Turkey detains over dozen officers over affiliation to Gulen movement
Turkish Naval Forces have arrested more than a dozen officers on suspicion of affiliation to a movement led by US-based opposition cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom the Ankara government accuses of ...
Turkey sanctions US officials in tit-for-tat row over pastor
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said Turkey would impose sanctions on two US officials in retaliation for a similar move by Washington in a row over the detention of ...
Russian Steelmaker Stops Deliveries to Iran
MMK, one of Russia’s largest steel producers, has stopped deliveries to Iran against the backdrop of new sanctions Washington has promised to impose on Tehran. The announcement was made by ...
Iraq’s Abadi criticizes Turkey for ‘political’ dam filling
Iraq’s Abadi criticizes Turkey for 'political' dam filling Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi has criticized Turkey for holding water behind a dam, a decision which affects irrigation in Iraq, saying ...
Erdogan denounces French manifesto calling for removal of Qur’an passages
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has denounced an anti-Islam manifesto published last month by 300 French figures calling for parts of the Qur’an, the holy book of Muslims, to be ...
Qatar in talks to buy Russian S-400 missile systems
The announcement came after the historic visit of Saudi Arabia’s King Salman to Moscow last year, when Riyadh signed preliminary agreements to buy S-400 air defence systems. Qatar is finalising ...
Erdogan: Turkey in agreement with Russia over operations in Syria’s Afrin
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey has reached an agreement with Russia over Ankara’s latest military operation against US-backed Kurdish militants in northern Syria, vowing that his country would ...
Turkey Trade Deficit Widens 38 Percent
Turkey’s trade deficit widened by 37.5% in 2017 to $77.1 billion, data from the country’s customs and trade ministry showed. The country’s foreign trade volume accounted for $391.3 billion, rising ...
Kazakh FM: Astana talks only base to establish peace in Syria
madaresharghi Kazakhstan Foreign Minister Gheirat Abdelrahamanov said on Friday that Syrian Peace Talks in Astana serve as a full-scale and unique foundation for all interested parties to establish stability in ...
EU Lawmakers Reach Deal on Climate Targets
madaresharghi European Union lawmakers and member states on Thursday agreed climate targets for 2030 in a move to meet the bloc’s obligations under the Paris Agreement, which seeks to avoid ...






