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Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu stressed the importance of ties with Iraq, which he termed Ankara's gateway to the Gulf, on a historic visit to Iraqi Kurdistan on Friday. Massud Barzani, the president of Kurdish northern Iraq, meanwhile, praised Turkey for its ...

Tens of thousands of cheering Kurds greeted Wednesday a group of rebels who "surrendered" in a good-will gesture to Turkey as the government came under fire for treating "terrorists" leniently. Amid a display of fireworks, about 100,000 people greeted the group in ...

A large Israeli cafe chain has decided to stop selling Turkish coffee and plans are afoot to boycott Turkish resorts in the wake of increased tensions between the two allies, officials said Sunday. "We have decided for the time being to stop ...

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki demanded that Turkey respect Iraq's sovereignty in its pursuit of Kurdish rebels, as he held talks with his Turkish counterpart in Baghdad on Thursday on the thorniest disputes between their two countries. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit, ...

The Turkish and Iraqi premiers held talks in Baghdad on Thursday on the thorniest disputes between their two countries as Ankara moved to boost its Arab ties amid a growing spat with Israel. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was expected to sign ...

Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak Wednesday downplayed a spike in tensions with ally Turkey, despite Ankara's decision to call off a joint military exercise. "I think that basically there are ups and downs for all different reasons in relations. But our relationship ...

Turkey boosted its ties with Syria at the first meeting of a newly formed cooperation council on Tuesday, only days after Ankara's relations with Israel took a downturn. The foreign, defence, interior, economy, oil, electricity, agriculture and health ministers of the two ...

Turkey called on Israel on Monday to show restraint in reactions to the scrapping of joint military drills, in a new episode of tensions between the two regional allies. The Turkish foreign ministry said it was "not right to make political conclusions ...

Turkey called on Israel Monday to show restraint in reactions to the scrapping of joint military drills, in a new episode of tensions between the two regional allies. The Turkish foriegn ministry said it was "not right to make political conclusions out ...

President Abdullah Gul and his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy vowed Friday to boost business and diplomatic ties although the Turkish leader failed to dent French opposition to his country's EU bid. On the third and final day of a visit to Paris, ...