Turkish banker accused of helping Iran launder money seeks mistrial
Lawyers for a Turkish banker on trial in New York on charges that he helped Iran evade U.S. sanctions asked a judge on Wednesday to...
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Turkey says world must recognise East Jerusalem as Palestinian capital
Turkey appealed on Wednesday for the world to recognise East Jerusalem as the capital of a Palestinian state, as it opened an Islamic summit called...
Ex-investigator tells of fleeing Turkey with evidence of corruption
A former Turkish police investigator told jurors in a New York court on Monday of fleeing Turkey in 2016 out of fear of retaliation from...
Turkey, Russia to finalise S-400 defence deal next week
Turkish and Russian officials will meet to finalise Turkey’s S-400 surface-to-air missile systems deal in the coming week, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said...
Greece and Turkey trade accusations at start of Erdogan visit
By Michele Kambas Greece and Turkey squared up over old disputes on Thursday during a state visit to Athens by Tayyip Erdogan that quickly descended...
Ousted Turkish beauty queen may face jail time over tweet
A former Turkish beauty pageant winner may face up to a year in prison over a tweet referring to last year’s failed military coup that cost her...
Greece, Turkey seek closer ties with Erdogan visit, but no quick fixes
By Renee Maltezou and Orhan Coskun Turkish President Tayip Erdogan will make a historic visit to Greece this week, a sign that relations between the...
Warnings mount over Trump’s Jerusalem declaration
Turkey threatened on Tuesday to cut diplomatic ties with Israel if US President Donald Trump recognises Jerusalem as the Israeli capital, joining a mounting chorus of...
Erdogan says will not succumb to U.S. ‘blackmail’ over court case
Turkish President Erdogan said on Sunday that Turkey would not succumb to “blackmail” by the United States in the trial of a Turkish bank executive...
Erdogan says U.S. courts cannot put Turkey on trial
Courts in the United States cannot put Turkey on trial, the country’s President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday, in reference to the case of a...
Turkey seeks arrest of ex-CIA officer over suspected coup links
Turkish authorities have issued an arrest warrant for a former officer of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) over suspected links to last year’s failed...
Turkey hopes gold trader Zarrab will ‘turn back from mistake’, PM says
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Friday he hoped a gold trader cooperating with US prosecutors in the trial of a Turkish banker will...
Georgia says suspect in Istanbul airport bombing killed last week
A former Islamic State fighter suspected of masterminding a deadly attack on Istanbul airport in 2016 was killed during a special operation in ex-Soviet Georgia...
Turkish gold trader implicates Erdogan in Iran money laundering
A Turkish-Iranian gold trader on Thursday told jurors in a New York federal court that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan personally authorised a transaction in...
Turkish prosecutors probing claims of Erdogan family money transfers
Turkish prosecutors said on Thursday they were investigating allegations that President Tayyip Erdogan’s family moved millions of dollars abroad to avoid taxes, saying there were...
Turkish banks treading dangerously
Turkey’s deteriorating finances are hurting the country’s banks whose reliance on dollar funding makes them vulnerable to the worst-case scenario: a sudden halt or reversal...
EU does not view Gulen network as a terrorist group
The European Union does not share Turkey’s view that the network of U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen is a terrorist organisation and would need to...
Turkey seeks arrest of 360 people in probe targeting Gulen network in army
Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 360 people in an operation targeting supporters of U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen within the army, state-run Anadolu news...
Turkey, United States ‘on same wavelength’
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday his talks with US President Donald Trump last week were the first occasion in a long time the...
Turkey says US wants to use gold trader case to impose sanctions
Turkey called on Monday for the case against a Turkish gold trader in the United States to be dropped, saying he had been pressured to make...
