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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...

Minister announces 3.6 mln Syrians currently living in Turkey

Turkish Minister of Interior Süleyman Soylu said on Monday that 3,644,342 Syrians had fled to Turkey since the start of the civil war in...

German arms sales to Turkey declined in 2018 over previous years

A statement by Germany’s Federal Ministry of Economy indicated a decreasing number of arms sales to Turkey in 2018, Deutsche Welle reported on Friday. Responding...

Asylum applications filed by Turks to European countries rises nearly 50 pct in 2018

A preliminary report published by the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) has revealed that asylum applications to European Union countries from Turkish citizens rose...

Defense minister says only Turkish troops should be in Syrian safe zone

Only Turkish forces should deploy in a planned safe zone in northeast Syria, Turkey’s Defense Minister Hulusi Akar was quoted by the state-owned Anadolu...

US joins Turkey in decrying plight of Chinese Uighurs

The US Embassy in Ankara joined Turkey on Friday in slamming China’s mistreatment of Uighur Turks, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. “The #USA agrees...

İstanbul police: Khashoggi’s body might have been dismembered and burned

The body of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed at the Saudi Consulate in İstanbul in October, might have been burned after it...

Turkey ranks 3rd in threatening world peace according to Germans: poll

A recent survey has revealed that 42 percent of Germans consider Turkey a menace to global peace, putting the country in third place, Deutsche...

Russia to Turkey: You can’t have Syrian safe zone without Assad’s consent

Russia told Turkey on Thursday it had no right to create a “safe zone” inside Syria unless it sought and received the consent of...

Turkey has until tomorrow to decide about Patriots: US official

An unnamed US official has claimed Washington expects Turkey to provide an unofficial response to its offer to purchase a Raytheon Patriot missile defense...

Turkey condemns Austria’s ban on ‘Grey Wolves’ salute

Turkey on Thursday condemned Austria’s move to ban the Turkish nationalist “Grey Wolves” salute, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. "We do not accept this,...

Crime scene investigation of Khashoggi murder conducted impeccably: İstanbul police chief

İstanbul Chief of Police Mustafa Çalışkan has claimed that Turkey’s crime scene investigation at the Saudi Consulate General in İstanbul concerning the murder of...

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