The Latest Breaking News from Turkey

Even if Turkey won militarily, it would only further destabilise its economy and isolate itself more from other Nato members, says Oliver Hartwich

Leaders of the world’s largest defence alliance will convene in Madrid this week for the NATO heads of state summit.

A NATO summit this week is unlikely to see a breakthrough to overcome Turkey's opposition to Sweden and Finland's membership bids as Ankara takes an unrushed approach to negotiations, according to Turkish officials and Western diplomats.

NATO leaders will urge Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to lift his veto over Finland and Sweden's bid to join the military alliance when they meet for a three-day summit on Tuesday, as the West strives to send Russia and China a signal of resolve.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will attend a round of talks with the leaders of Sweden and Finland, as well as NATO on Tuesday ahead of the summit in Madrid, Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on Sunday.

Dozens of people have been detained in central Istanbul after city authorities banned an LGBTQ Pride march Turkey previously was one of the few Muslim-majority countries to allow Pride marches

Turkish police blocked hundreds of people from gathering for Istanbul's annual Pride parade on Sunday and detained dozens after local authorities banned the march from going ahead again this year.

Despite overwhelming evidence that asylum seekers have been brutally pushed back from Greek waters, authorities deny it.

The announcement made by Turkey's Interior Ministry that some 122,000 Syrians in Turkey were currently missing, sparked widespread controversy and an attack by opposition parties accusing the government of being incapable of running the country. Turkey’s Deputy Interior Minister Ismail Catakli said earlier that some 122,000 Syrians have come to…