Fireworks, cultural performances add to the grand opening ceremony attended by regional leaders, heads of delegations and sports panels and federations, diplomats and fans.

Sweden and Finland dropped decades of military non-alignment and scrambled to become NATO members in May after Russia invaded Ukraine. But Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened to block their bids, seeking concessions.

As one of the brokers of the grain deal, Turkey has stepped up diplomacy with the two warring countries in a bid to save it as Russia warned that continuing to enforce the agreement without its participation would be "dangerous". The Kremlin said it would be "dangerous" to enforce the...

Most Turkish newspapers and television channels fell under the control of government officials and their business allies during a sweeping crackdown that followed a failed coup in 2016. But social networks and internet-based media remained largely free of oversight -- much to the growing annoyance of Erdogan.

Desperate to rid the uncertainty hanging over their future, dozens of Syrian refugees in Turkey are planning to form a caravan to reach the European Union. According to organizers, plans are being drawn up online where calls are being issued to people to bring sleeping bags, tents, life jackets, canned...

Erdogan has maintained good working relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin while trying to stay neutral in the conflict and supplying Ukraine with weapons and combat drones. Erdogan is expected to meet Putin at a regional summit in Uzbekistan next week.

Erdogan told reporters before departing for a three-nation swing through the Balkans that European nations were "harvesting what they sowed" by imposing economic restrictions on Russia.

The strategically important developing nation lurched into its latest economic crisis when President Recep Tayyip Erdogan launched an unorthodox experiment that attempted to fight inflation by lowering the main interest rate.

The two uneasy NATO neighbors have long-standing sea and air boundary disputes which lead to near-daily air force patrols and interception missions mostly around Greek islands near Turkey's coastline.

A flare-up in fighting around Europe's largest nuclear facility in Russian-controlled southern Ukraine has sparked urgent warnings from world leaders, and UN chief Antonio Guterres cautioned during talks with Erdogan that any damage to the plant would be akin to "suicide". "We are worried. We don't want another Chernobyl," Erdogan...

The official annual rate of consumer price increases reached 79.6 percent in July compared to 78.6 percent in June. Turkey plunged into a fresh economic crisis when Erdogan set off on an unusual economic experiment nearly a year ago that attempted to bring down chronically high inflation by slashing interest...

Iran's president will host his Russian and Turkish counterparts on Tuesday for talks on the Syrian war in a three-way summit overshadowed by fallout from the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The summit is the first hosted by Iran's ultra-conservative President Ebrahim Raisi since he took office last year, and the...

Iran's foreign minister signaled that Tehran would not oppose a new proposed Turkish military operation targeting outlawed Kurdish militants in Syria.

Turkey on Monday said it did not view next week's NATO summit as a final deadline for resolving its objections to Finland and Sweden joining the Western defense alliance. 

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman begins a regional tour Monday in Egypt that will also take him to Turkey to bolster regional ties, a Saudi diplomat said. After Cairo, Mohammed bin Salman will travel to Jordan and then on to Turkey. The Saudi government is yet to confirm about...

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will visit Turkey on June 22, a Turkish official said on Friday. The details of the visit will be announced "over the weekend", the official added. The two countries will sign several agreements during the trip, which is expected to be in the capital...

Turkey's inflation climbed to its highest level since 1998, hitting an annual 73.5 percent in May, official data showed Friday, an issue dogging President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ahead of elections next year. Critics have blamed the country's economic woes on Erdogan's unorthodox economic policy of pushing for lower interest rates...

Syrian authorities on Friday rejected plans by Turkey to return one million Syrian refugees to a "safe zone" on the border, state media reported. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in early May said Ankara was aiming to encourage one million Syrian refugees to return to their country by building them...

The Finnish government is expected to officially announce its intention to join NATO on Sunday, as Sweden's ruling party holds a decisive meeting that could pave the way for a joint application. Less than three months after Russia's February 24 invasion of Ukraine, the two Nordic neighbors look poised to...

Turkey's official inflation rate spiraled to nearly 70 percent in April, data showed on Thursday, posing a huge challenge to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose unconventional economic policies are often blamed for the economic turmoil.

Saudi Arabia's crown prince and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have vowed to reset relations, to end a conflict between the two regional heavyweights. The pair "reviewed the Saudi-Turkish relations and ways to develop them in all fields", SPA reported.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Russia's Vladimir Putin on Thursday that Ankara was ready to do more to end the war in Ukraine after helping arrange a Russian-US prisoner swap. The swap took place in Turkey "under the coordination and supervision of the National Intelligence Organization."

The move follows similar actions by European countries, which lifted the mask mandate partially or entirely.

The two-day trip comes after an Istanbul court this month ruled to halt the trial in absentia of 26 Saudi suspects linked to the killing of 59-year-old journalist Jamal Khashoggi, transferring the case to Saudi Arabia.

"The United States is deeply troubled and disappointed by the court's decision," US State Department spokesman Ned Price said in a statement.

Tunisia has summoned Turkey's ambassador in protest against "interference" after President Erdogan criticized his counterpart in Tunis for dissolving the country's parliament. Tunisia's fragmented parliament has long been dominated by Ennahdha, an Islamist-inspired party close to Erdogan's ruling AKP.

Inflation was up from 54.4% in February to 61.14% in March.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday opened the world's longest suspension bridge over the Dardanelles strait in northwestern Turkey -- which cuts travel time between Asia and Europe to six minutes. The 2.5-billion-euro ($2.8-billion) "1915 Canakkale Bridge" built by a consortium of Turkish and South Korean companies has a...

Relations between the two countries were frozen after the death of 10 civilians following an Israeli raid on the Turkish Mavi Marmara ship, part of a flotilla trying to breach a blockade by carrying aid into the Gaza Strip in 2010.

Erdogan has already said Herzog's planned visit would be an opportunity to 'open a new chapter in relations between Turkey and Israel.'

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appointed Vahit Kirisci as minister of agriculture and forestry after the resignation of Bekir Pakdemirli.

"Show Turkey the same sensitivity that we are witnessing towards Ukraine," Erdogan said at a press conference in Ankara.

Soaring inflation in Turkey has propelled a wave of strikes unlike any the country has seen since the 1970s, as workers demand more money to counter the shrinking value of their pay.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on business leaders in the wealthy United Arab Emirates Tuesday to invest in his country, which is in the grips of an economic crisis.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog is preparing to visit Turkey, his office said Tuesday, in a rare trip following years of frayed ties between the two countries. Turkey's state-run TRT television, reported the trip would take place on March 9 and 10.

The signing of cooperation agreements and MoUs ‘mark the beginning of a new era in relations’ between the two countries as Erdogan visits UAE after nearly a decade.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reached Abu Dhabi on Monday for his first visit to the UAE in nearly a decade. To greet Erdogan on his trip, which will take him to the Expo 2020 Dubai world fair , the UAE was lighting up Burj Khalifa, in the colors of...

Erdogan's visit on Monday will be marked by a visual display on the Burj Khalifa façade, lighting up several landmarks and iconic buildings in the colors of the UAE and Turkey flags, and displaying celebratory messages on electronic panels.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday slashed sales tax on dairy products, fruit, vegetables and other basic food items from 8 percent to 1 percent as inflation surges to a near 20-year high. Last month, Erdogan changed the head of the state statistics agency Tuik for the fourth time...

Turkish prosecutors on Monday issued an arrest warrant for a former Olympic swimmer over tweets appearing to express relief that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan tested positive for Covid-19.

Turkey has lifted the ban on importing scrap metals from Lebanon, which could secure about $100 million annually for Lebanon, according to Minister of Economy and Trade, Amin Salam. Salam said that during his meeting in Ankara with Turkish Trade Minister Mehmet Muş, Interior Minister Suleiman Soylu and Foreign Minister...

Independent data collected by Turkish economists suggested that the annual rate of inflation rose to more than 110 percent in January.

The veteran Turkish leader's talks with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky come with Kyiv hesitant to accept US warnings that President Putin is preparing to invade.

The veteran Turkish leader hopes mediation between Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky can avert a Russian offensive.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened legal action against media houses.

Murat Cetinkaya, who was appointed to the role in April 2016, has been replaced by Murat Uysal, according to the decree published in the official gazette.

"This offence will not go unpunished," Erdogan said in an interview aired on private television channel NTV.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog will pay an official visit to Turkey in February, Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Wednesday, hailing it as a chance to mend frayed relations with the Jewish state. "This visit could open a new chapter in relations between Turkey and Israel," Erogan said in...

Turkey has detained a well-known television journalist for comments she made on air about President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, her lawyer said Saturday.

The UAE and Turkey are expected to sign new agreements and "renew previous commitments" during the upcoming visit of the Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, to the UAE in February, a senior Turkish official said. "Our President’s visit to the UAE is currently confirmed and the preparations are ongoing. This...