Turkey

Turkey’s Erdogan warns US over sanctions threat

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned the US in comments published Sunday that sanctions would not… Read More

Turkey, US relations can be saved, presidential spokesman says

ISTANBUL: Turkey and the United States can save their relationship, President Tayyip Erdogan’s spokesman said… Read More

Ozil quits Germany side after ‘racism’ as Turkey applauds

BERLIN: Mesut Ozil on Monday was warmly applauded by Turkey but faced uproar at home in Germany… Read More

Ozil defends controversial picture with Erdogan

Footballer Mesut Ozil said he had no regrets about his photograph with Turkish President Erdogan… Read More

Turkey denounces Israel’s Jewish nation-state law as racist

ANKARA: Turkey on Thursday said Israel was trying to form “an apartheid state”, and denounced as… Read More

Turkey’s state of emergency ends after 2 years but crackdown continues

ISTANBUL: Turkey’s two-year state of emergency came to an end at midnight on Wednesday, but… Read More

Turkey consents to sell 30 attack helicopters to Pakistan: report

ANKARA/ISLAMABAD: In what is being seen as Ankara's largest single defense sale, Turkey has agreed… Read More

Turkey jails mine bosses over 2014 disaster that killed 301

A Turkish court handed jail terms of up to 22 years to five top managers… Read More

Ten killed, dozens injured in Turkey train derailment

Ten people were killed and 73 injured on Sunday when a train packed with weekend… Read More

Turkey sacks 18,500 state employees in new decree

Turkish authorities ordered the dismissal of more than 18,500 state employees including police officers, soldiers… Read More

Pakistan Navy signs contract with Turkey for acquisition of four Milgem Class warships

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Navy has signed a contract for acquisition of four MILGEM Class Ships with… Read More

Turkey’s ancient temple site gets UNESCO heritage status

A Turkish ancient temple site in southeastern Anatolia was given UNESCO World Heritage status on… Read More

Erdogan leads partial count in pivotal Turkey poll

ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was on Sunday leading a tightly-contested presidential election in… Read More

In Turkey, opposition uses Google ads to ‘defame’ Erdogan

ANKARA: Turkey's nationalist opposition Iyi Parti (Good Party) has launched a Google advertisement campaign with… Read More

President Erdogan says Uber ‘finished’ in Turkey

ISNTANBUL: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the ride hailing app Uber is "finished" in Turkey,… Read More

Turkish PM invites Abbasi for OIC session over Gaza

ISLAMABAD: Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildrim has invited Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi to participate… Read More

Turkey orders Israeli envoy out, Erdogan slams ‘apartheid state’

Turkey ordered the Israeli ambassador to leave and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Israel was… Read More

Turkey says it will retaliate if US halts weapons sales

ANKARA: Turkey will retaliate if the United States enacts a proposed law that would halt… Read More

U.S. sets $717 billion defense bill with eye on China, Russia, Turkey

WASHINGTON: U.S. House of Representatives lawmakers released details on Friday of a $717 billion annual… Read More

Turkish football fan hires crane to watch the game after being banned from stadium

ANKARA: You may have heard about fans queued up for hours to watch a football… Read More