The Latest Breaking News from Turkey

Dad and daughter 'scared to sleep' in horror Turkey hotel with bed bugs and cockroaches

Sara and Joe Palmer, from Blackheath in London, claim they were bitten by bed bugs and visited by a cockroach during a three week holiday to western Turkey in October

Daily Mirror · Dec 12, 2022

Greek foreign minister slams Turkish leader's missile threat

Greece’s foreign minister has lashed out at Turkey after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened to hit Athens with ballistic missiles

The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2022

Twenty-two beers for £10 - the destinations where your pounds will go the furthest

The cost of living crisis, inflation and the poor state of the pound means finding the right, cheap place for a holiday is more important now for a lot of British people

Daily Mirror · Dec 12, 2022

Erdogan, Putin discuss Syria border corridor, gas hub by phone

Turkish president reiterated necessity for buffer zone in accordance with 2019 agreement with Russia, his office says.

Al Jazeera · Dec 11, 2022

Turkey accuses Iran of stoking regional tensions

This week Turkey held joint military exercises with Azerbaijan on Iran's border, as its Baku warns Tehran it will not be intimated. With anti-government protests continuing in Iran, Tehran is being accused of escalating regional tensions.

Radio France Internationale · Dec 10, 2022

EXPLAINER: What's at stake in Turkey's new Syria escalation

Kurdish forces and international players — after weeks of deadly Turkish airstrikes in northern Syria — are trying to gauge whether Ankara’s threats of a ground invasion are serious

The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2022

Griner's home, but WNBA players still competing overseas

More than half of WNBA players are competing abroad this winter to supplement their incomes

The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2022

Twenty Oil Tankers Wait to Cross Istanbul's Bosphorus Strait

One more tanker took to 20 on Friday the number of vessels waiting in the Black Sea to pass through Istanbul's Bosphorus Strait on the way to the Mediterranean, the Tribeca shipping agency said, amid talks to disperse the build-up. On Thursday, dismissing pressure from abroad over the lengthening queue,…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 9, 2022

Yellen says no reason to believe Russia involved in decision to block ships from Mediterranean

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told reporters on Thursday that the Biden administration had no reason to believe the Russian government was involved in a decision by Turkey to block ships from transiting to the Mediterranean Sea.

Reuters · Dec 8, 2022

Blinken confident in Finland, Sweden accession to NATO

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States is confident that Finland and Sweden will be approved soon for membership in NATO despite ratification delays in allies Turkey and Hungary

The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2022