Turkey

Commander of Syrian Kurdish-led forces Mazloum Abdi, attends an interview with Reuters in Hasakah, Syria December 19, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Orhan Qereman/File Photo
Middle East

Syrian Kurdish commander in touch with Turkey, open to meeting Erdogan

The public comments represented a significant diplomatic overture by Mazloum Abdi, whose Syrian Democratic Forces fought Turkish troops and Ankara-backed Syrian rebels during Syria's 14-year...

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan meets with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Istanbul, Turkey, May 24, 2025. Photo: Murat Cetinmuhurdar/PPO/Handout via REUTERS
Europe

Erdogan tells Sharaa Turkey welcomes lifting of Syria sanctions

Istanbul's Grand Bazaar offers a variety of options for wedding gifts and accessories in affordable prices. Photo: Bloomberg
Europe

India cuts ties with Turkey amid growing boycott calls over Pakistan row

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan chairs a meeting between Ukrainian and Russian negotiators in Istanbul, Turkey, May 16, 2025. Photo: Arda Kucukkaya/Turkish Foreign Ministry/Handout via REUTERS
Europe

Istanbul peace talks lay bare chasm between Ukraine and Russia

Russian delegation, led by presidential adviser Vladimir Medinsky, attend a meeting with Ukrainian delegation (not pictured) in Istanbul, Turkey, May 16, 2025. Photo: Murat Gok/Turkish Foreign Ministry/Handout via REUTERS
Europe

Russia says Ukraine talks yielded a prisoner swap deal and an agreement to keep talking

Russia's presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky attends the exhibition of Orthodox icons by Hiroko Kozuki, painter and wife of Former Japanese Ambassador to Russia Toyohisa Kozuki, in Moscow, Russia April 23, 2025. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

An aide, a diplomat and a spy: Who is Putin sending to Turkey?

A sign depicts jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan in Qamishli, Syria May 12, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Orhan Qereman/File Photo
Europe

Turkey and PKK face a tricky path determining how militants will disband

A demonstrator holds a picture of jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan during a rally in Diyarbakir, Turkey, February 27, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Sertac Kayar/File Photo
Europe

Kurdish PKK disbands and ends Turkey insurgency

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron visit the Memorial Wall of Fallen Defenders of Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, May 10, 2025. Photo: Stefan Rousseau/Pool via REUTERS
Europe

Zelenskiy tells Putin to come to Turkey if he wants talks, after Trump intervention

Indian officials said that two pilots and a civilian had died after an air force plane crashed in Indian-administered Kashmir Photo: Danish Ismail/Reuters
World+Biz

Israel backs India; Türkiye sides with Pakistan following air strikes

People walk past a branch of Halkbank in central Istanbul, Turkey, January 22, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Murad Sezer/File Photo
Europe

Turkish bank appeals Iran sanctions decision to US Supreme Court

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World+Biz

6.2 magnitude earthquake jolts Turkey's Istanbul

President and CEO of ‘Turkish Aerospace’, Mehmet Demiroğlu meets Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on the sidelines of the ‘Antalya Diplomacy Forum 2025’ on 12 April 2025. Photo: UNB
Foreign Policy

Bangladesh seeks aerospace partner, eyes win-win cooperation with Turkey