The Latest Breaking News from Türkiye

Türkiye denied on Monday a flag state consent request from Operation IRINI, launched by the European Union to oversee an arms embargo on Libya, to inspect one of its ships. The European Union Naval Force Mediterranean Operation IRINI (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI) said Ankara refused the inspection of its MV MATILDE…

A moderately-strong earthquake shook the southern Turkish province of Osmaniye on Tuesday, Türkiye's emergency and disaster authority said. There was no immediate report of any damage or casualties. The Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate, AFAD, said the magnitude 5.1 quake was centered in the district of Duzici and struck…

Türkiye plans to organize negotiations between Russia and four western countries to discuss ending the war in Ukraine, according to reports from Ankara and Moscow on Monday. Ismail Emrah Karayel, Chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee of Türkiye and the European Union confirmed that Ankara is working to hold negotiations…

Setting aside longstanding strategic rivalry, Greece and Türkiye on Monday inaugurated a "friendship line" ferry link between Thessalonika in northern Greece and the western Turkish port of Izmir. Greek-based shipping company Levante Ferries announced the MV "Smyrna di Levante" vessel had started passenger and freight services between the two countries,…

Some 1,200 Iraqi families have been forced out of southern marshes and farmlands over the past six months, a local official told AFP, as drought ravages swathes of the country. The Mesopotamian Marshes, a UNESCO World Heritage site, have been battered by low rainfall and reduced flows in the Tigris…

Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan affirmed that his country doesn’t want a war with Greece but it is using the language its neighbor understands. Ties between Türkiye and Greece have been strained for years over territorial conflicts in the east Mediterranean, but tensions have escalated in recent months over what…

The Ministry of the Interior of Libya’s interim unity government, headed by Abdulhamid Dbeibeh, said that its Undersecretary for District Affairs, Bashir al-Amin, held talks on Thursday with Türkiye’s ambassador to Libya Kenan Yilmaz. They discussed a number of common security issues between the Libyan and Turkish interior ministries, as…

Türkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday he could meet with Syrian counterpart Bashar Al-Assad when the time was right and would not rule that out. "As of now such a meeting is not on the agenda. But I cannot say it is impossible for me to meet with…

US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s chief adviser Ibrahim Kalin in Istanbul on Sunday. The two, whose meeting was unannounced to the media beforehand, discussed various bilateral and international issues, topped by the developments in the Aegean and the Mediterranean and the tension…

Israeli ambassador to Ankara Irit Lillian revealed that Israel and Türkiye are working on forming a high-level committee to address differences and prevent the deterioration of relations. She said Israel is still keen on the Hamas movement shutting its efforts in Türkiye. Ankara insists that the movement enjoys legitimacy that…

Libya's Tripoli-based Government of National Unity (GNU) signed a series of preliminary economic agreements with Türkiye on Monday that included potential energy exploration in maritime areas, but Libya's eastern-based parliament rejected the move. Speaking at a ceremony in Tripoli, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush…