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Turkish FM hits back at EU criticism of Turkey over jailed journalists, Demirtaş

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Friday criticized the European Union’s foreign policy chief for her comments on the rule of law in Turkey,...

Çavuşoğlu says whoever supports YPG militia is a threat to Turkey

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Friday said that whoever supports the People’s Protection Units (YPG) in northern Syria is a threat to Turkey,...

Turkey indicts Gülen and 27 others for 2016 assassination of Russian diplomat

Turkey charged 28 people on Friday in relation to the 2016 assassination of the Russian ambassador in Ankara, naming US-based Islamic cleric Fethullah Gülen...

Rector of Islamic university in Netherlands disappears after arrest warrant

Nedim Bahçekapılı, rector of the Rotterdam-based Islamic University of Europe, has gone missing after Dutch prosecutors issued an arrest warrant for him as part...

Erdoğan not to meet with Saudi crown prince at G20 summit

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said he would not meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) during a visit to Argentina for...

Difficulties persist in setting up demilitarized zone in Syria’s Idlib: Russia

Difficulties persist in setting up a demilitarized zone in the Syrian province of Idlib, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a briefing...

US setting up observation posts along Turkey-Syria border due to Ankara’s concerns

The United States is setting up observation posts along the Turkish border in northern Syria, US Secretary of Defense James Mattis said on Wednesday,...

EU’s Mogherini urges Turkey to abide by ECtHR ruling

European Union Foreign Affairs chief Federica Mogherini during a visit to Ankara on Thursday called on Turkey to release jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş...

Council of Europe calls for Demirtaş’s release

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in a written statement on Thursday urged Turkey to release jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş...

Turkey cannot undo purchase of Russian S-400s: minister

Turkey’s purchase of Russian S-400 air defense systems is a done deal and cannot be canceled, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Tuesday, adding...

Turkey, US discussed return of jailed Halkbank executive, Turkish FM says

Turkey and the United States have discussed returning a jailed executive from state-owned lender Halkbank to Turkey where he can serve out the remainder...

Erdoğan says ECtHR ruling on Demirtaş amounts to supporting terrorism

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Wednesday that a European Court of Human Rights’ (ECtHR) ruling on the jailed former leader of Turkey’s...

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