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US reiterates its opposition to Turkey’s normalization with Assad

The US State Department has once again voiced its opposition to a potential normalization of ties between the Turkish government and the regime of...

Swedish PM condemns mock hanging of Erdoğan effigy

Sweden's prime minister on Friday condemned a Kurdish group in Stockholm for hanging an effigy of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan showing him dangling...

Assad says improved Syria-Turkey ties should seek end to ‘occupation’

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad said Thursday that a Moscow-brokered rapprochement with Turkey should aim for "the end of occupation" by Ankara of parts of...

Turkey lashes out at Kurdish group in Sweden over controversial Erdoğan tweet

Turkey on Thursday condemned a video posted by a Kurdish group in Sweden calling President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan a "dictator" and showing him swinging...

Greek FM asks EU to ban fish imports from Turkey

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias sent a letter to top EU diplomat Josep Borrell asking him to take action against what he called Turkey’s...

Moscow says no new prisoner swap deal with Ukraine in Turkey talks

Russia and Ukraine reached no new prisoner exchange agreement during talks in Turkey, Moscow's envoy told AFP on Thursday, saying her earlier remarks about...

Swedish PM says his comments about Turkey’s demands misunderstood: report

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has said his recent comments about Sweden's inability to meet Turkey’s demands regarding NATO membership are all a “misunderstanding,”...

Turkish ambassador to Israel assumes post as relations warm

Turkey's ambassador to Israel, Şakir Özkan Torunlar, presented his credentials to President Isaac Herzog on Wednesday, the latest move in rebuilding ties after years...

Pushback cases in Aegean Sea increased by 57 percent in 2022: report

A total of 988 pushback cases were registered in the Aegean Sea last year, an increase of 57.1 percent over 2021, local media reported...

Libyan court suspends energy deal with Turkey: report

A Libyan court on Monday suspended an energy exploration deal that the Tripoli government signed last year with Turkey, a judiciary source said, pausing...

Ukrainian, Russian rights commissioners have met in Turkey: official

Ukraine's human rights ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said Wednesday he had held a meeting in Turkey with Russian counterpart Tatyana Moskalkova in rare talks between...

Sweden can’t meet some Turkey demands for NATO bid: PM

Turkey, which has for months blocked NATO membership bids by Sweden and Finland, has made some demands that Sweden cannot accept, Sweden's prime minister...

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