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We are not sending troops to Libya, Erdoğan says after Berlin summit

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday said Turkey is not sending troops to Libya but only experts for training purposes, Deutsche Welle Turkish service reported. Speaking to reporters...

Erdoğan says Somalia has invited Turkey to explore for oil in its waters: report

Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan said on Monday that Somalia invited Turkey to explore for oil in its waters after Ankara signed a maritime agreement with Libya...

EU border agency: Migrant arrivals from Turkey spiked in 2019

Frontex, the European Union’s coast guard and border patrol agency, registered a 46 percent increase in migrants arriving from Turkey in 2019 despite a deal with the...

Turkey remains 16th in global power rankings by US News: report

The US, Russia and China remain the planet's most powerful countries, according to this year's global power rankings, and Turkey has held on to 16th place,...

EU denies further cuts in pre-accession aid to Turkey: report

An EU spokesman on Sunday denied media reports from the previous day that claimed the bloc had agreed to massive new cuts to pre-accession aid to...

400 Syrian officers to receive training in Turkey for policing in Tal Abyad

Some 400 Syrian police officers will start patrolling in Turkish-held Syrian territory after receiving training in Turkey, the pro-government Daily Sabah reported on Monday. The police officers...

Cyprus accuses Turkey of ‘piracy’ after new drilling announced: report

Cyprus on Sunday accused Turkey of "piracy" after Ankara announced new plans to drill for oil and gas in the divided island’s maritime zone, despite the...

Ankara spars with EU over fresh drilling off Cyprus: report

Turkey on Sunday called for the European Union to end what it said was the bloc’s prejudice against Turkish Cypriots, defending its launch of a fresh...

Greece pleased with results of Berlin peace conference on Libya: report

Greece did not officially take a position on the results of Sunday's Berlin conference on Libya, but government sources talking to media off the record emphasized...

World leaders agree to respect arms embargo on Libya: report

World powers and other countries with interests in Libya’s long-running civil war agreed Sunday to respect a much-violated arms embargo, hold off on military support to...

Turkish man claims French citizenship denied due to pro-Erdoğan posts on social media

Murat Büyük, a Turkish national who has been living in France for 42 years and who applied for French citizenship, said he was rejected by French...

Turkish hackers attack webpages of Greek ministries: report

Turkish hackers on Friday claimed to have hijacked the official webpages of the Greek Foreign and Finance ministries, the National Intelligence Service (EYP), the Athens Stock...

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