Finnish MPs vote to join Nato as Turkey blocks Swedish bid
Finland’s parliament has voted to accelerate its bid to join Nato, as Sweden’s bid is still being blocked by Turkey’s…
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Erdogan threatens to veto Sweden’s Nato bid
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he may allow Finland to join Nato while blocking Sweden’s membership. He criticised Sweden’s…
Turkey demands Finland and Sweden end ‘support’ for Kurdish rebels before joining Nato
Turkey has condemned alleged support from Sweden and Finland for the PKK Kurdish rebel group, which Ankara designates as a…
Turkey hails capture of Kurdish separatist base after series of deadly strikes on PKK
Turkish forces have captured a major base belonging to Kurdish militants in northern Iraq, according to Turkey’s defence ministry. Twelve…
US axes PKK drone spying for Turkey
The US has reportedly axed a clandestine intelligence programme with Turkey that has helped Turkish commanders target the Kurdistan Workers’…
Turkey labels France’s Macron a ‘terror sponsor’
The Turkish foreign minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, has accused French President Emmanuel Macron of being a “sponsor of terrorism”, in response…
Turkey ignores Trump as Syria bombing starts
Donald Trump has threatened to destroy Turkey’s economy over its strikes against US allies in Syria. But Turkish planes have…
Erdogan wins twin elections
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won a new five-year term after securing outright victory in the first round of…
Erdogan wants to talk EU membership
European Union and Turkish leaders meet in the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Varna today (Monday) but there is limited…
Syrian Kurd held in Prague
The Czech police have detained a Syrian Kurdish political leader on an Interpol red notice, which describes him as a…
Turks ‘recruit’ Isis to fight Kurds
An Islamic State source has reportedly claimed that Turkey is recruiting and retraining former members of the displaced jihadist movement…
Erdogan under fire in Paris
Talk of Turkey joining the European Union is “hypocrisy”, according to French President Emmanuel Macron, because of human rights concerns….
Turkish journalists given bail
A Turkish court has released seven of the 12 jailed members of Cumhuriyet staff, pending the end of their trial….
Turkish exiles face losing citizenship
Turkey’s interior ministry announced that 130 Turks would lose their citizenship if they did not return to their homeland within…
Iran blasts Turkey over border deaths
Iran says it blames Turkey for a cross-border attack that left two Iranian border guards dead. “The subject has been…
Ankara summons US ambassador
Turkey has summoned the US ambassador to complain about the behaviour of Washington security personnel during President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s…