Turkish foreign minister calls for immediate ceasefire in Syria
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu called for an immediate ceasefire in Syria on Friday, describing the situation in Aleppo as critical and saying that President...
Mevlut Cavusoglu
Turkey could carry out ground operations against PKK in Iraq
Turkey is ready to launch a ground operation in Iraq if it feels threatened by developments there, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday, potentially...
Turkey’s government says under popular pressure to drop EU talks
Turkey’s government is under “huge pressure” from its people to abandon its decades-old drive to join the European Union because they see it applying double...
Cavusoglu due in the north
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu is due in the north on Tuesday night for a round of contacts with the Turkish Cypriot leadership on Wednesday....
Greek and Turkish foreign ministers discuss Cyprus
Cyprus was part of discussions the Greek Foreign Minister Nicos Kotzias had with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu, when they met informally in Crete on...
Turkey sees red over euro parliament’s Kurdish photo exhibit
Turkey accused the European Parliament of encouraging terrorism on Wednesday by exhibiting photographs from Kurdish-controlled northern Syria, highlighting the challenges Ankara and Brussels face in...
Turkey’s Erdogan says Syrian Kurds used US weapons on civilians (Updated)
By Ece Toksabay Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said US-supplied weapons had been used against civilians by a Syrian Kurdish militia group that Ankara blames for...
Turkey defends ground troops in Iraq as war escalates (Updated)
By Daren Butler and Isabel Coles Turkey said on Monday it would not withdraw hundreds of soldiers who arrived last week at a base in...
‘Ankara ignoring the country’s obligations’
By Constantinos Psillides Cyprus will not agree to take part in any future Turkey-EU Association council meetings if the content of speeches made by Turkish...
AKEL: pay no heed to Eroglu’s rhetoric
By Stefanos Evripidou OPPOSITION AKEL leader Andros Kyrianou yesterday called for patience and calm as negotiations to end the 40-year division of the island begin....
