Turkey

Turkiye said  it rejected “prejudiced” international statements over the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu and the nationwide protests triggered by it, as authorities detained nearly 1,900 people taking part…

In a powerful display of solidarity, millions of Turks took to the polls in a symbolic vote organized by the opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), following the arrest of Istanbul’s…

A Turkish court jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on Sunday pending trial on graft charges. The court said Imamoglu, 54, and at least 20 others were jailed as part of…

Turkish police on Wednesday arrested Istanbul’s mayor a popular opposition leader and key rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and several other prominent figures as part of investigations into alleged…

Turkey, Iraq, Syria, and Jordan will take steps toward jointly combating Islamic State in the region and they aim to hold a first meeting on the issue in Jordan, Turkish…

At least a dozen people were killed on Tuesday after a blast occurred at an explosives manufacturing plant in the Karesi district of Balikesir, Türkiye. The explosion occurred at a…

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi arrived in Ankara on Wednesday for talks with Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan, the first such presidential visit in 12 years, amid a warming of long-frozen…

A nationalist Turkish youth group physically assaulted two U.S. soldiers Monday in western Turkey, the U.S. Embassy in Turkey and the local governor’s office said, adding that 15 assailants had…

Firefighters are battling a strong forest fire in the Aegean resort city of Izmir for a third day, Turkish officials said Saturday, with hundreds more people evacuated overnight. Helicopters and…

US journalist Evan Gershkovich and a Russian intelligence colonel jailed for a Berlin murder were among two dozen prisoners freed Thursday in the biggest East-West prisoner swap since the Cold…