Turkish assembly speaker meets parliamentary union head
ANKARA
Turkish Parliament Speaker Mustafa Sentop on Tuesday received Gabriela Cuevas Barron, head of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
According to the speaker's office in the capital Ankara, Sentop and Barron exchanged...
'We should support Turkish president on his US visit'
ANKARA
The leader of a Turkish opposition party on Wednesday urged support for Turkey’s president ahead of his meeting in Washington with his U.S. counterpart.
"Foreign policy is a national policy,...
Turkey appoints Lutfi Elvan as new finance minister
By Gokhan Ergocun
Turkey appointed Lutfi Elvan as the country’s new treasury and finance minister early Tuesday, according to a presidential decree published in the Official Gazette.
The move comes after...
Turkey’s CHP convenes on 2nd day of regular congress
ANKARA
The second and last day of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party's (CHP) 37th regular congress started on Sunday in the capital Ankara.
The two-day congress, which will elect 60...
Turkish officials hail withdrawal from European treaty
By Omer Olcay, Sefa Sahin and Buket Guven
ANKARA
Turkish officials on Saturday voiced support for a decision to withdraw from a European treaty on preventing and combating violence against...
'Greece now is rogue state in Eastern Mediterranean'
ANKARA
Greece is now a rogue state in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, overreaching and crossing the line, said Turkey's ruling party spokesman on Tuesday.
Turkey will not accept or forgive any...
Turkish interior minister announces resignation
ANKARA
Turkey’s interior minister announced Sunday he is stepping down from the post, citing recent incidents ahead of this weekend’s coronavirus curfew across much of Turkey.
“In a process carried out...
Turkey: Opposition HDP lawmaker gets prison sentence
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey
A Turkish court on Thursday sentenced a lawmaker from the opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) to over six years in prison for being a member of an armed...
Greece, Egypt agreement ‘unethical’: Turkish party head
ANKARA
Greece's controversial move last week to sign a maritime delimitation agreement with Egypt, while also sitting for talks with Turkey in Germany, is unethical, said a Turkish political party...
Turkey: President Erdogan re-elected ruling party head
ANKARA
Turkey's president on Wednesday was unanimously re-elected leader of the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party in a congress in the capital Ankara.
After being nominated by top party officials,...