Turkey threatens to suspend UAE ties over deal with Israel
The Guardian – The move against Palestine is not a step that can be stomached,’ says Erdoğan Turkey has threatened to suspend…
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WAIA issues statement on reopening Hagia Sophia Mosque
MNA – The Secretariat of World Assembly of Islamic Awakening (WAIA) issued a statement, calling the reopening of Hagia Sophia Mosque in…
Turkey’s coronavirus cases overtake Iran, highest in Middle East
Reuters – Turkey’s confirmed coronavirus cases have risen to 82,329, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Saturday, overtaking neighbouring Iran for the…
Turkey confirms first coronavirus case, wins WHO praise for vigilance
Reuters – Turkey confirmed its first case of the coronavirus on Wednesday, becoming the last major economy to report an outbreak after…
Seven dead in Turkey after earthquake hits Iran border area
Reuters – Seven people died and others were stuck under collapsed buildings in southeastern Turkey on Sunday after a magnitude-5.7 earthquake struck…
Turkey faces strategic defeat in Idlib after failing to live up to its commitments on Syria
RT | Scott Ritter: Under the 2018 Sochi agreement, Turkey was supposed to disarm and disassociate itself from the terrorist organization Hayat Tahrir…
Turkey accused of sending Syrians back to ‘war zone’ as conflict escalates
Euronews | Kristina Jovanovski and Saphora Smith and Ammar Cheikh Omar with NBC News World News: The nearly nine-year-long Syrian civil war has…
Iran risks losing Afghan market to Turkey
Financial Tribune – Turkey is now overtaking Iran’s place in commercial exchanges with Afghanistan due to economic restrictions imposed by the Islamic…
Tehran against any possible military operation in Syria
IRNA – Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on Tuesday to stress Tehran’s opposition to any kind of military operation…
Iran’s Zarif urges Turkey to respect Syria’s territorial integrity
Tasnim – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif warned Turkey against any military move in Syria and said regional nations’ security can…
Iranian home buyers dodge sanctions, make Turkey their plan B
Reuters | Emily Wither, Ezgi Erkoyun: Iranians in Turkey are finding ways to sidestep laws in their home country to buy properties and…
Iranian tanker changes course away from Turkish coast: tracking data
Reuters – Iranian tanker Adrian Darya, at the center of a dispute between Washington and Tehran, has changed course away from the…
Iran’s oil tanker Adrian Darya changes course after entering Turkish waters – Report
Sputnik – The oil tanker was seized by Gibraltar on 4 July on suspicion of carrying oil to Syria in violation of…
Iranian oil tanker going to Turkey: Report
Tasnim – The Iranian oil tanker released recently by Gibraltar is heading to a port in Turkey, a report said. The crew…
Erdogan says he is open to mediate talks between Iran, US
MNA – Turkey’s President Erdogan says that he is open to mediating talks between Tehran and Washington in a bid to deescalate…
Turkey ‘begins operation against Kurdish militants in Iraq’
Press TV – Turkey says it has launched a military operation against Kurdish militants in a mountainous area of northern Iraq. In…
Turkey reiterates opposition to US anti-Iran sanctions
MNA – A spokesman for Turkey’s ruling AKP said Fri. that US sanctions on Iranian oil exports do not serve peace in…
US ‘bullying behavior’ killing JCPOA, Iran’s deputy FM warns
Tasnim – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi warned that the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers is coming to…
Celebration of Nowruz in Turkey
IRNA – Nowruz, the first day of spring, that marks the new year for a large number of people is celebrated across…
What’s motivating Turkey’s pro-Maduro stances?
Alwaght – As Venezuela is divided into two blocs, with one supporting the elected President Nicolas Maduro and the other supporting the…
For Turkey, US exit from Syria is an opportunity—and a risk
The Wall Street Journal | Yaroslav Trofimov: President Trump’s abrupt decision to withdraw U.S. troops from east Syria, transferring the region to…
Erdogan gets his wish from Trump in Syria, but now what?
Almanitor |Pinar Tremblay: On Dec. 19, after the United States announced its troops will make a “full and rapid” withdrawal from Syria, initially jubilant voices rose…
Turkey says would work with Syria’s Assad if he won ‘democratic election’
Press TV – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says the Ankara government would consider working with Syrian President Bashar Assad if he…
Foreign minister says Turkey in talks with UN about Khashoggi murder investigation
Press TV – Turkey says it is in talks with the United Nations regarding an investigation into the gruesome murder of dissident…
Int’l conference for ‘Halal’ products held in Istanbul with Iran’s presence
IRNA -The Sixth International Conference of ‘Halal’ products was held in Istanbul, Turkey, with representatives from the Iranian National Standards Organization. The…
Photos: 11th Asia Parliamentary Assembly session in Turkey
Mizan – The 11th plenary session of the Asia Parliamentary Assembly (APA) was inaugurated in Turkey’s Istanbul on Thu. with participation of…
Larijani travels to Turkey to attend APA meeting
MNA – The Speaker of Iranian Parliament Ali Larijani has left Tehran for Istanbul to attend the 11th plenary session of the…
Turkey unable to make terrorists withdraw from Syria’s Idlib: Iran’s Ex-Envoy
Tasnim – Iran’s former ambassador to Damascus highlighted the complicated situation in Syria’s rebel-held province of Idlib and said it is unlikely…
Turkey orders arrest of gold trader Zarrab over villa restoration
IRNA — Turkish authorities have ordered the arrest of gold trader Reza Zarrab, a prosecution witness in the New York trial of…
Photos: D8 Council of Foreign Ministers kicks off in Turkey
Mizan – The 18th session of the D8 Council of Foreign Ministers opened with the attendance of Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad…
D8 Council of Foreign Ministers kicks off in Turkey
IRNA – The 18th session of the D8 Council of Foreign Ministers opened with the attendance of Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad…
Turkey adopts ‘Drip-Drip’ tactic in Saudi murder case
The Wall Street Journal | David Gauthier-Villars and Summer Said: Turkish authorities decided to leak evidence gradually in the days after the killing of…
Saudis preparing to admit Jamal Khashoggi died during interrogation, sources say
CNN – The Saudis are preparing a report that will acknowledge that Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s death was the result of an…
Tehran denies reports of Ankara embassy evacuation over bomb plot notice – Iranian media
RT – Tehran has denied reports that its embassy in Ankara was evacuated over a bomb-plot notice, Iran’s media reports, citing the…
Iran embassy in Ankara evacuated following tip about suicide bomb plot – reports
RT – After receiving the tip, Turkish authorities evacuated the Iranian ambassador from the building before cordoning off the street where the…
Turkish daily reveals identities of Saudis suspected of killing Khashoggi
Press TV – A Turkish newspaper has published the names and photos of 15 Saudis, including several officials, who are suspected of having…
Photos: 3rd meeting of Eurasian parliaments’ speakers kicks off in Turkey
Mizan | Mohammad Reza Zarandoush: The third meeting of Speakers of Eurasian Countries’ Parliaments has kicked off in Turkey’s Antalya, with parliamentary…
3rd meeting of Eurasian parliaments’ speakers kicks off in Turkey
MNA – The third meeting of Speakers of Eurasian Countries’ Parliaments has kicked off in Turkey’s Antalya, with parliamentary heads and delegations from…
Facing tough mission in Syria’s Idlib, Turkish forces attacked by armed terrorists
Tasnim – Turkey deployed a number of its military officers to Syria’s northern province of Idlib to disarm the remaining terrorist groups…
Turkey detains over 200 people for ‘illicit money transfers’
Al Jazeera – Turkish police have detained over 200 people in a major nationwide crackdown on illicit money transfers to individuals of…