World Dec 26 Here's what to know about Turkey's decision to move forward with Sweden's bid to join NATO NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said at the alliance’s summit meeting in July that Sweden had agreed “to support actively the efforts to reinvigorate Turkey’s EU accession process.”…
World Oct 23 Turkey's Erdogan takes key step toward ratifying Sweden's NATO admission All 31 NATO allies must endorse Sweden’s membership. Turkey and Hungary have yet to ratify it.
World Oct 01 Turkey strikes suspected Kurdish militant targets in Iraq after Ankara attack Turkish warplanes carried out airstrikes on suspected Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq on Sunday following a suicide attack on a government building in the Turkish capital, Turkey's defense ministry announced.
World Sep 12 American cave researcher safe after rescue from 3,000 feet deep in a Turkish cave Rescuers had to widen some of the cave’s narrow passages, install ropes to pull him up vertical shafts on a stretcher and set up temporary camps along the way before the operation could begin.
World Sep 11 How a rescue team is working to bring ill researcher in Turkish cave back to the surface A major rescue operation is underway in Turkey’s Taurus Mountains to bring out an American researcher who fell seriously ill nine days ago at a depth of some 1,000 meters — or about 3,000 feet — from one of world’s…
World Jul 10 Turkey agrees to send Sweden's NATO accession protocol to Parliament swiftly Stoltenberg made the announcement after talks with Erdogan and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on the eve of a NATO summit in Lithuania.
World Jul 10 Erdogan proposes letting Sweden join NATO in exchange for a path for Turkey to join the EU Turkey is a candidate to join the EU, but democratic backsliding, disputes with EU-member Cyprus and other issues have held up its progress toward membership in the 27-nation bloc.
World May 28 Erdogan claims victory in Turkey's presidential runoff as challenger calls election 'unjust' Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won reelection Sunday, according to unofficial results, in a victory that extends his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third decade.
World May 17 Russia agrees to extend Ukraine grain shipping deal another 2 months Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Russia has agreed to extend a deal that has allowed Ukraine to ship grain through the Black Sea to parts of the world struggling with hunger.
World May 15 Turkey presidential election heads to runoff as incumbent Erdogan surges Election officials say Turkey's presidential election will be decided in a runoff after incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan pulled ahead of his chief challenger, but fell short of an outright victory that would extend his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third…