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Greece and Turkey press ahead with talks in effort to smooth often volatile relations
Read full article: Greece and Turkey press ahead with talks in effort to smooth often volatile relationsThe foreign ministers of Greece and Turkey say that recent efforts to smooth the frequently volatile ties between the neighboring countries and regional rivals are bearing fruit, although significant differences remain, notably over maritime boundaries in the Aegean.
Self-exiled Turkish spiritual leader Fethullah Gülen dies in the US
Read full article: Self-exiled Turkish spiritual leader Fethullah Gülen dies in the USFethullah Gülen, a reclusive U.S.-based Islamic cleric who inspired a global social movement while facing accusations he masterminded a failed 2016 coup in his native Turkey, has died.
Turkey formally asks to join the genocide case against Israel at the UN court
Read full article: Turkey formally asks to join the genocide case against Israel at the UN courtTurkey has filed a formal request with the International Court of Justice to join South Africa’s genocide lawsuit against Israel.
Turkey and Israel announce trade barriers on each other as relations deteriorate over Gaza
Read full article: Turkey and Israel announce trade barriers on each other as relations deteriorate over GazaTurkey and Israel have announced trade barriers on each other as relations deteriorate further amid the war in Gaza.
Blinken says Turkey is committed to a 'positive' role in postwar Gaza as he opens a diplomatic push
Read full article: Blinken says Turkey is committed to a 'positive' role in postwar Gaza as he opens a diplomatic pushU.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Turkey is committed to playing “a positive, productive” role for postwar Gaza and prepared to use its influence in the region to prevent the Israel-Hamas conflict from broadening even more.
After Biden and Blinken push, Netanyahu says Israel open to 'little pauses' in Gaza, no cease-fire
Read full article: After Biden and Blinken push, Netanyahu says Israel open to 'little pauses' in Gaza, no cease-fireAfter more than a week of public pressure from the U.S. for “humanitarian pauses” in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is allowing that his government might be open to only “little pauses” in its assault on Hamas.
Turkish warplanes hit Kurdish militia targets in northern Syria after US downed Turkish armed drone
Read full article: Turkish warplanes hit Kurdish militia targets in northern Syria after US downed Turkish armed droneTurkish warplanes have carried out airstrikes on sites believed to be used by U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters in northern Syria.
Turkey strikes Kurdish militants in Iraq again after warning of retaliation for a bombing in Ankara
Read full article: Turkey strikes Kurdish militants in Iraq again after warning of retaliation for a bombing in AnkaraTurkish warplanes have launched a new round of airstrikes against Kurdish militant targets in Iraq.
Turkey accuses UN Security Council of losing its neutrality in Cyprus after assault on peacekeepers
Read full article: Turkey accuses UN Security Council of losing its neutrality in Cyprus after assault on peacekeepersTurkey’s foreign minister has accused the United Nations of abandoning a position of neutrality in Cyprus.