TEHRAN, Jul 21 -US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has expressed his displeasure over Turkey’s purchase of Russian S-400 missile defense system – despite Washington’s objection and threat of sanctions – during a phone conversation with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu.
TEHRAN, Jul 19 -Turkish security forces have “neutralized” several terrorists, mostly those of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group, during a counter-terrorism operation in the country’s Kurdish-populated eastern province of Tunceli.
TEHRAN, Jul 8 -Former Turkish deputy prime minister Ali Babacan said on Monday he was resigning from President Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party over “deep differences” with the party’s direction and said that Turkey needed a new vision.
TEHRAN, Jul 5 -Turkey's energy minister says a second Turkish ship will begin drilling for oil and gas off Cyprus within a week, a move that could stoke tensions with neighboring Cyprus and Greece.
TEHRAN, Jun 25 -The Turkish currency, the lira, has climbed some two percent against the US dollar as investors cheered an end to months of uncertainty over Istanbul’s mayoral elections.
TEHRAN, May 29 -Prominent Turkish journalist Kadri Gursel has been sent back to prison in connection with convictions on terror charges handed down last year to an opposition newspaper.
TEHRAN, May 19 -Libyan forces loyal to the government based in Tripoli say they have received new weapons and armored vehicles to fight off an offensive backed by the UAE, Egypt and Saudi Arabia to seize the capital.
TEHRAN, May 17 - A Turkish court has sentenced fourteen people to life in prison without parole for involvement in twin deadly bombings in the country’s largest city of Istanbul in 2016.
TEHRAN, May 08 - A Russian military source says Turkish military personnel are set to travel to Moscow later this month in order to participate in a training course on the operation of advanced S-400 air defense missile systems.
TEHRAN, Apr 29 -Turkish military aircraft have “neutralized” more than a dozen members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group when they carried out a string of airstrikes against a terrorist hideout in Iraq's northern semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.
TEHRAN, Apr 22 - A former prime minister and close ally of President Tayyip Erdogan strongly criticized the ruling AK Party on Monday, blaming policy changes and an alliance with nationalists for its poor performance in Turkey’s local elections last month.
TEHRAN, Mar 10 - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the United States is pressuring Turkey to cancel an arms agreement with Russia because Washington is angered by Ankara’s independence.
TEHRAN, Feb 16 -Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reiterated his country’s resolve to proceed with a purchase of advanced S-400 air defense missile system from Russia, a day after an informal deadline Washington set for Ankara to respond to a rival US offer passed.
TEHRAN, Jan 11 -Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar says his country’s military continues to prepare for a military operation against US-backed Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) in northern Syria, which will start “at the right time” for the Ankara government.
TEHRAN, December 15 -The Iraqi Foreign Ministry has summoned the Turkish ambassador to Baghdad over Ankara’s latest airstrikes against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq, expressing its protest at repeated violations of its airspace.
TEHRAN, December 13_ -A Turkish high speed train crashed into an overpass at a train station in the capital Ankara on Thursday morning, causing many casualties, CNN Turk and other broadcasters said.
TEHRAN, November 26 -Four Turkish soldiers were killed and another was wounded on Monday after a military helicopter crashed in a central district of Istanbul, the governor of Istanbul was quoted as saying.
TEHRAN, November 10 -Four Turkish soldiers were killed and around 20 were wounded in an armory storage explosion in the southeastern province of Hakkari, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday.
TEHRAN, October 10 -Turkish pro-government newspaper Sabah said on Wednesday it had identified a 15-member intelligence team it said was involved in the disappearance of prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.