Turkey says Qatar crisis harms Islamic world, working for resolution
The crisis surrounding Qatar is damaging for the Islamic world and Turkey is working to help resolve the issue through diplomacy
Jun 14, 2017, 18:21 PM IST
Bahrain foreign minister to visit Turkey, discuss regional developments - Turkish foreign ministry
Qatar vowed on Thursday to ride out the isolation and said it would not compromise its sovereignty over foreign policy to resolve the region`s biggest diplomatic crisis in years.
Jun 09, 2017, 19:33 PM IST
Turkey says Iraqi Kurdish independence vote a ''terrible mistake''
Turkey called a plan by Iraqi Kurds to hold a referendum on independence a "terrible mistake", saying on Friday that Iraq`s territorial integrity and political unity was a fundamental principle for Ankara.
Jun 09, 2017, 15:03 PM IST
Turkey says Iraqi Kurdish plan for independence vote a ''terrible mistake''
Iraq`s autonomous Kurdish region on Wednesday said it would hold a referendum on independence.
Jun 09, 2017, 13:30 PM IST
Iran's Khamenei says attacks to increase hatred toward US, Saudi: Report
Suicide bombers and gunmen attacked the Iranian parliament and Ayatollah Khomeini`s mausoleum in Tehran on Wednesday. Scores of people were wounded.
Turkish MPs approve troop deployment to Qatar base
Turkey`s parliament has approved a draft bill allowing its troops to be deployed to a Turkish military base in Qatar, an apparent move to support the Gulf Arab country.
Jun 08, 2017, 10:25 AM IST
Germany in Turkey row withdraws troops from anti-IS base
The German government decided Wednesday to withdraw its troops from Turkey's Incirlik base near the Syrian border after last-ditch talks with Ankara failed to resolve an escalating row.
Jun 07, 2017, 15:45 PM IST
Germany, Turkey to discuss impasse over visiting troops
Sigmar Gabriel is meeting with Turkey's Mevlut Cavusoglu in Ankara on Monday.
Jun 05, 2017, 12:37 PM IST
Vladimir Putin says Russia ready to sell S-400 missile systems to Turkey: TASS
President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia was ready to sell Turkey advanced S-400 surface-to-air missile systems and had discussed the matter with Ankara, the TASS news agency reported.
Jun 01, 2017, 19:56 PM IST
Turkey says dismissed over 4,000 judges, prosecutors post coup
Ankara blames the attempted overthrow of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on an Islamic movement led by Muslim preacher Fethullah Gulen.
May 26, 2017, 16:26 PM IST
Turkey ready to retaliate against any threats from Syrian Kurdish forces, warns Erdogan
Turkey is ready to retaliate if it faces a threat from the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia and will not shirk from launching a military campaign if need be, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday.
May 18, 2017, 23:41 PM IST
Malaysia deports three for involvement in group linked to failed Turkish coup
Malaysia has deported three Turkish men to Ankara over their involvement in a group linked to a US-based cleric blamed by the Turkish government for an attempted coup last year.
May 12, 2017, 13:13 PM IST
Turkey's AKP eyes gradual Erdogan return to party after referendum win
Turkey's ruling AK Party set out plans on Wednesday for President Tayyip Erdogan to gradually take back the party reins, in a sign it would begin implementing changes approved in Sunday`s referendum despite opposition attempts to annul it.
Apr 19, 2017, 19:35 PM IST
Turkey Parliament confirms emergency extended until July 19
Turkey`s Parliament on Tuesday confirmed extending the state of emergency in place for nine months since last year`s failed coup by another three months to July 19, state media said.
Apr 18, 2017, 21:42 PM IST
Tayyip Erdogan tells Turks to avenge 'grandchildren of Nazism' in poll
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday said Turks in Europe should give the "answer to the grandchildren of Nazism" by voting `yes` in the April 16 referendum on expanding his powers.
Apr 03, 2017, 20:20 PM IST
Secretary of State Tillerson visits Ankara as Turkey says its Syria campaign over
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was in Ankara today for talks on the Syria conflict, just a day after Turkey announced that its military offensive was over.
Mar 30, 2017, 15:40 PM IST
Turkish President Erdogan warns Europeans' risk being 'unsafe' as feud rages with EU
Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Wednesday that Europeans risk being unsafe on the world's streets, as a crisis between Ankara and the EU showed no signs of abating.
Mar 22, 2017, 18:27 PM IST
Erdogan accuses Merkel of using 'Nazi measures'
"When we call them Nazis they (Europe) get uncomfortable. They rally together in solidarity. Especially Merkel," Erdogan said in a televised speech.
Mar 19, 2017, 21:09 PM IST
Iran sentences daughter of late president to jail for second time
Iran's hardline judiciary has sentenced the daughter of late Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani to jail for "anti-state propaganda, spreading lies against the judiciary and the Revolutionary Guards Corps", the opposition website Kalemeh reported on Friday.
Mar 17, 2017, 22:53 PM IST
EU expects Turkey to implement migrant accord
The EU expects Turkey to honour a key migrant return accord which Ankara has threatened to ditch amid a bitter dispute with the bloc, a European Commission spokesman said today.
Mar 16, 2017, 21:01 PM IST
