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Erdoğan to embark on new Africa tour targeting Gülen movement

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will make a five-day official tour of four African countries -- Algeria, Mauritania, Senegal and Mali -- starting Feb....

Turkey welcomes UNSC resolution on Syria cease-fire

Turkey has expressed satisfaction with a resolution adopted by the United Nations Security Council on Saturday calling for a 30-day cease-fire in Syria to...

[UPDATE] Former PYD leader Muslim arrested in Prague, Turkey launches extradition process

Salih Muslim, former co-chairperson of the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), was detained and subsequently arrested in the Czech capital of Prague on...

Erdoğan spokesman: UN should stop ‘massacre’ in Syria’s Ghouta district

The United Nations should end a “massacre” by Syria’s government in eastern Ghouta, the spokesman for Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan said ahead of a...

Turkey criticizes US decision to move embassy to Jerusalem in May

Turkey on Saturday criticized an announcement by the United States that it would move its embassy in Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in May, saying...

Berlin says Turkey released another German citizen from jail

The German Foreign Ministry announced on Friday that another German citizen jailed in Turkey has been freed, a week after the release of German-Turkish...

Turkey condemns Netherlands for recognizing 1915 killings as genocide

Turkey on Thursday condemned the Dutch parliament's decision to recognize the massacre of Armenians in 1915 as genocide, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. "We...

Netherlands accepts 73 percent of asylum applications from Turkish citizens

The Netherlands has approved of 73 percent of asylum applications filed by Turkish citizens in the country in the aftermath of a failed coup...

[UPDATE] Pro-Assad groups retreat from Afrin after warning shots from Turkish forces

Pro-Syrian government forces that attempted to enter the Kurdish-held border enclave of Afrin on Tuesday retreated before reaching the city following warning shelling from...

Russian FM: Standoff in Afrin could be resolved by Ankara-Damascus dialogue

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that the situation in Afrin, northern Syria, could be resolved through direct dialogue between Damascus and...

Erdoğan: Turkey foiled Syrian move into Afrin after Putin talks

Turkey thwarted a possible deployment of Syrian government troops into the northwest Afrin region after talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Turkish President Tayyip...

Erdoğan: Anyone who wonders about ‘Ottoman slap’ should come to Afrin

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday said the Turkish military would lay siege to Syria’s Afrin city center in the coming days, calling...

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