Erdogan accuses EU of 'distancing itself' from Turkey *ISTANBUL (AFP) - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday accused the European Union of pulling away from Turkey, whose efforts to join the bloc have stalled amid criticism of Ankara's efforts to a...
Turkey says thinks Black Sea grain deal can be restored soon *MOSCOW (Reuters) - Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan said he thought it would soon be possible to revive the Black Sea grain deal that helped get Ukrainian grain to market, after talks on Monday with...
Egypt, Turkey appoint ambassadors for first time in decade *CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) - Egypt and Turkey said Tuesday they had appointed ambassadors to each others' countries for the first time in a decade, in the latest sign of warming ties.* Cairo and Ankara both ...
Japan puts missile defence on alert as North Korea warns of satellite launch *TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan put its ballistic missile defences on alert on Monday and warned that it would shoot down any projectile that threatened its territory after North Korea notified Japan of a sa...
Undefeated Erdogan extends two-decade rule in Turkey runoff *ISTANBUL (AFP) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appealed for national unity Monday after winning a historic runoff election that extended two decades of his transformative but divisive rule u...
Erdogan pays homage to Islamic predecessor on eve of Turkey vote *ISTANBUL (AFP) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan paid homage to his executed Islamic predecessor on Saturday in a last-gasp attempt to rally his conservative base on the eve of a historic runo...
Turkey's opposition plots fightback against Erdogan *ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) - Turkey's opposition tried on Wednesday to recover from a crushingly disappointing election performance and launch a new attack aimed at beating President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...
Erdogan ascendant as Turkey heads for historic runoff *ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) - Turkey on Monday woke up to the prospect of its first presidential runoff vote after conservative President Recep Tayyip Erdogan confounded pollsters and his secular rival to...
Anger, despair in Turkey's quake zone on eve of vote *ANTAKYA, Turkey (AFP) - At a bus station in Antakya, a city razed to the ground by Turkey's devastating earthquake, emotions remain raw and voters divided ahead of Sunday's pivotal elections.* The Ye...
Turkey detains 110 pro-Kurdish suspects ahead of vote *DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (AFP) - Turkey on Tuesday detained at least 110 pro-Kurdish activists, journalists and lawyers in raids conducted just three weeks before a knife-edge vote that could extend Presid...
Floods kills at least 14 in Turkey's quake-hit areas *ISTANBUL (Reuters) - At least 14 people have been killed after torrential rains triggered flash floods in Turkey's southeastern Sanliurfa and Adiyaman provinces, the state-owned Anadolu news agency r...
