Macron says tensions with Turkey have eased
Tensions with Turkey have eased over the last few weeks but European countries will remain cautious, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday.
“Tensions have eased in recent weeks”, Macron ...
Turkey makes major effort to shore up lira, reserves
Turkey is in talks to secure currency swap agreements with four countries and is close to a deal with two of them, Central Bank Governor Sahap Kavcioglu said at a ...
Turkey pins economic recovery hopes on accelerated vaccination campaign
Turkey has sharply accelerated COVID-19 vaccinations this week, delivering more than 1 million a day since Monday, raising hopes of a strong economic performance in the second half of the year.
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Erdogan says he told Biden Turkey is not shifting on S-400s
President Tayyip Erdogan said he had told U.S. President Joe Biden at their first meeting that Turkey would not change its stance on its Russian S-400 missile defences over ...
Turkey pursues rational energy policies
Turkey has just discovered another 135 billion cubic meters (bcm) natural gas in what is proving to be a prolific Sakarya gasfield in the Black Sea, raising the total discovered so ...
Biden, Erdogan upbeat about ties but disclose no breakthrough
U.S. President Joe Biden and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan sounded upbeat after their first face-to-face talks on Monday, although they did not announce major breakthroughs in the relationship between ...
Erdogan says after Biden talks no Turkey-U.S. problems unsolvable
By Humeyra Pamuk, Gabriela Baczynska, Ece Toksabay and Tuvan Gumrukcu
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan sounded upbeat after his first face-to-face talks with Joe Biden, though he announced no major breakthroughs ...
Turkish mob boss Peker questioned by Dubai police
Sedat Peker, a convicted Turkish mob boss whose online videos have shaken Turkish politics, was questioned by Dubai police and released after several hours on Sunday, according to his press ...
No breakthroughs expected from first Biden-Erdogan meeting
U.S. President Joe Biden and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will discuss Ankara’s purchase of Russian S-400 missiles during face-to-face talks on Monday but there is little hope they ...
Can Biden-Erdogan meeting bridge differences
Joe Biden holds his first meeting as U.S. president with Tayyip Erdogan on Monday, ending a five-month wait for the Turkish leader which underlines the cooler relations between Ankara ...
Erdogan says he and Biden must leave troubles behind at NATO meeting
By Tuvan Gumrukcu and Jonathan Spicer
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he and U.S. President Joe Biden must use a meeting on Monday to move on from past troubles, ...
Turkish yacht sales boom despite economic slump
Turkish sector representatives said there has been a growing interest in boat tours while the country’s yacht industry has seen a surge in sales and production during the Covid-19 ...
Turkey turns to US firms with plans of Black Sea gas extraction
Turkey has shared data on its Black Sea discovery with US energy majors Chevron and Exxon Mobil ahead of possible cooperation in extracting the gas, a Turkish official with knowledge ...
Qatar, Turkey accused of supporting al-Nusrah
There have been a series of accusations in the past weeks alleging that both the governments of both Qatar and Turkey have actively provided support for the al-Nusra group in ...
Turkish air strike kills at least three in refugee camp inside Iraq (update 1)
A Turkish air strike killed at least three people and injured others on Saturday at a camp for displaced people in northern Iraq, said Rashad Kelani, a Patriotic Union of ...
Erdogan says Turkey discovered 135 bcm additional natural gas in Black Sea
Turkey has discovered 135 billion cubic metres of additional natural gas in the southern Black Sea, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday, raising the total discovery in the region to 540 billion ...
Turkish court issues 1,000-year jail terms in Fenerbahce case
A Turkish court on Friday sentenced a media executive and a former police chief to more than 1,000 years each in prison for conspiring to bring match-fixing charges against top football ...
Turkish inflation drops slightly to 16.59% in May after lockdown
Turkey’s inflation rate fell from a two-year high to 16.59 per cent year-on-year in May, data showed on Thursday, bucking market expectations for another rise thanks largely to limited price ...
Turkey’s Erdogan woos Egypt, Gulf states in push to repair ties
Turkey hopes to maximize its cooperation with Egypt and Gulf nations “on a win-win basis”, President Tayyip Erdogan said as Ankara works to repair its strained ties with Cairo and ...
Erdogan: ‘We must reduce interest rates;’ Turkish lira at 10.50 to euro
The Turkish lira hit record lows against the euro and the dollar as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told the press on Tuesday that interest rates must be cut.
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‘Sea snot’ outbreak off Turkish coast poses threat to marine life
By Yesim Dikmen and Mehmet Emin Caliskan
A thick, slimy layer of so-called “sea snot” is spreading in Turkey’s Sea of Marmara to the south of Istanbul, posing a ...
Turkey launches probe into 1996 killing after mob leader’s claims
An Istanbul prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday it launched an investigation into the murder of a Turkish Cypriot journalist 25 years ago, after a mob leader said last month the ...
Greece and Turkey say aiming to smooth out “serious differences”
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias pledged on Monday to work to overcome the “serious differences” that remain with Turkey following a meeting with his counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu which aimed to ...
Greece rejects Turkish minister’s comments on Muslim minority
Greece reacted angrily late Sunday to a statement by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu that described members of a Muslim minority in northern Greece as Turkish and that said they ...