Agriculture accounts for around six percent of Turkey's GDP and employs 18 percent of the country's workforce.

Turkey, a NATO member, defied US warnings in 2017 to buy the S-400 air defense system, a deal that the Western alliance fears will allow Russia to hone its skills at targeting the US and Western European aircraft. The US officials have reiterated that S-400 was "not compatible or operable...

The Russian leader hosted Erdogan at his Black Sea residence in the resort of Sochi

Following the discovery of gas by Turkey in the Black Sea, the European Union's gas production capacity is likely to increase by 25 percent.

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

DUBAI: Iraq's Kurdistan is a gateway for Turkish firms to explore the wider Iraqi market, President Nechirvan Barzani said as he sought to lure Turkish investors on Sunday by promising them business opportunities in the semi-autonomous region. Given the size of the Iraqi market, Turkish firms have many investment opportunities...

The mosaic was discovered in the remains of a 15th century BC Hittie temple, 700 years before the oldest known mosaics of ancient Greece.

Morocco took delivery earlier this month of Turkish combat drones, the Far-Maroc unofficial website dedicated to military news reported.

The Turkish currency was down around 1.1 percent against the US dollar by 1330 GMT, after the bank announced it was cutting the one-week repo rate to 18 percent from 19 percent in a decision that surprised analysts.

Turkish president told the UN General Assembly that Turkey will complete the ratification process in time for the November UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow.

Turkey turned into the home of one of the world's largest migrant populations when it struck a deal with Brussels to help resolve Europe's 2015-16 refugee crisis

IsDB also contributed to Covid-19 relief in 2020, where it approved financing of around $2.3 billion.

Emergency workers tried to contain the spillage by roping it off with booms tossed from ships some 15 nautical miles off the shore

The phone call between Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince and Turkish President marks the highest-level interaction in years

After the complete withdrawal of the US forces, questions remain as to who will run the security of the airport and operate the logistics. The Taliban have insisted they want to keep the civilian airport open, but without guarantees over security, commercial airlines simply won't operate out of Kabul.

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

Reputed to have once flown through the biblical Garden of Eden, the Euphrates runs for almost 2,800 km (1,700 miles) across Turkey, Syria and Iraq, irrigating swathes of land in Syria's breadbasket, and runs through three hydroelectric dams. But over the past eight months the river has contracted to a...

Turkey's initial purchase of S-400s from Russia soured relations with the US and its NATO allies

A concrete wall, topped with barbed wire and surrounded by trenches, is being erected along Turkey's border with Iran

Both already host large refugee populations — 3.6 million Syrians in Turkey and 3.5 million Afghans in Iran

Police and local officials "began evacuating hundreds of families" from communities on the western outskirts of Jerusalem

The air tragedy came just as Turkey was gaining control over hundreds of wildfires that killed eight people and destroyed swathes of forest along the scenic southern coast

Heavy rains produced flash floods that turned streets into running rivers and sparked mudslides that buckled roads

Only 3.5 percent of Iraq’s farmlands are watered with irrigation systems and rivers are polluted with viruses and bacteria, oil spills and industrial chemicals.

It looked innocent enough. As Turkey burned, ravaged by its deadliest and most destructive wildfires in living memory, #HelpTurkey began trending on Twitter, supported by sympathetic celebrities and traumatised Turks. But in a deeply divided country where even minor events spark culture wars between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's supporters and...

The wildfires broke out on Wednesday across southern provinces, injuring more than 300

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

The fire in Syria spread from Lebanon, while Turkey saw a separate series of blazes; in all, four people have been reported dead.

Keeping the air hub safe from advancing Taliban forces became a major issue after US President Joe Biden ordered all troops out of Afghanistan by the end of next month.  

Erdogan has vowed ‘life will restart in Varosha’ during a visit to mark 47 years since the invasion that split Cyprus.

Turkey launched Operation Euphrates Shield in 2016 in order to drive away from its border region Daesh militants and Syrian Kurdish militia forces 

Western powers including the United States and France expressed outrage and the UN Security Council issued a condemnation that Ankara swiftly rebuffed.

Turkey has sought a change in a UN climate framework so it won’t have to supply technology to developing countries

On a trip to the north of divided Nicosia on Tuesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said there should be "two peoples and two states with equal status." Victoria Nuland, the US under secretary of state for political affairs, voiced concern that Erdogan's remarks would have a "chilling effect" on...

3 children among the deceased, according to Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

Ankara is seeking "financial, political and logistical support" from the US and the NATO to carry out the fraught task amidst the ongoing Taliban advances in the country.

Turkey's central bank has left its policy rate unchanged for the fourth month running as a spike in inflation to a two-year high delayed hopes of borrowing costs being lowered.

President Kais Saied has said that Saudi Arabia, Libya,  Kuwait, Turkey and Algeria have also pledged to help Tunisia is currently battling a fresh wave of infections after successfully containing the virus following its outbreak last year As the spike in Covid-19 cases in Tunisia leads to a highest death...

UNSC unanimously approves an extension of humanitarian aid to a rebel-held part of Syria through the Bab Al-Hawa crossing from Turkey in the country’s northeast However, a request to reopen for one year a second crossing point at Al-Yarubiyah, which allows supplies to reach northeastern Syria from Iraq, is dropped...

Russia and the US described Friday's unanimous vote by the 15-member Security Council as an important moment The Security Council mandate for the aid operation, begun in 2014 at four points, was due to expire on Saturday The UN Security Council on Friday extended a cross-border aid operation into Syria...

Ankara's withdrawal has triggered condemnation from both the United States and the European Union The Istanbul Convention signed in 2011, committed its signatories to prevent and prosecute domestic violence and promote equality Turkey formally withdrew on Thursday from an international treaty to prevent violence against women, Reuters reported.  When the...

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...

Tourists have stayed away from Bodrum due to the pandemic In 2019, Bodrum airport welcomed a record 4.34 million tourists to a city dubbed the "Turkish Saint-Tropez" The Russians are finally coming but the mayor of this empty Turkish resort doubts their converted rubles will save what looks to be...

The decision needed to support the country’s depreciating currency An annual inflation rate of 16.6 percent has contributed to a sharp drop in Turks' purchasing power and price rises for basic goods Reeling from high inflation, Turkey's central bank on Thursday left its interest rate unchanged at 19 percent for...

  TheLifeCo enables weight loss and rejuvenation with its personally designed detox and natural therapies effective for anti-aging. Popular names such as Ahmad Hamad K.Al-Thani, Miriam Abadi are among the guests of the center. Although the pace of the tourism industry has slowed worldwide due to the pandemic, Turkey continues...

The airline launches a promotional campaign that will be available until June 18  

First gas from the find to consumers expected in time for Turkey's  centenary celebrations in 2023 Exploration work has resulted in the discovery of a new well with 135 billion cubic metres of reserves President Recept Tayyip Erdogan on Friday announced a new natural gas discovery in the Black Sea...

Coronavirus restrictions were first imposed 15 months ago  The reopenings were the fruit of discussions between Greek, Turkish-Cypriot officials and the UN Checkpoints reopened along the UN-patrolled ceasefire line that divides Cyprus Friday as coronavirus restrictions first imposed 15 months ago were finally eased. Without fanfare, most crossings opened at...

Western conifer seed bug is believed to have reached Turkey from Europe in 2010 before entering Lebanon

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