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The Turkish foreign minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, has accused French President Emmanuel Macron of being a “sponsor of terrorism”, in response…

Donald Trump has threatened to destroy Turkey’s economy over its strikes against US allies in Syria. But Turkish planes have…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won a new five-year term after securing outright victory in the first round of…

European Union and Turkish leaders meet in the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Varna today (Monday) but there is limited…

The Czech police have detained a Syrian Kurdish political leader on an Interpol red notice, which describes him as a…

An Islamic State source has reportedly claimed that Turkey is recruiting and retraining former members of the displaced jihadist movement…

Talk of Turkey joining the European Union is “hypocrisy”, according to French President Emmanuel Macron, because of human rights concerns….

A Turkish court has released seven of the 12 jailed members of Cumhuriyet staff, pending the end of their trial….

Turkey’s interior ministry announced that 130 Turks would lose their citizenship if they did not return to their homeland within…

Iran says it blames Turkey for a cross-border attack that left two Iranian border guards dead. “The subject has been…

Turkey has summoned the US ambassador to complain about the behaviour of Washington security personnel during President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s…

Turkey says Brett McGurk, the US special envoy for combatting so-called Islamic State, should be removed because he supports Kurdish…

Fears that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan unfairly influenced Turkey’s referendum in his favour have been heightened by criticism from an…

Kurdish Newroz celebrations often carry a political message. Kurdish spring celebrations have merged into peaceful protests against the referendum to…

An electoral rally in Düsseldorf, Germany, in 2015. Source: Wikimedia Berlin says there has been a significant increase in Turkish spying…