Istanbul, Turkey - Turkey said Wednesday it has started requesting proof of insurance from tankers loaded with Russian crude oil after Western powers imposed a price cap to punish the Kremlin for its war on Ukraine. But a Turkish official denied that the measure was slowing the passage of oil...

According to a respected monthly study released by independent economists from Turkey's ENAG research institute, the annual rate of consumer price increases reached 170.70 percent in November. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the weekend forecast that consumer prices rises would soon slow down.

While acknowledging Ankara's security concerns in northeast Syria, the US has warned Turkey not to create impediments in its operations against jihadists in Syria. Turkey says it is taking military action in response to a terrorist attack in Istanbul that it blames on Kurdish groups.

Press advocates say the new law could allow authorities to shut down the internet, preventing the public from hearing about exiled Turkish mob boss Sedat Peker's claims about the government's alleged dirty affairs. Or, they say, the government could restrict access to social media as they did after a November...

In 2021, Turkey's economy rebounded from the COVID-19 pandemic to grow 11.4 percent.

Erdogan and Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi shook hands last week in Qatar, signalling a fresh beginning in their ties.

Qamishli, Syria -- Thousands of Kurds protested on Sunday in the Syrian city of Qamishli against Turkish cross-border strikes targeting Kurdish groups in the country's northeast, an AFP photojournalist said. One week ago Turkey began a barrage of air strikes against the semi-autonomous Kurdish zones in north and northeastern Syria,...

Turkish and Qatari official are in the final stages of talks to work out the modalities of extending the funding.

With the latest cut, the rate has reached "a sufficient level with regard to growing risks concerning global demand", the bank's council said in a written statement. Turkey's monetary policymakers are bucking the global trend of central banks raising interest rates to combat inflation, as high borrowing rates cool down...

Responding to Iranian calls for the deployment of border guards, Iraq will redeploy federal guards along its border with Iran and Turkey, after repeated bombardments from both neighboring countries against opposition groups in the autonomous Kurdistan region. Iran had publicly urged such a move.

National authorities said the quake was at a magnitude of 5.9 -- lower than the 6.1 given by the US Geological Survey -- and its epicentre was in Duzce province's Golyaka district, though it also shook other nearby cities. "We were woken up with a big noise and tremor," Duzce...

Earlier Tuesday, three Syrian government soldiers were killed and others wounded in Turkish bombardments of an air base several kilometres south of Azaz, said the Observatory, which has a wide network of sources inside Syria.

Russia has for months ... done everything possible to prevent any large-scale ground operation, Alexander Lavrentyev, Russian President Vladimir Putin's special envoy on Syria, said in the Kazakh capital, which is hosting a tripartite meeting between Russia, Turkey and Iran on Syria. The three countries are major players in the...

Overnight, Turkey hit dozens of targets in northern Syria as well as northern Iraq, a week after a bomb attack in Istanbul killed six people and left 81 wounded, which Ankara blamed on the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

Nearly ten years after their relations broke down, Egypt and Turkey are working to rebuild the ties as the Egyptian president shook hands with his Turkish counterpart in Qatar. The presidency in Cairo has termed it a new "beginning" in ties with Ankara.

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

A week after the deadly Istanbul bombing, which Ankara blamed on the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Turkey carried out air strikes hitting several towns across northern Syria. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Turkish military had carried out more than 20 air strikes across the two provinces.

Ukraine is one of the world's top grain producers, and Russia's invasion of the country blocked 20 million tons of grain in its ports before the United Nations and Turkey brokered the deal in July. On Wednesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at a press conference at the G20...

The 27-nation bloc has also placed an embargo on Russia coal. While it has not banned natural gas imports from Russia, Moscow has slashed supplies to the EU.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said before he departed Turkey that the "vile attack" that killed at least six people in the heart of the city had "a smell of terror".

Turkey has appointed an ambassador to Israel after a gap of four years in the latest step towards normalising ties with the Jewish state. Ties between the two soured after Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticised Israel's policy towards Palestinians under the previous governments of its new Prime Minister Benjamin...

Istanbul, Turkey— A senior Greek official was detained in Turkey at the weekend because of what the Ankara government described as a technical error, Turkish media reported on Tuesday. Athens issued a formal complaint on Saturday after Apostolos Tzitzikostas, the governor of the Greek province of Central Macedonia, was detained for...

Despite the change in stance in Stockholm, some analysts believe Turkey's presidential and parliamentary elections in June 2023 could delay the Nordic NATO bids.

According to the Observatory, the rocket fire came the day after five Syrian forces members died in shelling by a group affiliated with HTS.

Ankara has accused the two Nordic nations of providing a safe haven for outlawed Kurdish militants it deems "terrorists" and held back on ratifying their NATO membership despite an agreement in June.

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.

Moscow had said on Saturday that it was temporarily pulling out of the grain deal, accusing Ukraine of using a safe shipping corridor established under the agreement to launch a drone assault on its Black Sea fleet.

Central banks worldwide are raising borrowing costs in efforts to tame soaring consumer prices, but Turkey has bucked the global trend, with Erdogan calling higher interest rates his "biggest enemy". With an election looming next year, Erdogan argues that high-interest rates are the cause of inflation, not the opposite, in...

Pact aims to expand railway solutions, technology in region.

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...

Russia's blockade of grain exports makes it "impossible" for fully loaded ships to leave port, Ukraine charged after Moscow claimed drone attacks on its Crimea fleet had exploited the grain corridor safe zone. Kyiv's maritime grain exports were halted after Russia pulled out of a landmark agreement that allowed the...

Russia suspended its participation in a pact that allowed grain exports from Ukraine, blaming alleged drone attacks on Russian ships in Crimea. Russia made the announcement after its army accused Kyiv earlier Saturday of a "massive" drone attack on its Black Sea fleet, while Britain rejected Moscow's claims its specialists...

Calling on "all parties" to make every effort to extend the agreement on Ukrainian grain exports, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appealed for an extension to the so-called Black Sea deal, signed in July by the UN, Ukraine, Russia and Turkey, allowing more than 9 million tons of Ukrainian grain...

Libya has signed two defense deals with Turkey, building on a 2019 agreement that had seen the latter claim large and potentially gas-rich areas of the eastern Mediterranean, angering Greece, France and the European Union. The deal was signed with Libya's Tripoli-based prime minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah.

In all three calls, Russian defense minister Shoigu conveyed "concerns about possible provocations by Ukraine with the use of a 'dirty bomb'".

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia— Saudi Media Minister Majid Al-Qasabi has called for developing a trust-based road map with clear mechanisms to advance joint Islamic action. The minister was speaking at the 12th session of the Islamic Conference of Information Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Istanbul on Saturday. He...

The decision comes right after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the central bank would keep cutting rates every month for "as long as I am in power".

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.

The Mesopotamian Marshes, a UNESCO World Heritage site, have been battered by low rainfall and reduced flows in the Tigris and Euphrates rivers due to dams built upstream in Turkey and Iran. Oil-rich Iraq, battered by decades of war, is also the world's fifth-most vulnerable country to some key effects...

On Monday, Turkey said it had signed a memorandum of understanding on exploration for hydrocarbons in Libya's seas with the authorities in Tripoli. "This agreement threatens stability and security in the Mediterranean," Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said in Cairo, where he met his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry.

The question of rights to Libya's vast hydrocarbon resources has become more urgent this year as global energy prices have soared. Monday's deal builds on an agreement signed between Ankara and a previous Tripoli-based administration in 2019.

Firm aims to expand its utilities, energy investments.

Turkey's foreign minister signed a deal in Libya's capital Monday allowing for oil and gas exploration in 'Libyan waters'.

Turkish inflation jumped to a new 24-year high exceeding 83 percent in September, official data showed Monday after the central bank cut interest rates despite surging prices.

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 called for a "dignified way out" of the seven-month crisis sparked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Water scarcity hitting farming and food security are already among the "main drivers of rural-to-urban migration" in Iraq, the UN and several non-government groups said in June.

After two years of pandemic restrictions and video addresses, the UN General Assembly is again asking leaders to come in person if they wish to speak with a sole exception made for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. But the death of Queen Elizabeth II disrupted the summit anew. President Joe Biden...

Turkey struck back in northern Syria after its forces were shelled from near Kobane in the latest deadly escalation that killed three people wearing Syrian army uniform and wounded several other fighters. The raids by Turkish army hit outposts operated by the Syrian army and Kurdish-led forces.

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...