According to political scientist and economist Aydin Sezer, the issue of Syria and the Syrian Kurds will remain a serious problem ...

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Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico discussed the potential for securing Russian gas through Turkey with President Recep Tayyip ...

Officials on all sides worry that failure to reach a ceasefire and longer-term political accord in the northeast could ...

Turkey’s actions in Syria and Iraq also signal a deeper shift away from its Western alliances. Erdogan’s government has ...

By Will Conroy in Prague On the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration, it is clear the EU and Turkey must finally get serious ...

The idea is the brainchild of President Erdogan who has called it his "crazy project" which if completed, could revolutionise ...

The Suez Canal is a major thouroughfare for much of the world's trade, as it avoids a long journey around the bottom of the African continent. Instead, ships sail through the oceanic highway, which ...

Speaking to Justice and Development Party (AKP) supporters, Erdogan credited his country as supporting the brokerage of the ...

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey, who turns 71 next month and is in his third decade as the nation’s leader, has an appetite for power that appears as healthy as ever. On Monday, he declared ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) ...

The tax on raki, brought in when Erdogan's AKP came to power in 2002, has jumped by more than 2,500% since 2010, a ...