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Pope Leo XIV confirms preparations for visit to Turkey: report

Pope Leo XIV is preparing for a trip to Turkey to mark the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, the Aleteia news website...

Putin skipping Turkey talks would signal Moscow won’t end war: Kyiv

Ukraine said on Tuesday that if Russian President Vladimir Putin skips talks in Turkey on Thursday with Volodymyr Zelensky, it would be a clear...

Erdoğan urges parties to seize ‘window of opportunity’ on Ukraine

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday urged parties to take advantage of recent contacts to strike a deal toward peace in Ukraine, after...

Trump says ‘thinking’ of flying to Turkey for Ukraine-Russia talks

US President Donald Trump said he is "thinking" of flying to Turkey on Thursday for possible talks between Ukraine and Russia. "I was thinking about...

Rubio to visit Turkey for NATO talks on Ukraine war, defense spending

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit Turkey May 14-16 to attend an informal NATO foreign ministers meeting in Antalya, where efforts to...

Turkey urges Moscow, Kyiv to meet on ceasefire ‘as soon as possible’

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Monday urged Russia and Ukraine to come together "as soon as possible" to implement a ceasefire agreement ahead...

Merz calls Turkey ‘extremely valuable NATO partner,’ but Eurofighter deal still on hold

New German chancellor Friedrich Merz has described Turkey as an "extremely valuable and important partner" and vowed to deepen defense cooperation with NATO member...

Iraqi Kurdistan president says PKK’s decision boosts regional stability

The president of Iraq's Kurdistan region, Nechirvan Barzani, on Monday welcomed the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party's (PKK) decision to disband and end its armed...

Zelensky offers to meet Putin in Turkey ‘personally’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday he would be willing to meet Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Turkey "personally,” after Donald Trump said direct...

Erdoğan says efforts to end Ukraine war at ‘turning point’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday told Russian and French leaders that a "historic turning point" has been reached in efforts to end...

Turkey to supply natural gas to Syria: energy minister

Turkey is set to deliver 6 million cubic meters (mcm) of natural gas per day to Syria in the next three months to help...

EU ambassador to Turkey says İmamoğlu arrest slowed Brussels-Ankara momentum

Ambassador Thomas Ossowski, head of the Delegation of the European Union to Turkey,  said Thursday that the arrest of İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has...

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