The Latest Breaking News from Turkey

Brokered by the United Nations and Turkey, the deal allows Ukraine to ship food and fertilizer through a humanitarian corridor from Black Sea ports. The duration of the extension remained uncertain.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Ukrainian officials say an unprecedented wartime deal that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where hunger is a growing threat and high food prices are pushing more people into poverty has been extended

A deal allowing the export of Ukrainian grain from Black Sea ports that was due to expire on Saturday has been renewed, Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan said, while a Ukrainian government minister said the extension had been agreed for 120 days.

The former Blues midfielder was one of the thousands killed by the huge earthquakes in Turkey and Syria last month

Diplomatic relations to be upgraded to ambassador level ‘as soon as possible’, say foreign ministers.

Former Chelsea, Everton and Newcastle star Christian Atsu was one of around 50,000 to be killed by the huge earthquakes that impacted both Turkey and Syria last month

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is facing his biggest electoral challenge in the May elections by the man dubbed the Turkish Gandhi. Kemal Kilicdaroglu, in a rare move, has united much of the opposition, but critics warn he faces formidable obstacles to end Erdogan's more than 20-year rule.

Both Finland and Sweden applied to join Nato in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, abandoning decades of nonalignment

Turkey’s foreign minister is in Cairo for talks with Egyptian officials as the regional powers seek to mend their frayed ties after years of tensions

Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu held talks with his Egyptian counterpart in Cairo on Saturday, in the first such visit after a decade of ruptured ties.

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