Turkey
26 Oct 2023
The Turkish parliament will take up Sweden's NATO bid, bringing the Nordic nation a step closer to joining the military alliance.
8 Oct 2023
Turkish security forces detained nearly 90 people across the country overnight over suspected links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), the Interior Ministry said on Tuesday, two days after a bomb attack in Ankara claimed by the militant group.
1 Oct 2023
Turkish media cited the interior minister as saying two "terrorists" blew up a car outside the ministry's gate. Gunshots were also reportedly heard in the area after the blast.
27 Sep 2023
Officials deny it but a DW investigation has found that the rubble from Tukey's devastating February earthquake contains life-threatening amounts of asbestos. The southern city of Hatay now faces a new health crisis.
7 Sep 2023
More than a dozen people died in Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria as heavy rains hit parts of those countries. Record rainfall hit the central region of Magnesia in Greece.
7 Sep 2023
At least seven people have died after torrential rains caused flash flooding in Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria. The deluge comes on the heels of extreme heat over summer.
4 Sep 2023
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is urging Russia to return to a deal allowing Ukraine to export grain, easing a global food crisis. However, Moscow is seeking concessions that only the West can offer.
25 Jul 2023
The Treaty of Lausanne was signed on July 24, 1923. Although its significance is often underestimated, it still ensures stability in the eastern Mediterranean a century later.
19 Jul 2023
The Turkish president is set to visit the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. The four nations have gone from unhappy antagonists to, more recently, allies. How did they get there?
14 Jul 2023
The court said "dual criminality" had not been met, and that the two people wanted by Turkey risked "being exposed to persecution."
13 Jul 2023
NATO members have said they want Ukraine in the alliance when the time is right, as Turkey drops its opposition to Swedish accession on day one of two-day summit in Vilnius, Lithuania.
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