftheAegeancoastofwesternTurkeyandtheGreekislandofLesbos,withtremorsfeltinIstanbulandAthens.Theepicentreofthe6.3magnitudequakewas5km(
Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has announced plans to hold a referendum on September 25, to decide whether or not the autonomous region should secede from Iraq. The Baghdad central government, countries across the Middle East, Turkey and even the US have criticized the referendum plan.
Iraq'sKurdistanRegionalGovernment(KRG)hasannouncedplanstoholdareferendumonSeptember25,todecidewhetherornottheautonomousregionshouldsecedefromIraq.TheBaghdadcent
TurkishPresidentRecepTayyipErdoganonSundayvowedthatTurkeywill"notabandonitsQataribrothers"andcalledforanendtothediplomaticcrisisintheGulfbeforetheendoftheholymo
Turkish security forces have seized more than a ton of heroin hidden in a Democratic Republic of Congo-flagged cargo ship in a raid in international waters on Wednesday, Reuters reported.
TurkishsecurityforceshaveseizedmorethanatonofheroinhiddeninaDemocraticRepublicofCongo-flaggedcargoshipinaraidininternationalwatersonWednesday,Reutersreported.Th
GermanyreadieswithdrawalofitsmilitaryinstallationsinTurkeyoveradisputeaboutthelatter'sblockingofGermanparliamentarians'accesstoitssoldiersinthekeyIncirlikAirbas
GermanyreadieswithdrawalofitsmilitaryinstallationsinTurkeyoveradisputeaboutthelatter'sblockingofGermanparliamentarians'accesstoitssoldiersinthekeyIncirlikAirbas
TurkishPresidentRecepTayyipErdoganhasspokentokeyplayersinthediplomaticdisputebetweenQatarandneighboringcountriesineffortstofindasolution,hisspokesmansaid.Erdoga
Turkey'sForeignMinisterMevlutCavusoglusaidonMondaythataGermanparliamentarydelegationcouldvisitaNATObaseinKonyabutsuggesteditwasnotyetpossibleforthemtogototheInc
TurkeysaidonMondayitwouldstripcitizenshipfrom130peoplesuspectedofmilitantlinks,includingtheU.S.-basedclericitblamesfororchestratinglastJuly'sfailedcoup,unlessth
TurkishPresidentRecepTayyipErdogansaysonSaturdayhemayorderanewmilitaryonslaughtagainstKurdishfightersinSyriaincaseTurkeycomesunderattackfromthem."Wewillnotdiscu
AsTurkeyandtheEuropeanUnion(EU)preparetorevivelong-stalledtiesfollowingastormyperiod,analystsarenotoptimisticaboutthemoveyieldinganysignificantprogressinAnkara'
TurkishPresidentRecepTayyipErdoganreturnedfromacrucialvisittoBrusselslastweek,spreadingawindofhopeontensionsbetweenTurkeyandEurope,butcautionandskepticismprevai
AccordingtotheTasnimnewsagency,theservicemenwereconductingachangeofguardonSaturdaynight,whentheincidentoccurred.KurdsareanethnicminorityinIran,Iraq,TurkeyandSyr
Turkeyhasremovedmorethan4,000judgesandprosecutorsonsuspicionoflinkstolastyear'sfailedcoup,JusticeMinisterBekirBozdagsaidonFriday.InaspeechinAnkara,Bozdagsaidthe
Turkishsecurityforceskilled29KurdistanWorkersParty(PKK)militantsinanoperationinamountainousareaofeasternTurkey'sAgriandVanprovinces,theAgrigovernor'sofficesaido