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Syria denies role in Turkish border town blasts


The Bashar al-Assad-led Syrian government has denied Turkey`s accusations of Damascus being behind S...

Nine detained in connection with Turkey car bombings


Authorities detained nine Turkish citizens believed to have links to the Syrian intelligence agency ...

Death toll in Turkish bombings rises to 46


An official says the death toll in a pair of car bomb attacks in a Turkish town near the Syrian bord...

Turkey blasts assailants linked to Syria regime, says Dy PM


The blasts at Turkey-Syria border that killed 43 and injured over 100, were staged by the assailants...

Blasts at Turkey-Syria border kill 40, several injured


Explosions in Turkish town bordering Syria killed at least 40 people and injured several others on S...

Turkey claims having evidence of chemical weapons use in Syria


Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has told US media he has evidence that Syria used chemic...

Kurdish rebels to begin Turkey withdrawal on May 8


Kurdish rebels announced on Thursday they would on May 8 begin withdrawing from Turkey into their sa...

Mahmoud Abbas seeks US pressure to cancel Turkish PM`s Gaza visit


Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will ask the United States to pressure Turkish Prime Minister Re...

Turkish pianist gets suspended jail term for blasphemy


An Istanbul court slapped world-renowned pianist Fazil Say with a 10-month suspended jail term for b...

`Turkey police foil al Qaeda plot against US embassy`


The Turkish police have uncovered and foiled an alleged plot by al Qaeda to bomb the US embassy in A...

John Kerry to visit Turkey for Syria meeting


US Secretary of State John Kerry will attend the upcoming Friends of Syria meeting in Turkey, Turkis...

Kerry says Turkey ‘important’ for Palestine-Israel peace process


Top US diplomat John Kerry met Palestinian leaders Sunday on a fresh mission to forge a new path for...

Kerry seeks speedy fix for Turkish-Israeli ties


US Secretary of State John Kerry urged Turkey to speedily restore full diplomatic relations with Isr...

John Kerry to make another trip to Middle East


US Secretary of State John Kerry`s upcoming trip to the Middle East is being seen as a personal effo...

`Gate to hell` discovered in Turkey


Italian archaeologists have uncovered a “gate to hell” from ruins in southwestern Turkey.

Pluto`s `gate to hell` discovered in Turkey


Italian archaeologists have discovered the ruins of an ancient mythological cave in Turkey, believed...

Pipeline attack in Iraq halts oil exports


Insurgents blew up a major oil pipeline in northern Iraq, halting the country`s oil exports via Turk...

Israel, Turkey reconciliation to advance regional peace: John Kerry


The reconciliation between Israel and Turkey would advance peace and stability in the region, US Sec...

`Peace between Israel, Turkey a diplomatic victory for Obama`


US President Barack Obama`s efforts to broker peace between Israel and Turkey - the two key allies o...

NATO Patriot missiles to cost Turkey $8.5 mn annually


Patriot is an air-defence missile system with the capability to intercept some ballistic missiles as...

Kerry takes case on Syria to Europe, Mideast


Secretary of State John Kerry embarked on first overseas voyage in diplomatic mission to bring new i...

Syrian leader `mute devil`, says Turkish PM


Turkey`s prime minister denounced Syria`s leader on Sunday, calling him a "mute devil" for carrying ...

Kurdish leader calls talks with Turkey `historic step`


Imprisoned Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan has called talks with Turkish officials aiming to ha...

Chief sanitary doc advises Russians to eat only domestic meat


Russians have been advised to eat domestically produced meat in view of the recent ban on foreign me...

NATO reassures Russia over Turkey missile deployment


NATO representatives have assured Russia the deployment of Patriot missile systems in Turkey was not...

Eight retired military officers arrested in Turkey


Turkey`s state-run news agency says authorities have arrested eight more retired officers over their...

Swiss consul`s wife barred from leaving Turkey


The wife of the Swiss consul and head of chancery has been barred from leaving Turkey following an a...

Turkey says it knew terrorist attack was planned


Turkey`s president says authorities suspected the outlawed leftist group that bombed the US Embassy ...

NYC woman killed by blow to head: Turkey police


Turkish police say a New York City woman who went missing and was later found dead in Istanbul had s...

Three arrested over US embassy blast in Turkey


Three people have been reportedly arrested in connection with the suicide bomb attack by Turkish aut...

US-Turkey relations not affected by blast: Envoy


American Ambassador to Turkey Francis Ricciardone has said Washington`s close cooperation with Turke...

Blast outside our embassy in Turkey was a terrorist attack: US


The blast outside the US embassy in Turkey on Friday that claimed two lives was a "terrorist attack"...

No Indian casualties in Turkish capital blast


No Indian nationals have been injured in the blast at the entrance of the US embassy in the Turkish ...

`Terror attack` outside US embassy in Turkey kills two


A suicide blast on Friday hit the US embassy here, killing at least two persons, BBC reported.

Ship carrying US Patriots reaches Turkey


Two Patriot missile systems from the US have arrived in southern Turkey to be deployed close to the ...

No foreign meddling, Syrian war over in two weeks: Assad


The conflict in Syria can be over in two weeks if foreign fighters and weapons stop trickling in thr...

Patriot missiles set up in Turkey-Syria border


The first of six Patriot missile batteries being deployed along Turkey`s border with Syria has been ...

Syrian regime`s actions equal war crimes: Turkey


The world has been grappling with how to deal with the Syrian war ever since protests against Presid...

Kurdish feud behind Paris slayings: Turkey PM


Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan has blamed a feud among Kurdish rebels as the prime reason behind th...

6.2 magnitude earthquake shakes Turkey, Greece


Turkey`s seismology centre says an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 has hit an area of...

Algeria, Turkey gas agreement extended for 10 years


Algeria and Turkey have decided to extend their natural gas agreement for another 10 years starting ...

Turkey urges Muslims to ignore French `comic book biography` of Prophet Mohammed


Turkey has urged Muslims to ignore the `comic book biography` of Islam`s founder by a French magazin...

UAE, Turkey sign $12-billion deal on power plants


The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Turkey Thursday signed an inter-governmental agreement worth $12 ...

Three Libyan policemen found dead in Turkey


Three Libyan policemen undergoing training in Turkey`s Istanbul city have been found dead in an apar...

Five Afghans killed in Turkey gas leakage


At least five Afghan students have died due to a natural gas leakage in a house in Istanbul, the lar...

B`desh asks Turkey not to meddle in 1971 war crime trial


A visit by a 14-member Turkish political delegation to Dhaka to witness the trial process has worse...

Turkish journalist released from jail


A Turkish court on Thursday freed a prominent journalist from prison pending the outcome of a trial ...

Syrian rebels capture northern town near Turkey


Syrian rebels are reported to have captured a northern town near the Turkish border following weeks ...

NATO missile plan bad for Turkey: Iran


Tehran has warned that the deployment of NATO`s advanced surface-to-air Patriot missiles along the T...

Syrian refugees in Turkey exceed 200,000


The number of Syrians fleeing clashes in their country and residing in Turkey has exceeded 200.