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Turkish, Israeli diplomats to meet in Ankara on Feb. 1 on normalization process

Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hüseyin Müftüoğlu said on Thursday that the Foreign Ministry undersecretary and his Israeli counterpart would meet on Feb. 1 in...

Trump administration mulls designating Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group

The administrative team of Donald Trump is debating whether or not the United States should declare the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization and thus...

French top court rules Armenian genocide denial is not a crime

France's Constitutional Council ruled on Thursday that parts of an Armenian genocide denial act is an “unnecessary and disproportionate attack against freedom of speech”...

Turkey calls German justice minister’s invitation to Dündar a ‘provocation’

Turkish Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hüseyin Müftüoğlu said on Thursday that German Justice Minister Heiko Maas's invitation to Turkish journalist and former Cumhuriyet daily Editor-in-Chief Can...

PACE fears legitimacy of Turkish referendum, constitution due to restrictions on freedoms

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Monitoring Committee expressed concern in a statement on Thursday about the content of proposed constitutional...

US State Department issues another travel warning for Turkey

The US Department of State on Wednesday updated a travel warning for US citizens in or traveling to Turkey due to increased threats from...

Turkey deploys armored vehicles, tanks to its Syria border

The Turkish military has deployed armored vehicles, tanks and personnel to the Elbeyli district of Kilis province, bordering Syria, Turkey's government press agency reported...

Trump to order Pentagon to set up ‘safe zones’ for refugees in Syria

US President Donald Trump is expected to order the Pentagon and the State Department in the coming days to craft a plan for setting...

Turkey negotiating with Russia over S-400 air defense systems

Turkey and Russia have started talks for the purchase of S-400 air defense systems, the pro-government Yeni Şafak daily reported on Wednesday. According to the...

Report: NATO sources suspect Turkey coup staged by president as pretext for purge

An attempted coup in Turkey on July 15, 2016, is believed by NATO sources to have been staged by the president of Turkey himself,...

Another Turkish soldier killed in ISIL attack in Syria

One Turkish soldier was killed and five others were injured in a rocket attack perpetrated by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)...

PM: US could take advantage of Turkey’s experience with high-speed trains

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said on Wednesday that the US could take advantage of Turkey’s experience in building high-speed trains, claiming that Americans...

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