Turkey and Israel Tuesday pledged commitment to improve ties as an Israeli minister held talks in Ankara, the first since the Jewish state's ...
Israel's trade minister Monday began a visit to Turkey to mend strained relations, saying Ankara could help resolve the conflict between Israel and ...
Turkey has given Israeli contractors 50 days to fulfil a long-delayed deal for the delivery of 10 drone aircraft for the Turkish army, Defence Minister Vecdi Gonul was quoted as saying Saturday. The delays in the project, launched in 2005, have come ...
Turkey is determined to build a nuclear power plant and will launch a new project to replace a failed tender, Energy Minister Taner Yildiz was quoted as saying Saturday. "The fact that the tender was scrapped does not mean that the process ...
ANKARA (Reuters) - Herman Van Rompuy's appointment as the first European Union president provoked fears in Turkey that he might hinder Ankara's hopes of joining the bloc, with some media declaring outright that he is anti-Turkish. Turkish newspapers were quick to dig ...
Turkey on Friday scrapped a 2008 tender won by a Russian-led consortium to build the country's first nuclear power plant -- a process that had been under threat of being invalidated by a court decision. In a brief statement, the state-run electricity ...
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday urged Turkey's visiting Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu to increase trade ties between the two countries, the president's office said in a statement. "Iran and Turkey could become each other's number one trade partner," he was quoted ...
In what one UEFA official called Europe's worst ever match-fixing scandal, investigators said Friday criminals may have netted over 10 million euros manipulating 200 games in nine countries. A 200-strong band operating across Europe is suspected of swaying matches in Germany, Belgium, ...
European football braced on Friday for more details on a fresh match-fixing scandal reportedly involving huge sums of money placed with Asian bookmakers on suspect matches in nine countries. Police across Europe carried out raids and arrests on Thursday, with German prosecutors ...
An Israeli minister said on Friday he was to travel to Turkey, in the first such visit since Israel's military offensive in Gaza at the turn of the year strained ties with Turkey. "I hope my visit will contribute to improving relations ...
FBI director Robert Mueller met with Turkish officials here Wednesday to discuss joint efforts in combating separatist Kurdish rebels, the US embassy said. Mueller's agenda focused on "our ongoing and important cooperation on counter-terrorism and law enforcement matters," the statement said, asserting ...
Turkey's plan to expand language rights for Kurds and prevent discrimination is unlikely to persuade armed rebels to lay down arms and risks heightening nationalist anger at the government for caving in to "terrorists", analysts said Saturday. In a tumultuous parliamentary session ...
