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350,000 Syrians have fled Syria’s Idlib for Turkish border region: UN

Around 350,000 Syrians, mostly women and children, have been displaced by a renewed Russian-backed offensive against the opposition-held Idlib province since early December and have sought...

Erdoğan says Turkey starting troop deployment to Libya: report

Turkey is beginning to send troops to Libya in support of the internationally recognized government in Tripoli, President Tayyip Erdoğan said on Thursday, days...

Egyptian police raid Anadolu news agency’s office in Cairo, detaining 4

Egyptian police on Tuesday evening raided the Cairo office of Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency and detained four employees, according to the agency. The detainees, one of them...

Russian jets hit several Syrian towns despite ceasefire deal with Turkey: report

Russian jets struck several rebel-held towns in northwest Syria’s Idlib region for the first time since a ceasefire agreed with Turkey came into force two days...

US reluctance causes delay in delivery of Turkish helicopters to Pakistan

Pakistan has extended the deadline for Turkish Aerospace Industries to deliver 30 T129 helicopter gunships on order, amid US reluctance to grant Turkey technology export licenses,...

US ambassador to Greece says Turkey-Libya accord ‘unproductive and provocative’

Stepping up American support, the US ambassador to Greece, Geoffrey Pyatt, said a deal between Libya and Turkey to divide the seas between them – Turkey...

1,077 Turkish citizens applied for asylum in Belgium in 2019

A total of 1,077 Turkish citizens sought asylum in Belgium in 2019, according data released by the Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless...

HRW calls on Turkey to release jailed critics, respect election results

The prolonged and arbitrary detention of journalists, human rights defenders and politicians blights Turkey’s claims of being a country that respects human rights and the rule of...

Turkey set to lift access ban on Wikipedia after 32 months

The Turkish Constitutional Court on Wednesday issued a detailed version of its December ruling that a 32-month block on access to online encyclopedia Wikipedia in Turkey...

Turkey’s Erdoğan threatens to teach Libya’s Gen. Haftar a lesson

Turkey will not refrain from “teaching a lesson” to Gen. Khalifa Haftar if his eastern Libyan forces continue attacks against the country’s internationally recognized government, President...

Libyan rivals leave Moscow without ceasefire agreement: report

Libya’s rival leaders have left Moscow without reaching agreement on a ceasefire deal, with Russia trying to downplay the talks’ failure on Tuesday, according to The...

Top spies from Turkey, Syria meet officially for first time in years: report

The Turkish and Syrian heads of intelligence met in Moscow on Monday, in the first official contact in years despite Ankara’s longstanding hostility to President Bashar...

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