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Rockets fired from Syria injure 6 in southeastern Turkey

Six people, including a child, were injured on Monday when one of two rockets fired from Syria hit a family estate in southeastern Turkey’s Şanlıurfa province,...

Erdoğan’s top aide urges US, European allies to take Turkey’s security concerns seriously

Turkey’s presidential spokesperson on Monday responded to criticism that Ankara was moving away from the West amid a row over its purchase of Russian S-400 missiles,...

Melting snow exposes bodies of 25 migrants who froze to death on Turkish-Iraqi border

The bodies of 25 illegal migrants who apparently froze to death were discovered on the Turkish-Iraqi border with the melting of snow in the area, according...

Turkey will retaliate if US imposes sanctions over S-400 purchase: FM Çavuşoğlu

Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Monday said Turkey would take counter-steps if the US proceeds with sanctions over Turkey’s purchase of a Russian-made missile...

Readmission agreement with EU suspended, Turkish FM says

Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has announced that Turkey’s readmission agreement with the European Union has been suspended, the Evrensel newspaper reported on Monday. Speaking on a...

Iraqi Kurdistan arrests 2 on charges of killing Turkish diplomat in Iraq

Two people have been arrested on charges of assassinating a Turkish diplomat in northern Iraq in an attack last week, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported...

Turkey would intervene in Cyprus again if needed, Erdoğan says

Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said the Turkish armed forces would not “hesitate to take the same action as 45 years ago, if it proved to...

Turkey’s government considered assassinating opponents abroad: columnist

Tunca Bengin, a pro-government columnist for the Milliyet daily, claimed on Thursday that Turkish authorities considered assassinating exiled members of the Gülen movement, citing a high-ranking official...

Greece continues to push asylum seekers back to Turkey

Greek border forces along the Evros River pushed 59 migrants back into Turkey on Friday morning, signaling the continuation of a policy that started before the arrival...

Pompeo ‘disappointed’ over Turkey’s Russian missile system acquisition

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke with Turkey’s Foreign Minister on Saturday and expressed disappointment over the country’s acquisition of the Russian S-400 missile system,...

Fitch downgrades 12 foreign owned, 2 state banks’ ratings: statement

New York-based Fitch Ratings, one of the big three credit ratings agencies, has downgraded the support-driven Long-Term Foreign Currency Issuer Default Ratings (LTFC IDRs) of 12...

Turkish parliament supports gov’t gas drilling activities in eastern Mediterranean

Four political parties in the Turkish Parliament issued a joint response to the European Union’s decision to halt high-level talks and curb funding to Ankara over its...

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