Turkey

Jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu said on Wednesday he was joining the newly formed New Party, after a court order removed the leadership of his former Republican People’s Party (...

A military ​F-16 aircraft crashed ‌on Wednesday during a ​training ​flight in the northwestern ⁠Turkish ​province of Yalova, ​Turkey’s defence ministry said, adding ​that the ​pilot had ejected ‌and ⁠...

Longing to be reunited with her son, Ayten Elhaman was glued to the television all day as Turkey’s parliament debated and passed a law this week enabling Kurdish militants ...

U.S. President Donald Trump took a secret military flight from Turkey last month in an operation that involved him being moved between aircraft in a catering truck, an extraordinary ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Saturday night said he believes the Greek Cypriot side will never agree to any power-sharing agreement to solve the Cyprus problem, and as such ...

Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey signed a joint defence agreement in Mecca on Friday, wedding Sunni Muslim U.S. allies alarmed at a regional conflagration that has rained missile fire ...

Turkey’s ruling alliance submitted a draft law to parliament on Wednesday meant to achieve peace with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in part by protecting many former militants from ...

Turkey’s inflation slowed slightly more than expected in July, but the war in Iran and the resulting turmoil in energy markets are likely to push the central bank towards ...

Turkey will “not abandon” the Turkish Cypriots and will “continue to defend” what it considers their rights in the Levant, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday, as UN Secretary-General ...

The Cyprus branch of Turkish opposition party the CHP has defected to the new party formed by its former leader Ozgur Ozel, which he has named the New Party, following 91 ...

The Turkish Cypriot ruling coalition was largely silent on Friday over a bill which was put forward to and eventually rejected by the Turkish parliament late on Thursday night, demanding ...

Turkish opposition leader Ozgur Ozel and 91 breakaway lawmakers applied on Friday to launch a new political party, seeking to regroup to challenge President Tayyip Erdogan after their former party faced ...

Turkey is in talks with third countries over the future of its Russian made S400 air defence systems, Defence Minister Yasar Guler has confirmed, signalling possible efforts to resolve one ...

Turkey’s opposition leader, Ozgur Ozel, said on Tuesday he will resign from the main opposition party and form a new one, amid a nearly two-year long legal crackdown on ...

Turkey’s ousted main opposition CHP leader said on Wednesday that preparations are under way for the possible establishment of a new political party, but any formal step would wait ...

Turkey put on a red-white-and-blue air show and named a new airport building after President Donald Trump, seeking to take its relationship with the U.S. to new heights at ...

President Donald Trump threw a summit of NATO leaders into disarray on Wednesday as he demanded the United States cut trade ties with Spain and made renewed claims on Greenland, ...

President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday he would lift U.S. sanctions imposed on Turkey over its purchase of Russian defense missiles, and signaled a willingness to sell the NATO ...

NATO leaders began unveiling arms deals worth tens of billions of dollars in Turkey on Tuesday, driving home the message that they are heeding U.S. calls to spend more ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and three members of the European Union’s college of commissioners late on Tuesday night offered their joint support for the “new initiative” being undertaken ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday told members of his ruling AK Party that Nicosia is “looking to you”, as he addressed a policy retreat in the lakeside town ...

Turkey expects next month’s NATO summit in Ankara to emphasise alliance unity, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday, calling for the lifting of restrictions on defence trade and for ...

Turkey has been warned by the European Union against not inviting a delegation from the Republic of Cyprus to attend November’s Cop31 climate summit, which will take place in ...

President Donald Trump’s administration is planning to push ahead with the sale of dozens of jet engines to Turkey worth hundreds of millions of dollars despite objections from some ...