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Russia disappointed after Turkey, rebels lose control of Idlib to terrorists

Russian Special Presidential Envoy for Syria Aleksandr Lavrentyev said Moscow was disappointed after Turkey and moderate armed rebels lost control of Syria’s Idlib region to terrorist...

Turkey 6th most angry nation among 140 countries: poll

Turkey is the sixth most angry nation in the world, according to Gallup’s 2019 Global Emotions Report published on Thursday. For the report, the polling company...

Astana partners condemn US recognition of Israeli sovereignty over Golan Heights

Turkey, Russia and Iran on Friday condemned the US decision to recognize Israeli sovereignty over Syria’s occupied Golan Heights, the Anadolu news agency reported.  In a joint...

Ankara trying to convince US to allow Iranian oil imports: ministry

Ankara is trying to convince the United States to allow refiner Tüpraş to continue purchasing crude oil from Iran despite ongoing sanctions, Turkey’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson...

Columbia University reschedules event on Turkey after abruptly cancelling it

Columbia University has rescheduled a panel event focused on the collapse of the rule of law in Turkey for this Friday after having abruptly called off...

Goldman Sachs interested in buying restructured Turkish loans: report

Goldman Sachs is in talks with Turkish banks and companies to buy large distressed loans following a wave of corporate restructurings in the country...

Brazil arrests Gülen-linked businessman on extradition request from Turkey

Turkish businessman Ali Sipahi, who has been living in Brazil since 2007, was arrested in Sao Paulo on an extradition request from Ankara, which accuses him...

Exiled novelist Erdoğan pessimistic about ever returning to Turkey

“The hope of being able to return to Turkey is getting dimmer,” says Turkish novelist Aslı Erdoğan, who chose to live in self-imposed exile after being...

Turkey’s central bank leaves interest rates unchanged as lira keeps bleeding

Turkey’s central bank has decided to keep interest rates steady as the Turkish lira depreciated further, the Diken news website reported on Thursday. The bank at its monetary...

PKK supporters stage protest at Turkey’s TRT World London headquarters: report

A group of some 50 Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) sympathizers on Wednesday staged a protest in a building in London where the offices of Turkish international...

İstanbul election challenges, strained US relations lead Turkish lira to hit 6-month low

The Turkish lira hit its weakest intraday level against the dollar since mid-October on Wednesday as investors weighed up risks generated by challenges to İstanbul election...

France not concerned with truth of 1915 events, says Erdoğan

Those who stir up trouble with allegations of the so-called Armenian genocide, particularly France, have "no concern about the truth," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told a...

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