Turkey

Turkish President Abdullah Gül has presented the State Medal of Honor to Azerbaijani President İlham Aliyev, who is in Ankara for an official visit.

Efforts on the launch of visa-free travel for Turkish citizens to European countries may yield positive results before the end of this year, said European Union Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighborhood Policy Stefan Füle on Friday.

Turkey and Iraq pledged greater co-operation on trade and counter-terrorism while admitting to disagreements over Syria’s war during a landmark visit to Baghdad by the Turkish foreign minister on Sunday. “I saw a strong willingness to improve relations between our countries,” Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said during a joint …

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is expected to meet Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani this weekend in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır.

NATO’s top military commander urged Turkey on Wednesday to buy a missile defence system that is compatible with other NATO systems, questioning whether the $3.4 billion Chinese system that Ankara is leaning towards is suitable.

French President François Hollande’s long-awaited visit to Turkey will take place on Jan. 27-28. Hollande, whose election in 2012 was welcomed by Ankara due to his softer tone on the Turkish bid to join the European Union, has long been expected to visit Turkey. The decision

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared that his country is awaiting a faster EU accession process. Erdogan’s comment came after Turkey began on Tuesday its 22nd round of EU accession negotiations called Chapter

Turkey will keep implementing reforms oriented towards eventual EU accession, but its desire to join the union might not last for too long, stated Turkish President Abullah Gul. Tuesday Gul was on an official visit to Norway, where he met Norwegian King Harald V.

Turkey and the European Union will open Chapter 22, which concerns regional policy and the coordination of structural instruments, on Tuesday at the Intergovernmental Accession Conference, thus ending a three-year hiatus in Turkey’s accession talks.

The Turkish armed forced intercepted a three-vehicle convoy loaded with sulfur and other suspected chemical weapon agents from Syria. The convoy illegally crossed into in Reyhanli town, Hatay province, south Turkey, on Saturday, the military