World Jan 13 Turkey strikes at Kurdish militants in Iraq and Syria after deadly military base attack Turkey carried out airstrikes targeting Kurdish militants in neighboring Iraq and Syria on Saturday, the Turkish Defense Ministry said, a day after an attack on a Turkish military base in Iraq killed nine Turkish soldiers.
World Sep 03 Turkey’s president is meeting Putin in a bid to revive the Black Sea grain deal. Here’s what’s at stake Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet with Vladimir Putin on Monday, hoping to persuade the Russian leader to rejoin the Black Sea grain deal that Moscow broke off from in July. Here are some key things to know.
World Mar 17 Turkey’s president says he will support Finland’s bid to join NATO Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that his government would move forward with ratifying Finland’s NATO application, paving the way for the country to join the military bloc ahead of Sweden.
World Feb 17 Turkish quake victims left homeless sheltering in trains, tents, greenhouses Hundreds of thousands of people are seeking shelter after the Feb. 6 earthquake in southern Turkey left homes unlivable.
World Feb 14 As death toll continues to rise, quake already deadliest in Turkey’s modern history Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced that more than 35,000 people have died in Turkey as a result of last week's earthquakes, making it the deadliest such disaster since the country's founding 100 years ago.
World Nov 04 Death toll from Turkey earthquake rises to 116 as rescuers finish searches According to Turkish rescuers, operations had been completed at all 17 buildings that fell in the Turkish city of Izmir. Of the 1,035 people injured in last week's earthquake, 137 remained hospitalized.
World Sep 05 Erdogan raises rhetoric in Greece standoff in Mediterranean Ankara is currently facing off against Greece and Cyprus over oil and gas exploration rights in the eastern Mediterranean. All sides have deployed naval and air forces to assert their competing claims in the region.
World Mar 01 Turkey, Syria fighting escalates; refugees mass at borders Thousands of migrants and refugees massed at Turkey's western frontier Sunday, trying to enter Greece by land and sea after Turkey said its borders were open to those hoping to head to Europe. In Syria, Turkish troops shot down two…
World Feb 28 Turkey, Russia seek to defuse tensions in Syria as migrants push west The presidents of Turkey and Russia spoke by phone Friday to try to defuse tensions that rose significantly in Syria after 33 Turkish troops were killed in an airstrike blamed on the Syrian government, and a new wave of refugees…
World Feb 28 Turkey threatens to let refugees into Europe as violence escalates in Syria Scores of migrants began converging on Turkey's border with Greece seeking entry into Europe after Turkey said it was “no longer able to hold refugees.”…