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Erdoğan fails to deter Trump from arming Kurds in ISIL fight

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, in a phone call on Tuesday, attempted to persuade US President Donald Trump to abandon a proposal backed by...

Turkey loses 61 soldiers in Syria since Aug. 24

With a statement from the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) on Wednesday saying that another five soldiers were killed by the Islamic State in Iraq...

CIA Director Pompeo to visit Turkey on Thursday to discuss security issues

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Mike Pompeo, who was nominated to the post by the new US President Donald Trump, will pay his first foreign...

Trump reiterates Turkey is US’s strategic partner, important NATO ally in call with Erdoğan

US President Donald Trump told his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, during a phone call on Tuesday that Turkey is a strategic partner of...

Israel hits Gaza as Turkish minister arrives in Tel Aviv after 7-year gap

Israeli fighter jets on Monday struck approximately 19 Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip, precisely as Turkish Tourism Minister Nabi Avcı arrived in Tel...

Erdoğan spokesperson says president to speak with Trump on phone soon

İbrahim Kalın, spokesperson for the Turkish Presidency, said on Saturday that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is expected to talk to US President Donald Trump...

[VIDEO] Barkey says pro-NATO generals purged, Turkey-Alliance relations could shift

Henri Barkey, director of the Middle East Program at the Washington-based Wilson Center, said that many generals purged by the Turkish government are pro-NATO...

Erdoğan’s chief aide: Turkey developed missiles capable of striking EU countries

Speaking on public broadcaster TRT, Yiğit Bulut, a chief advisor of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, claimed that Turkey has developed missiles that have the...

Spying allegations into Turkish imams in Germany continue to expand

Another state in Germany has launched an investigation into allegations of Turkish imams affiliated with the German-based Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DİTİB) spying...

Turkey’s Foreign Ministry to establish center to counter anti-gov’t propaganda abroad

A newly proposed center under Turkey's Foreign Ministry that will comprise staff from the Ministry of Defense, the National Intelligence Organization (MİT) and the...

AKP deputy chairman calls Trump’s travel ban on Muslim nations ‘racist’

Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Deputy Chairman Yasin Aktay said on Wednesday that a travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries imposed by...

Turkey condemns new Israeli settlements in West Bank

Following Israeli authorization for 3,000 new settlements in the West Bank despite a United Nations resolution criticizing them, the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs...

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