Tag: Turkey
Turkey will do 'whatever it takes' if Syria government cannot address Kurd militia issue, minister says
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey will do "whatever it takes" to ensure its security if the new Syrian administration cannot address Ankara's concerns about...
Turkey scales down $23 billion F-16 jet deal with US, minister says
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey has reduced its planned $23 billion acquisition of an F-16 fighter jet package from the United States, scrapping the...
Turkish club defend ex-president sentenced to jail after punching referee
Turkish football club MKE Ankaragucu have defended their former president Faruk Koca as being the “target of one-sided public perception” after he was...
Gulen, the powerful cleric accused of orchestrating a Turkish coup, dies
By Daren ButlerISTANBUL (Reuters) -The U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, who built a powerful Islamic movement in Turkey and beyond but spent his later...
Turkey sends military convoy to evacuate its citizens from Lebanon, deliver aid
Turkey has deployed two navy ships to evacuate its citizens from Lebanon amid rising tensions in the region. According to a statement from...
Turkey's Erdogan calls for US to lift sanctions hindering defence purchases
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called for U.S. sanctions blocking some defence purchases by his country and for other "unilateral" measures...