TEHRAN, March 20 - The United Nations has called on Ankara to end a state of emergency in place in the country since 2016, saying it has led to “massive and serious” rights violations in the southeastern Kurdish-majority areas.
TEHRAN, March 19 - Turkey will ask the European Union about the remainder of a 3 billion-euro ($3.69 billion) fund intended for Syrian refugees during talks in Bulgaria next week, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday.
TEHRAN, March 19 - Turkish forces will withdraw from the Syrian border region of Afrin, leaving it to its "real owners", once it has been cleared of "terrorists", Turkey said on Monday.
TEHRAN, March 15 - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu's planned visit to Washington on 19 March has been postponed due to the firing of US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Reuters reported.
TEHRAN, March 15 - Turkey says its military will take the center of Syria’s Afrin “in a very short time” and oust Kurdish militants from the region, amid Ankara’s ongoing cross-border offensive into the Arab country in a declared bid to eliminate the US-backed Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) and other militant outfits in northwestern Syria.
TEHRAN, March 15 - An Iranian military delegation led by a deputy defense minister visited Ankara for talks with ranking Turkish military officials on various issues, including closer military cooperation for regional peace.
TEHRAN, March 15 - Top diplomats of Iran, Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia met in the Azeri capital, Baku, in the first ever such quadripartite talks aimed at promoting regional peace and cooperation among the four nations.
TEHRAN, March 14 - Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim, who is in Azerbaijani capital Baku on a two-day visit, praised long-standing relations between the two countries.
TEHRAN, March 13 - Turkey's parliament passed a law revamping electoral regulations on Tuesday, backing controversial legislation the opposition has said could open the door to fraud and jeopardize the fairness of 2019 polls.
TEHRAN, March 12 - Turkey's parliament has begun debating changes to Turkey's electoral laws that critics say are designed to help President Recep Tayyip Erdogan consolidate power and could lead to election fraud.
TEHRAN, March 11 - All eight passengers were killed on Sunday when a private plane belonging to Turkish firm Basaran Holding crashed in Iran, the head of the Turkish Red Crescent said on Twitter.
TEHRAN, March 11 -Ankara’s decision to purchase Russian S-400 air-defense systems was prompted by the reluctance of its NATO allies, primarily the US, to sell advanced weaponry to Turkey, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has said.
TEHRAN, March 9 - Turkish prosecutors issued arrest warrants for 243 people, including 92 teachers, in operations targeting suspected followers of the Muslim cleric the government blames for a failed 2016 coup, state-run Anadolu news agency said on Friday.
TEHRAN, March 8 - A court on Thursday convicted a musician-turned-newspaper columnist of "knowingly and willingly" aiding the network led by U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen and sentenced him to three years and one month in prison, Turkey's state-run news agency reported.
TEHRAN, March 6 - Turkey could retaliate against potential U.S. steel tariffs by hiking duties on imports of American cotton, one of President Tayyip Erdogan’s economic advisers said on Tuesday.
TEHRAN, March 6- The foreign ministers of Turkey, Russia and Iran will meet in the Kazakh capital on March 16 to discuss progress over the last year of the Astana process for Syria peace, Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
TEHRAN, March 6 - A trilateral meeting of Iranian, Russian, and Turkish Presidents about the latest developments of Syria may be held in the next month Turkey’s Foreign Ministry announced.
TEHRAN, March 5 - A Saudi-owned private television network has stopped showing Turkish programs and shows amid growing tensions between Ankara and some Arab monarchies of the Persian Gulf region.
TEHRAN, March 5 - The US embassy in Ankara, the capital city of Turkey, will be closed to the public from Monday until further announcement because of a "security threat" while US citizens in the country have been advised to "keep a low profile."