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Erdoğan announces $15 bln in support to counter economic impact of coronavirus

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday unveiled his government’s plans to mitigate the financial impact of shutdowns caused by the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, announcing...

EU-Turkey refugee deal still intact, Merkel says

European nations remain committed to the 2016 European Union-Turkey refugee deal, German Chancellor Angela Merkel insisted on Tuesday, following a four-way videoconference with her Turkish, French...

Greek border police fire tear gas at migrants attempting to enter from Turkey: report

Clashes broke out on Greece’s border with Turkey before dawn on Wednesday after about 500 migrants attempted to break down a border fence and enter Greece,...

2 Turkish nationals in Austria, UK die due to coronavirus: report

Two Turkish nationals living in the UK and Austria have died from the novel coronavirus, according to the Hürriyet Daily News. Speaking to the state-run Anadolu...

Erdoğan teleconferences with leaders of France, Germany, UK on Syria, migrants: report

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday discussed the migrant crisis as well as the situation in Syria's last rebel enclave of Idlib with the leaders of...

Turkey closes land borders with Greece, Bulgaria, amid coronavirus outbreak

Turkey’s land borders with Greece and Bulgaria have been closed for exit and entry as a measure against the coronavirus outbreak, state broadcaster TRT said on...

Erdoğan sees opportunities for Turkey if coronavirus brought under control: report

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday said the coronavirus was hitting Turkey just as it was recovering from a 2018 lira crisis but that...

Pompeo blames Russia for killing of Turkish soldiers in Syria: report

The United States for the first time Tuesday held Russia responsible for the death of dozens of Turkish troops in Syria as it vowed accountability, AFP...

Turkish-backed Syrian rebels hold sit-ins demanding Ankara pay their salaries: monitor

Fighters from the Syrian National Army, a Turkish-backed rebel group in northern Syria, have been holding sit-in demonstrations for two days, demanding that Ankara pay their...

Migrants subjected to violence by Greek forces, vigilantes at Turkey border: HRW

Greek security forces and unidentified armed men at the Greece-Turkey land border have detained, assaulted, sexually assaulted, robbed and stripped asylum seekers and migrants, then forced...

Turkey will soon receive second delivery of Russian missiles: Moscow official

Russia and Turkey may soon sign a contract on the delivery of a second set of S-400 air defense missiles, the head of Russia’s Federal Service...

Turkish lira hits weakest level since currency crisis in 2018: report

Turkey's lira on Tuesday weakened nearly 0.4 percent over concerns about the impact of the coronavirus, hitting its weakest level since September 2018, at the height...

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