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Turkey’s FM urges China to protect freedom of cultural identity of Uighurs

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu voiced concern on Monday at China’s alleged mistreatment of Uighurs and other Muslims in its Xinjiang region and called...

Russia says could police Syria-Turkey safe zone: report

Russian military police could be deployed in a proposed “safe zone” along Syria’s northern border with Turkey, Russian news agencies cited foreign minister Sergei...

Venezuelan opposition leader claims top government officials fled to Turkey

Juan Guaido, opposition leader and self-declared president of Venezuela, on Saturday tweeted that some top government officials had fled to Turkey. Turkey supports the regime...

US-based Turkish businessman files federal racketeering suit against Erdoğan ally

Yalçın Ayaşlı, a US-based Turkish businessman, on Tuesday filed a federal racketeering complaint in New Hampshire accusing Sezgin Baran Korkmaz, chief executive of SBK...

Principal of Turkey-linked school in Bishkek accused of sexually abusing students

The principal of a Turkey-linked primary school in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek has been accused of sexually abusing students, a claim also confirmed...

European rights court rejects application on destruction of archeological site in Turkey

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Thursday rejected an appeal against Turkey on the construction of a dam in Hasankeyf, an archeological...

Foreign minister says Turkey will begin drilling for oil and gas off Cyprus

Turkey will begin drilling for oil and gas near Cyprus in the coming days, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Thursday, a move that...

Turkey condemns European Parliament committee call to suspend accession talks

Turkey on Thursday criticized as “unacceptable” a vote by the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee calling for a suspension of European Union accession negotiations...

Assad adviser calls Turkey’s safe zone in northeast Syria illegal land grab

Bouthaina Shaaban, a senior adviser to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, on Tuesday said Turkey’s idea of carving out a safe zone in northeastern Syria...

Pence asked Erdoğan to scrap Russian missiles in secret phone call: report

US Vice President Mike Pence made an abortive appeal to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, asking him to renege on a missile deal with...

Critically injured Nusra leader receiving treatment at Turkish hospital: report

Abu Mohammad al-Julani, the commander-in-chief of Syrian militant group Tahrir al-Sham, the successor of the al-Nusra Front, being treated at a hospital in southern...

Erdoğan shrugs off US warning against purchase of Russian S-400 defense system

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan shrugged off US warnings against Ankara’s purchase of a Russian S-400 air defense system, Sputnik Turkish service reported. “Now they...

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