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Merkel hopeful for lawmaker visit to German troops in Turkey

After a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on the sidelines of the 11th G20 summit in Hangzhou, China, on Sunday, German Chancellor...

Turkey-backed rebels completely clear ISIL from Turkish border

Rebels allied with Turkey on Sunday cleared terrorist Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) elements from the last stretch of the Turkish...

TSK says FSA took control of 6 more villages in Syria

A statement released by the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) on Sunday said the Free Syrian Army has recaptured six more villages from the Islamic...

Erdoğan says Turkey yet to submit coup-related charges against Gülen to US

Although Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has repeatedly called on the US administration to extradite Pennsylvania-based Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen to Turkey, it...

Erdoğan, Merkel hold ‘constructive’ talks in China

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed bilateral relations and the refugee crisis before the start of the G20 summit...

Obama tells Erdoğan critical to ‘finish the job’ to secure Turkey-Syria border

  US President Barack Obama told his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, that it is critical to “finish the job” to secure Turkey’s border with...

Ahead of meeting, Obama slams Erdoğan over media crackdown, declining democracy

  US President Barack Obama criticized Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan over an ongoing media crackdown and the dismal state of democracy in Turkey, and...

Turkish EU minister: We could have killed putschist soldiers, but we didn’t

Ömer Çelik, Turkey's minister for EU Affairs, said during a press conference in Slovakia on Saturday that Turkey could have killed soldiers who attempted...

Thousands of Kurds in Germany protest against Erdoğan

Thousands of Kurdish people in Germany demonstrated in Cologne to protest the authoritarian regime in Turkey led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Supported by some...

Turkey, China agree to deepen cooperation against terrorism

Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan agreed on Saturday to deepen cooperation against terrorism and pledged to boost bilateral economic ties. The...

US strikes ISIL with rocket system deployed in Turkey

The US is now using a rocket system to strike the terrorist Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) targets in Syria, the...

Erdogan, UN chief discuss Syria at G-20 summit in China

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed support for Turkey’s ground operation against terrorist Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Syria at a...

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