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ANKARA (Web Desk) President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey may shut its border with northern Iraq “at any moment” after closing its air space to the region, Hurriyet newspaper reported on Thursday, reviving a threat first made after Kurds there voted for independence.We have completely closed our air space to …

ANKARA (Web Desk) President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has once again slammed the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) recent independence referendum, questioning Arbil’s links to the contested province of Kirkuk.Those who act by disregarding the structure of the region, which is composed of many different identities,with hysterical and opportunistic haste, Will …

ANKARA (Web Desk) Iranians quickly closed ranks against a hawkish new US approach to Tehran, but Iran’s powerful hardliners are set to exploit the latest dispute with Washington to weaken domestic rivals who are open to the West,analysts and insiders say.President Donald Trump’s warning on Friday that he might ultimately …

ANKARA (Web Desk) Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused the United States on Thursday of mistreating a strategic ally,in a blistering speech which appeared to rule out swift resolution to a dispute between two Nato members jointly fighting the militant Islamic State (IS).Hours after Ankara announced officials would meet soon to …

ANKARA (Web Desk) Iran and Turkey have signed a draft agreement to carry out trade activities based on their own local currencies instead of traditional foreign currencies such as the euro and the dollar.The agreement was signed during a visit to Ankara by Valiollah Seif,the governor of the Central Bank …

ANKARA (Web Desk) US consulates in Turkey indefinitely halted all non-immigrant visa services on Sunday, the American embassy said, after one of the mission’s Turkish staffers was arrested in the latest dispute between the Nato allies.The embassy said “recent events” had forced the US government to reassess Turkey’s “commitment” to …

ANKARA (Web Desk) Almost 150 former Turkish military personnel go on trial Monday over clashes on an Istanbul bridge during last year’s failed coup that claimed dozens of lives including a key aide of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.The bridge across the Bosphorus strait in Istanbul was the scene of bloody …

Ankara (Web Desk) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country’s army forces are supporting a full-scale military operation, which has just begun by the so-called Free Syrian Army (FSA), aimed at liberating militant-held areas in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib. The Turkish president made the remarks at the 26th …

ANKARA (Web Desk) The Turkish and Venezuelan leaders say Caracas and Ankara are moving to deepen bilateral cooperation, stressing that the two countries seek a new era in their ties in a “different, multi-polar world.Following talks in Ankara on Friday,Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said in a joint statement with his …

ANKARA (Web Desk) A Turkish court on Wednesday handed life sentences to 34 people for plotting to assassinate President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a luxury Aegean hotel during last year’s failed coup.The 34 were given four life sentences each at the trial in the southwestern city of Mugla, state-run TRT …