Turkish forces killed the “suspected leader” of the Islamic State group in Syria on Saturday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced late Sunday night. Erdogan said that Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi had been “neutralised” during an operation led by Turkish intelligence services. Speaking during an interview with TRT Turk state broadcaster, Erdogan added that the intelligence organisation had been following Qurashi for[…]
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call that the Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement was the right step towards a lasting solution, the Turkish presidency said on Tuesday. Russian peacekeeping troops deployed to Nagorno-Karabakh on Tuesday under a deal that halted six weeks of fighting between[…]
Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan will fulfil a long-held ambition later Monday when he is sworn in as president with sweeping new powers over a country he has dominated and reshaped during his 15-year rule. Launching the executive presidency that he fought hard to secure, Erdogan will also appoint a streamlined cabinet[…]
Turkey’s military and its Syrian rebel allies have taken full control of northwest Syria’s Afrin region, a Turkish army source said on Saturday, as aid workers distributed food to people in the area. Turkish forces and the Syrian fighters swept into the main Afrin town last Sunday after an eight-week[…]
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will visit Paris on 5 January to meet his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, with the conflict in Syria high on the agenda, a source in the French president’s office said on Saturday. Among the regional crises the two leaders plan to discuss, there will be a[…]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said an upcoming summit of Muslim leaders will mark a “turning point” in the response to a US decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. A strong supporter of the Palestinian cause, Erdogan called Wednesday’s extraordinary meeting in Turkey’s largest city, Istanbul, under the[…]
The reactions of the Turkish-Israeli rapprochement deal have been have been met with a plethora of emotions. Some Palestinians have argued that despite Turkish rhetoric, national self-interest would always supersede that of the Palestinian people. Others have reflected sentiments of disillusionment at the about turn taken by Turkey which appears[…]
Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan has rejected easing anti-terror legislation in exchange for visa-free travel for Turkish citizens in the European Union. Erdogan told EU states, “We’ll go our way, you go yours,” in a statement released on Friday, just a day after the resignation of his Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu.[…]
At least 28 people have been killed and 61 more wounded in a large explosion targeting a military vehicle in heart of the Turkish capital of Ankara. Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr, reporting from Gaziantep, said officials believe a car bomb had caused the explosion on Wednesday evening and the target[…]
Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) won the most votes in Sunday’s election but has lost its parliamentary majority and will need to form a coalition. The results will put a damper on the party’s push to move the country from a parliamentary into a presidential system and could[…]
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