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Turkey ranks first in arms deliveries from Germany

Turkey led among countries receiving weapons shipments from Germany, Deutsche Welle Turkish service reported on Tuesday. In the first four months of the year, Turkey received weapons worth...

Greek Cyprus rejects Turkish side’s joint drilling proposal

Greek Cypriot leaders on ethnically split Cyprus have turned down a renewed proposal by breakaway Turkish Cypriots to form a joint committee on managing natural gas...

10 Turks kidnapped by armed gang off Nigerian coast: report

Turkey’s state-run news agency reported that an armed gang attacked a Turkish cargo ship off the coast of Nigeria and kidnapped 10 of the vessel’s crew...

No need to take EU steps against Turkey seriously: foreign minister

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Cavuşoğlu said on Tuesday there is no need to take seriously decisions made by the European Union to curb contacts and funding...

Erdoğan says Russian missiles will be fully deployed by April 2020

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Monday that the Russian S-400 missile defense system, parts of which have been delivered to Turkey over the past...

German, Austrian ministers say sanctions among options for Turkey’s Cyprus drilling: report

The European Union will decide on Monday to symbolically punish Turkey over what it calls “illegal” drilling for oil and gas off Cyprus and threaten harsher...

Erdoğan says Trump can waive sanctions on Turkey for Russian S-400 purchase

US President Donald Trump has the authority to waive sanctions on Turkey for its purchase of Russian air defense systems and should find a...

Çavuşoğlu: EU sanctions for drilling in eastern Mediterranean will backfire

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Friday responded to a draft statement by the European Union calling on Ankara to halt drilling efforts in the eastern...

NATO ‘concerned’ by Turkey’s acquisition of Russian S-400 system

NATO said Friday it was "concerned" by Turkey's acquisition of Russia's S-400 missile defense system after Ankara took delivery of its first batch, AFP reported. The...

Turkey receives first shipment of Russian S-400 missile system

The first shipment of a Russian S-400 air defense system has arrived in Turkey, according to a statement from the Turkish Defense Ministry on Friday, in...

RSF highlights journalist’s plight in Turkey with Washington Post ad

International press freedom organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF) placed a full-page ad in The Washington Post on Wednesday to raise awareness of Turkish journalist Erol Önderoğlu, who...

Turkey to deploy first S-400 missiles to Syrian border: report

Turkey plans to deploy the initial battery of S-400 air defense missiles, due to arrive from Russia this week, to Şanlıurfa province along the Syrian border,...

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