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ANKARA — Turkey will apply to the UN International Court of Justice to be a co-plaintiff in South Africa’s case against Israel, Turkish Foreign...
ANKARA — Istanbul police detained more than 200 people on Wednesday during May Day demonstrations across the province as they prevented crowds...
ANKARA — Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu's labeling of Hamas as a terrorist organization has sparked blowback from Turkey’s ruling party and its...
ANKARA — Turkish police detained eight more people in Istanbul on Monday for alleged ties to the Islamic State militant group (ISIS), bringing the...
ANKARA — Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met his US counterpart, Antony Blinken, in Riyadh on Monday as the two countries weather the...
ANKARA — Turkey’s central bank on Thursday kept the country’s interest rates steady at 50% even as Turkey’s annual inflation continued to...
ANKARA — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier shared laughs on Wednesday, lightening up the...
ANKARA — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made his first visit to Baghdad in nearly 13 years Monday, when he signed an agreement between...
ANKARA — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Iraq on Monday for a visit marking the first of its kind in 13 years, heralding a new...
ANKARA/WASHINGTON — Qatar’s prime minister said on Wednesday that his country is reevaluating its mediation role between Israel and Hamas. “At...
ANKARA — Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh will visit Turkey over the weekend, as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is hitting back at...
ANKARA — Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will travel to Doha on Wednesday, where he is scheduled to meet Qatari officials in bid to contain...
ANKARA — Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan arrived Wednesday in Doha, where he is scheduled to meet Qatari officials in bid to contain the...
ANKARA — Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met with Acting Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs John Bass on Monday, as diplomatic...
ANKARA — Meta announced on Monday that it will temporarily shut down its social media platform Threads in Turkey on April 29 in compliance with an...
ANKARA — Turkey’s Ministry of Trade announced Tuesday export restrictions for 54 product groups, including mainly construction materials as well...
ANKARA — Turkey’s Ministry of Trade announced Tuesday export restrictions for 54 product groups, including mainly construction materials as well...
ANKARA — Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan announced on Monday that his country would unveil new actions against Israel in response to the Jewish...
ANKARA — At least two people, including one Turkish national aid worker, were killed when the vehicle they were in detonated a landmine in...
ANKARA — Turkish Deputy Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar met with a series of Iranian officials in Tehran on Thursday,...
ANKARA — Turkey’s High Election Board has reversed its decision to annul the landslide victory by the pro-Kurdish DEM Party’s local candidate...
ANKARA — Local election authorities in Turkey's Kurdish-majority southeast on Tuesday annulled a sweeping local election victory by the pro-Kurdish...
ANKARA — Local election authorities in Turkey's Kurdish-majority southeast on Tuesday annulled a sweeping local election victory by the pro-Kurdish...
ANKARA — Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan struck a sober tone, uncharacteristic of his traditional election speeches, on the balcony of his...
ANKARA — An eerie silence hangs over a makeshift outdoor market in the Ankara suburb of Kecioren. Just a handful of shoppers navigate through stalls...
ANKARA — Turkey on Tuesday detained 147 people over suspected links to the Islamic State (ISIS), as authorities expand the crackdown on the militant...
ANKARA — Turkey remains defiant in the face of Israel’s diplomatic protest of comments made by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan cursing...
ANKARA — Turkey’s Central Bank, in an unexpected move, hiked interest rates Thursday by another 500 basis points, from 45% to 50%. The surprise...
ANKARA — Turkey’s Central Bank, in an unexpected move, hiked interest rates Thursday by another 500 basis points, from 45% to 50%. The surprise...
ANKARA — Turkey’s competition watchdog on Monday ordered Facebook's parent company Meta to pay a daily fine of roughly $148,000, citing the...
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ANKARA — Baghdad’s acceding to Ankara’s longtime demand by banning the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) reflects Iraqi efforts to increase its say...
ANKARA — Turkey is hopeful that it will receive reimbursement from the United States for the $1.4 billion it paid to buy F-35 fighter jets before...
ANKARA — Iraq National Security Council has banned the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which has been waging an armed campaign against the Turkish...
ANKARA — The Turkish foreign policy, defense and spy chiefs will travel to Baghdad for counterterrorism talks on Thursday, as President Recep Tayyip...
ANKARA — Turkey is seeking the extradition of a mother and son from the United States over a deadly hit-and-run that sparked outrage in the country...
This is an excerpt from Turkey Briefing, Al-Monitor's weekly newsletter covering the big stories of the week in Turkey. To get Turkey Briefing in your...
ANKARA — Turkey and Somalia on Thursday signed an offshore energy cooperation accord, setting the stage for a deepening Turkish presence in the Horn...
ANKARA — Turkey and Somalia on Thursday signed an offshore energy cooperation accord, setting the stage for a deepening Turkish presence in the Horn...
ANKARA — Turkish authorities detained seven people on Tuesday, including a former Turkish police officer suspected of selling information to...
ANKARA — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrived in Turkey on Tuesday, on a first such visit since the start of the war in the Gaza Strip, to...
ANKARA — The head of Turkey’s National Intelligence Agency, Ibrahim Kalin, is making his first trip to the US since taking the position, and...
ANKARA — Turkey's annual consumer inflation rate rose to over 67% in February, according to official data released on Monday. The year-on-year...
ANKARA — Turkey has received a letter of acceptance and a draft offer for a new F-16 sale package from the United States, the Turkish Defense...
ANKARA — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Wednesday that his country, along with the United Nations, is pursuing a new safety...
ANKARA — Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Ahmet Yildiz told the International Court of Justice Monday that Israel “must be held accountable” for...
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ANKARA — Turkey’s Foreign Minister, Hakan Fidan, is expected to meet with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro during a visit to Caracas this...
ANKARA — Turkey will help Somalia develop its maritime security under a defense cooperation deal signed in Ankara earlier this month, the Turkish...
ANKARA — Turkey’s Central Bank on Thursday kept interest rates at 45%, pausing rate hikes for first time in eight months, while maintaining his...