The decision follows weeks of intensifying pressure from Washington for NATO member Turkey to limit its booming economic relations with Russia. The US Treasury warned last week that Turkish banks working with the Russian cards "risk supporting Russia's efforts to evade US sanctions" and could be sanctioned themselves.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Israeli prime minister Yair Lapid met on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, a month after the countries announced the restoration of diplomatic ties following years of tensions. Lapid "brought up the issue of missing and captive Israelis and the importance of...

Lapid's office said he would travel to New York on Monday night, ahead of an address to the General Assembly on Thursday. A source said the meeting with Erdogan would take place on Tuesday. It came as Israel's armed forces chief Lieutenant General Aviv Kohavi announced his first visit to...

Xi and Erdogan met on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Turkey is a dialogue partner of the SCO, which was set up in 2001 and consists of China, India, Pakistan, Russia and several ex-Soviet states.

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...

UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said that Antonio Guterres will discuss ‘the need for a political solution to this conflict’ in his meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv.

At the beginning of the pandemic, Saudi Arabia imposed a rule against all foreign travel, and as of last month 16 countries including Turkey were still off-limits to Saudi citizens.

Turkish exports, Erdogan added, have now reached 217 countries and regions around the world.

The United States on Tuesday warned Turkey against launching a new military operation in northern Syria, saying the uneasy NATO ally would be putting US troops at risk. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday that Turkey would soon launch a new military operation into northern Syria to create a...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said Turkey would not look "positively" on Sweden and Finland's NATO bids unless its terror-related concerns were addressed, despite broad support from other allies including the United States.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said Turkey did not have a “positive opinion” on Finland and Sweden joining NATO, throwing up a potential obstacle for the nations’ membership bid. Erdogan accused both countries of harboring “terrorist organizations” in his unfavorable assessment of the membership bids.

Washington is "working to clarify Turkey's position" after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed opposition to Finland and Sweden joining NATO, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Friday. The idea of the two nations becoming members of the transatlantic alliance had received "broad support from NATO member countries," Psaki said.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday pledged that Turkey would not drive Syrian refugees back to their home country despite pressure from opposition parties. Turkey is today home to more than 3.6 million Syrian refugees who fled after civil war broke out in 2011.

Turkey hosted a meeting between Moscow and Kyiv negotiators in Istanbul and another between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba in Antalya in March. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is now trying to pave the way for an Istanbul summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with Saudi Arabia's crown prince on Thursday to "develop" relations during his visit to the oil-rich kingdom. Saudi state news agency SPA published images of the Turkish leader embracing Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

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

The Turkish leader’s comments came a day after Iraq summoned Turkey’s ambassador to Baghdad to lodge a formal protest against Erdogan’s latest military campaign.

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

Russia's foreign ministry confirmed that Lavrov would be attending the meeting on the sidelines of a diplomatic forum organized by Cavusoglu in Antalya.

Senior Turkish officials held meetings in Jerusalem on Thursday ahead of a rare visit by Israeli President Isaac Herzog to Turkey.

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

Analysts think politically diverse Gen Z voters hold one of the keys to Erdogan's tricky path to presidential re-election.

Turkey has been rattled by a currency collapse that accelerated by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s last-month steps that defy conventional policies.

Turkey has invested heavily in developing trade and diplomatic ties with Africa under Recep Tayyip Erdogan since 2003.

Ankara already has a military base in Somalia, and Morocco and Tunisia reportedly took their first delivery of Turkish combat drones in September. Angola became the latest to express an interest in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) during Erdogan's first visit to the southern African country in October.

Qatar and Turkey have announced they agreed to extend a currency swap deal between their central banks, as Ankara’s lira has plunged in value fuelling an economic crisis. According to a joint statement on Tuesday, the two sides “welcomed the signing of the agreement on the extension and amendment of...

On a visit to Azerbaijan on Tuesday, Turkey set out conditions if Baku wanted better ties with Ankara.

Several European countries said late on Saturday they had received no official notification from Turkey, while the US said it was aware of the situation.

Turkey's central bank cut interest rates for the second successive month on Thursday in what economists interpreted as confirmation of its loss of independence from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The bank cut its policy rate to 16 from 18 percent despite soaring inflation and a depreciating currency. The lira extended...

Turkey’s pine honey harvests — especially in the Mugla region — were already suffering from drought when the wildfires hit. The fires destroyed the delicate balance between bees, trees, and the little insects — the Basra beetle from which the bees collect the honey — at the heart of the...

Turkey still intends to buy a second batch of S-400 missile defense systems from Russia, its president has said.

The drones have been made by Baykar, whose CTO is the son-in-law of Tuekey’s president.

The spreading wildfires have led President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to declare parts of southern Turkey, where the blazes are predominant, as “disaster areas.”

The project expected to be on the outskirts Istanbul's European side 43,000 ships pass through the strait every year Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan launched on Saturday, June 26, a canal project that has an outlay of $15 billion, said local reports. Erdogan laid the foundations of a bridge over...

Turkish economy expanded by 7 percent between Jan and March but inflation more than triple the government's target of 5 percent