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UN secretary-general on Cyprus: Don’t expect miracles

As one of the most contentious issues of Turkish foreign policy, the Cyprus issue is once again being negotiated in Switzerland among stakeholders, with...

Turkish deputy PM says allies arming Kurdish militia, no room for it at Syria talks

Turkey's allies are still providing weapons to the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) militia, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Veysi Kaynak said on Wednesday,...

US says Syrian Kurds, including YPG, must take part in Syrian peace talks

US State Department Deputy Spokesperson Mark Toner said on Tuesday that all Syrians, including the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) group, must take part in...

US Embassy denies energy minister’s claims that US behind power cuts in Turkey

The US Embassy in Ankara on Tuesday denied allegations that the US was behind a hacking into the Turkish electricity system that caused extensive...

Turkey, Russia stress importance of maintaining Syrian cease-fire

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, stressed the importance of maintaining the cease-fire in Syria while continuing to fight...

Abadi says no progress in ties until Turkey withdraws troops

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has said no progress will be made in relations with Turkey as long as Turkey does not withdraw its...

Turkey to finish 911-kilometer-long wall on Syrian border

A wall that Turkey has been building on its border with Syria to prevent illegal crossings is expected to be completed in April, with...

If not Iraq and IKRG, Turkey will do what is needed in Sinjar

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım called on Baghdad and Arbil to take action against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) presence in Sinjar, Iraq,...

Yıldırım visits peshmerga lines near Mosul

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım visited the peshmerga front near Mosul on Sunday, at the end of a two-day visit to Iraq, the state-run...

Energy Minister Albayrak: Ministry exposed to cyber attack from US

Amid recent complaints from residents of İstanbul and nearby cities about frequent power cuts, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's son-in-law and Energy Minister Berat Albayrak...

[VIDEO] Bashiqa crisis cools down as Turkey promises to withdraw

After a months-long war of words over the Turkish military presence in Bashiqa near Mosul, Baghdad and Ankara have agreed to resolve the issue...

Deputy PM does abrupt about-face on Turkey’s Syria policy

Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş, who said on Thursday that Turkey’s Syria policy had been fraught with mistakes since the very beginning, changed his...

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