TEHRAN, May 17 - Turkey’s presidential candidate of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), Muharrem Ince, has threatened to close a major American military base in the country by Christmas unless Washington extradites US-based opposition cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom Ankara blames for an abortive 2016 coup.
TEHRAN, May 17 - The president of Turkey decried the US’ move to walk away from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal as a threat to diplomacy and international cooperation.
TEHRAN, May 17 - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that the United Nations had "collapsed" in the face of events in Gaza where Israeli forces killed 60 Palestinian protesters on Monday as the United States relocated its Israel embassy to Jerusalem.
TEHRAN, May 16 - Eight Turkish officers who fled to Greece in 2016 after a failed coup are now "afraid" to stay and seek to depart the country over fear of being captured by Turkish state agents, their lawyers say.
TEHRAN, May 16 - Turkish Foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will meet U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Washington on June 4, a Turkish foreign ministry official said on Tuesday.
TEHRAN, May 16 - Turkey and Israel have expelled their envoys amid growing tensions between the two sides over the killing of dozens of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip at the hands of the Tel Aviv regime’s forces.
TEHRAN, May 15 -Turkey has urged Islamic countries to review their ties with Israel after dozens of Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire on the Gaza border.
TEHRAN, May 15 - Turkey told the Israeli ambassador to Ankara to return to Israel "for some time," sources in the Turkish foreign ministry said on Tuesday, after Israeli forces killed more than 60 Palestinians during protests on the Gaza border.
TEHRAN, May 15 - Turkish authorities detained 54 suspected Daesh members in Istanbul who were believed to be preparing to travel to conflict zones in Syria, police said on Tuesday.
TEHRAN, May 15 - Turkey on Tuesday urged Islamic countries to review their ties with Israel and said it would call an extraordinary summit of the world's main pan-Islamic body after dozens of Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire on the Gaza border.
TEHRAN, May 14 - A total of eight bodies have been found washed up on the shores of Northern Cyprus over the past two days, police say, adding that the dead are believed to be Syrian refugees.
TEHRAN, May 14 - The US has lost its role as mediator in the Middle East by moving its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in London on Monday.
TEHRAN, May 13 - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is on his way to Britain where he’ll meet Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday.
TEHRAN, May 12 - Turkey has placed orders for 30 US-made F-35A fighter jets, and intends to order 70 more as part of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) project, which involves 10 countries and produces various versions of the plane.
TEHRAN, May 11 - Turkey has voiced concern over the recent developments in Yemen’s Socotra after the United Arab Emirates (UAE) deployed forces to the island, saying they pose a threat to the country’s sovereignty.
TEHRAN, May 9 - Turkey's state-run news agency said prosecutors are seeking life in prison terms for more than 200 people, including former generals, who are accused of being the ringleaders of the 2016 failed military coup.
TEHRAN, May 9 - U.S. forces set up a new base in Manbij in northern Syria some three months ago after Turkish threats to march on the town, a U.S.-backed militia official there said on Wednesday.