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European foreign ministers criticised Turkey on Tuesday for failing to deal normally with Cyprus and opted to keep the brakes on Ankara's attempt to join the European Union.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets Monday with US President Barack Obama for talks expected to focus on NATO reinforcements in Afghanistan and Ankara's efforts to curb Kurdish rebels based in Iraq.
Istanbul - This past year was one filled with historic milestones for Turkey. On October 10, Ankara signed a historic deal that paves the way for restoring diplomatic ties with Arm...
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkey's highest court began deliberations Tuesday on a case seeking to close down the country's pro-Kurdish party and expel several party members from parliament on charges of ties to Kurdish rebels.
Brussels - Turkey's road towards European Union membership grew rockier on Tuesday as Cyprus imposed new conditions on opening accession talks and the bloc urged Ankara to open its ports and airports to Cypriot vessels. But EU ministers nevertheless ...
Istanbul - Turkey's highest court Tuesday started hearings in a case that could lead to the closure of the country's largest pro-Kurdish political party. In an indictment filed with the court in 2007, a prosecutor accused the Democratic Society Party...
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is in Washington to discuss Iran's nuclear program, the war in Afghanistan and other issues. But the President also needs to convince him that Turkey must stay close to the U.S. and Europe even as it looks east
Washington - US President Barack Obama Monday praised Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's inclusive policies towards Turkey's minority Kurdish community and expressed condolences on the killing of at least five Turkish soldiers in a terrori...
Turkey's constitutional court began final deliberations Tuesday on whether to outlaw the country's main Kurdish party on charges of links to separatist rebels.
Washington - US President Barack Obama Monday praised Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's overtures to Turkey's minority Kurdish community after the two leaders met at the White House. The more the Kurdish population feels included in the n...
Parliament’s only pro-Kurdish party, accused of undermining national stability and cooperating with militants, could be shut down if its members are convicted in a court case under way.
(RTTNews) - The EU foreign ministers on Tuesday warned Turkey that it must open its ports and airports to Greek Cypriot traffic for ensuring progress in Ankara's efforts to join the 27-member European bloc.
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Turkey faced a new obstacle to joining the European Union after Cyprus, its rival in the Mediterranean Sea, widened a threat to veto the membership talks.
The attack, which occurred in the north-central part of the country, was the deadliest in the region in more than a decade.
1:25 P.M. EST PRESIDENT OBAMA: I want to extend the warmest of welcomes to Prime Minister Erdogan. I'm glad that I, personally, and the American people have a chance to reciprocate the wonderful hospitality that was extended to me when I visited Turkey in April. As I said when I had the great honor of addressing the Turkish Parliament in Ankara, I am strongly committed to creating the best ...
ANKARA, Turkey, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Gunmen opened fire on a military unit in northern Turkey Monday, killing seven soldiers and wounding four more in what authorities described as an ambush.
