• Crews in Turkey rescue 174 stranded people almost a day after deadly cable car accident

    Crews in Turkey rescue 174 stranded people almost a day after deadly cable car accident

    Apr 13, 2024 05:41 PM EST

    ... completion of the rescue operation on X Saturday afternoon. A total of 607 search and rescue personnel and 10 helicopters were involved, including teams from Turkey’s emergency response agency, AFAD, the Coast Guard, firefighting teams and mountain rescue teams from different parts of Turkey, officials said. Helicopters with night ...

  • Turkey and Israel announce trade restrictions on each other as relations worsen

    Turkey and Israel announce trade restrictions on each other as relations worsen

    Apr 09, 2024 07:36 PM EST

    ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey and Israel announced trade barriers on each other Tuesday as relations deteriorated further amid the war in Gaza. Turkey, a staunch critic of Israel’s military actions in the territory, announced that it was restricting exports of 54 types of products to Israel with immediate effect ...

  • Workers at gold mine in Turkey missing, assumed trapped underground after landslide

    Workers at gold mine in Turkey missing, assumed trapped underground after landslide

    Feb 13, 2024 05:03 PM EST

    ISTANBUL (AP) — A landslide hit a gold mine in eastern Turkey on Tuesday, apparently trapping at least nine workers underground, officials said. The landslide at the Copler mine happened at 2:30 p.m. near the town of Ilic in Turkey's mountainous Erzincan province. Footage seemingly shot by a ...

  • U.S. approves sale of fighter jets to Turkey and Greece after Turkey ratifies Sweden's entry to NATO

    U.S. approves sale of fighter jets to Turkey and Greece after Turkey ratifies Sweden's entry to NATO

    Jan 27, 2024 04:45 PM EST

    ... Cardin said in statement Friday that he had still had concerns about Turkey's rights record, but had agreed to the sale based on commitments Turkey has made to improve it. “I look forward to beginning this new chapter in our relationship with Turkey, expanding the NATO alliance, and working ...

  • Turkey formally ratifies Sweden's NATO membership, leaving Hungary as only ally yet to endorse it

    Turkey formally ratifies Sweden's NATO membership, leaving Hungary as only ally yet to endorse it

    Jan 25, 2024 07:53 PM EST

    ... purchase 40 new F-16 fighter jets and kits to modernize Turkey’s existing fleet. He has also urged Canada and other NATO allies to lift arms embargoes on Turkey.U.S. administration officials have said they expect relatively quick action on the F-16 sale after Turkey's ratification.

  • Hungary is the last holdout for Sweden's NATO membership. So when will Orbán follow Turkey's lead?

    Hungary is the last holdout for Sweden's NATO membership. So when will Orbán follow Turkey's lead?

    Jan 24, 2024 11:51 PM EST

    ... minister's attempt to prove his weight on the international stage. “It has nothing to do with Sweden now, it has nothing to do with Turkey now. It’s merely Orbán’s personal attitude,” she said. “It shows that he's driven not by political rationale, but by personal vanity ...

  • Turkey approves Sweden's membership bid to join NATO

    Turkey approves Sweden's membership bid to join NATO

    Jan 23, 2024 06:57 PM EST

    Sweden has pledged deeper cooperation with Turkey on counterterrorism and to support Turkey’s ambition to revive its EU membership bid. Turkey’s main opposition party also supported Sweden’s membership in the alliance but a center-right party and the country's pro-Kurdish party declared they would oppose ...

  • Turkey strikes at Kurdish militants in Iraq and Syria after deadly military base attack

    Turkey strikes at Kurdish militants in Iraq and Syria after deadly military base attack

    Jan 13, 2024 08:13 PM EST

    ... 160 kilometers (100 miles) inside the Turkey-Iraq frontier, Anadolu reported.The PKK, which maintains bases in northern Iraq, is considered a terror organization by Turkey’s Western allies, including the United States. Tens of thousands of people have died since the start of the conflict in 1984. Turkey and ...

  • Blinken makes stops in Turkey, Greece as he tries to prevent expansion of Israel-Hamas war

    Blinken makes stops in Turkey, Greece as he tries to prevent expansion of Israel-Hamas war

    Jan 06, 2024 06:57 PM EST

    ... prevent a regional conflagration since Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, and as international criticism of Israel’s military operation mounts. Blinken held talks with Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, in Istanbul about what Turkey and others can do to exert influence, particularly on ...

  • Turkey detains 33 people suspected of spying for Israel

    Turkey detains 33 people suspected of spying for Israel

    Jan 03, 2024 01:12 AM EST

    ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish authorities have detained 33 people suspected of spying for Israel, Turkey's state-run news agency reported on Tuesday. Authorities were still searching for 13 others believed to have links to Israel’s Mossad security service, the Anadolu Agency reported. The suspects were detained in raids ...