Turkey

Turkiye closes airspace to flights to and from an airport in Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq due to alleged Kurdish militant activity, according to Foreign Ministry Spokesman Tanju Bilgic. The closure was in response to…

A Guinea-Bissau cargo ship, the Joe 2, sank off the coast of Turkey's Antalya province, killing at least three of its 14 crew members. Five were rescued while the others remain missing. The cause of the sinking is unknown, and…

The southern Turkey earthquakes in February were a catastrophic natural disaster, resulting in 49,000 deaths and the collapse of 272,860 buildings. The damages and losses caused by the disaster amount to $103.6bn, or nine percent of…

Turkey has finally approved Finland’s application to join NATO, putting an end to months of delays while also continuing to block Sweden from joining the military alliance. The Turkish Parliament voted unanimously in favor of Finland’s…

Sensing the best chance yet to end President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s two-decade rule in Turkey , his opponents are mobilizing to make sure every ballot is counted in a May election and to guard against any tampering in what is expected to be…

Turkish and Iranian officials have announced that in April, deputy foreign ministers from Syria, Turkey, Iran, and Russia will convene in Moscow, building on recent discussions between Ankara and Damascus, who have been at…

Mevlut Cavusoglu, Turkey's Foreign Minister, visited Cairo on Saturday to meet with his Egyptian counterpart in the first diplomatic visit of its kind in ten years, signifying a thaw in the previously strained relations…

According to a source from the Turkish foreign ministry, the scheduled meeting of the deputy foreign ministers of Russia, Turkey, Iran, and Syria has been postponed to an unspecified date. The meeting was planned to take place…

On Wednesday, flash floods caused the deaths of at least 14 individuals who were residing in tents and container homes across the earthquake-affected region of Turkey. This unfortunate incident adds further challenges for President Recep…

Foreign ministers from Russia, Syria and Turkey will meet in the second half of January, after last week holding the highest-level gathering since the Syrian civil war erupted in 2011. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said late…