Turkey

At least 36 people have been killed and 147 more injured in a gun and bomb attack in Istanbul’s Atatürk international airport. Late on Tuesday night, three terrorists blew themselves up as security forces were trying to block their progress into the airport. According to Turkish officials, police forces started …

A senior Russian official says Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s apology for the last year’s downing of a Russian military jet is too late and too little, and is the result of his failed foreign policies. “If you follow normal sensible logic, all this should have happened immediately after the …

ISTANBUL – Two German politicians were detained in Istanbul on Sunday as riot police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse protesters defying a ban on the city’s Gay Pride parade. Authorities in Turkey’s biggest city had banned the annual parade earlier this month citing security reasons, sparking anger …

JERUSALEM( Web Desk)- Israel and Turkey were expected to work towards finalising a deal on Sunday aimed at ending years of acrimony and restoring normalised ties that soured after a deadly 2010 raid on an aid flotilla. Negotiators were said to be meeting in Rome, where Israeli Prime Minister Benja­min …

[/tie_full_img] [/tie_full_img] The Turkish president blames “Islamophobia” for delaying his country’s accession to the European Union, and warns that more countries could follow Britain’s suit in leaving the bloc. “The practice currently against Turkey is Islamophobia, that is why they are delaying taking us in,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in …

[/tie_full_img] [/tie_full_img] AMMAN, Jordan: Turkish border guards shot dead at least 11 Syrians, mostly from one family, as they tried to cross into Turkey from northwestern Syria, activists and a monitoring group said on Sunday. At least two women and four children were among those killed in the shootings overnight …

[/tie_full_img] [/tie_full_img] ISTANBUL: British rock group Radiohead on Saturday condemned “violent intolerance” after Islamists brutally attacked customers at an Istanbul record store attending an album release party, angered that the event coincided with Ramazan. A group of about 20 men accosted and beat up customers and employees at the Velvet …

[/tie_full_img] [/tie_full_img] TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Turkish legislator revealed that 5 terrorist cells are active in Istanbul working under the eyes of Turkey’s spy agency. “The ISIL members and supporters receive trainings in 5 houses in Istanbul to become familiar with the group’s beliefs and then they will be militarily …

[/tie_full_img] [/tie_full_img] ANKARA: The EU’s top diplomat in Turkey has stepped down after a row with Ankara over his criticism of the government’s conduct in a landmark migrant deal, his office said on Tuesday. The departure of Hansjoerg Haber is indicative of the increasingly fractious relationship between Ankara and Brussels, …