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…
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Turkey’s ex-PM ditches faultering Erdogan
Former Turkish prime minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, who was forced out of office in May 2016, has emerged as an outspoken…
Turkey threatens to reopen EU migrant route
Turkey plans to resettle 1 million refugees in northern Syria and has threatened to reopen the sea route into Europe…
Putin tempts Turkey away from Nato with fighter jet
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he will sell Turkey the SU-57 stealth fighters, which could jeopardise Ankara’s membership of Nato. Turkish…
Turkey wants to make missiles with Russia: Erdogan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he will cooperate with Russia on the production of advanced missile defence systems as…
Istanbul votes for mayor again
Istanbul is voting again today (Sunday) to elect its mayor after the opposition’s victory in March was annulled. Ekrem Imamoglu…
Football-enthusiast Erdogan best man at Özil wedding
German World Cup winner Mesut Özil has married the former Miss Turkey, Amine Gulse, in Istanbul and his best man…
Istanbul mayoral re-run brings thug attacks
Five attacks on Turkish opposition journalists have been reported ahead of the rerun of the Istanbul mayoral election on June…
Istanbul protests after Erdogan orders election rerun
Turkey’s election commission has ordered a rerun of Istanbul’s mayoral election after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party…
Turkish mob attacks opposition boss
A mob has attacked the 70-year-old leader of Turkey’s main opposition party during a funeral held for a soldier who was killed…
Erdogan humbled in three largest cities
According to unofficial results, Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development (AK) party has lost mayoral elections in the largest three cities…
Erdogan under fire for using Christchurch massacre video at rally
Turkey’s strongman president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has been criticised by New Zealand for using the video live-streamed by the Christchurch…
Erdogan brushes off US missile defence warning
Turkey’s deal to buy Russian S-400 missile-defence systems had “nothing to do” with the security of the US, President Recep…
Warrant issued for Turkish basketball star
Turkey is seeking an international arrest warrant for New York Knicks forward Enes Kanter, accusing him of membership of a…
Turkey told to free opposition boss
The European Court of Human Rights unanimously ruled Turkey should release Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas (pictured), finding his detention was…
Ankara demands international Khashoggi probe
Turkey’s foreign minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu (pictured), has called for an international investigation into the killing of the Saudi journalist Jamal…