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Defense minister says Turkey is seeking to extend grain deal for 120 days

Turkey will continue discussions to extend a deal that allows grain shipments from Ukraine's Black Sea ports for 120 days rather than 60 days,...

Finland’s president to meet Erdoğan over NATO bid

Finnish president Sauli Niinisto will travel to Turkey to meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday, with Ankara signaling readiness to approve Finland's...

Turkey, Sweden, Finland agree to more talks on NATO bids

Representatives from Turkey, Sweden and Finland agreed at a meeting Thursday to hold more talks on the stalled bids by the Nordic countries to...

Turkey says it is working to renew Black Sea grain deal

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Sunday that Ankara is working hard to extend a UN-backed initiative that has enabled Ukraine to export...

UN urges resettlement of quake-hit Syrian refugees from Turkey

The UN on Saturday urged countries to speed up taking Syrian refugees from earthquake-hit zones in Turkey, saying they were facing the trauma of...

Earthquake caused direct damage of $5.1 bn in Syria: World Bank

A massive earthquake and aftershocks in February caused an estimated $5.1 billion in direct physical damage in Syria, the World Bank said on Friday,...

Turkey, UAE sign free trade deal as ties improve

The oil-rich United Arab Emirates and Turkey signed a free trade agreement on Friday, the Gulf country's president said, the latest step in improving...

US mentions Turkey among possible routes for Russia to evade sanctions

The US government in a compliance note listed Turkey as being among possible “transshipment points” used to evade sanctions and export controls and illegally...

Egypt’s top diplomat pays ‘solidarity’ visit to Turkey after earthquakes

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Monday paid a visit to Turkey in a show of solidarity after devastating earthquakes that claimed tens of...

Turkey to hold NATO membership talks with Sweden, Finland in March

Turkey said on Monday that NATO accession talks with Sweden and Finland would be held next month, after being postponed in January over a...

Egyptian FM to head to Turkey, Syria for first time in decade

Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will head to Turkey and Syria Monday morning, his office said, for the first such visit in a decade...

Macron urges Erdoğan to fight Russian sanctions dodging

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday urged Turkey's leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to "fight" Russian evasion via Turkey of Western sanctions imposed over the...

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