#Turkey

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said Western missions would “pay” for issuing security warnings and temporarily closing consulates in Turkey last week, while police said there was no serious threat to ...

Turkish police said they had not found evidence of any concrete threat to foreigners after detaining 15 Islamic State suspects accused of targeting consulates and non-Muslim houses of worship, state media ...

The United States warned Turkey in recent days about the export to Russia of chemicals, microchips and other products that can be used in Moscow’s war effort in Ukraine, ...

Finance Minister Nureddin Nebati said Turkey would keep interest rates low after elections expected in May and not reverse course on monetary policy, according to an interview published by Bloomberg. ...

Dear candidates and would-be presidents, You are asking us to trust you and give you our vote to govern us for the next five years. So, tell us clearly and ...

Turks beset for years by soaring inflation and currency crashes will soon decide whether to forge ahead with President Tayyip Erdogan’s vision of a heavily-managed economy, or ditch it ...

Finland said on Tuesday it hoped that Turkey’s foreign minister’s trip to the United States this week would bring positive impetus for it and Sweden’s bids to ...

An expected capital increase will help Turkey’s Ziraat Bank to spearhead President Tayyip Erdogan’s drive to boost economic growth and tackle chronic current account deficits this year, the ...

By Sebnem Eroglu Many people migrate to another country to earn a decent income and to attain a better standard of living. But my recent research shows that across all ...

Ali Bizden, adviser to former Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci, said on Saturday that he and his family were under intense pressure from Turkey, during the time leadership changed in ...

There is information and testimonies that may lead to the recovery of the remains of more missing persons in 2023 after a particularly bad year in 2022, Presidential Commissioner Photis Photiou said ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday he may meet Syria’s Bashar al-Assad as part of a new peace process, after their defence ministers met last week for the ...

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday that a surge in hard-line rhetoric on both sides has led to increased rigidity while the prospects for a mutually-agreeable settlement continue ...

Turkey on Friday accused Cyprus of increasing tension in the Eastern Mediterranean after a consortium of Italian and French energy companies found more natural gas off the island earlier this ...

Outgoing President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday said the goal in Cyprus was to end the occupation and anachronistic guarantees which do not exist except in vassal states, and to apply ...

Turkey’s foreign minister said on Thursday that Sweden has not yet acted to extradite or freeze the assets of people that his country believes are linked to terrorism, even ...

By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides The key feature of the Turkish Cypriot economy (TCE) is its over-dependence on Turkey, mainly in terms of trade relations, financing of the ‘public’ ...

The EU Council on Thursday called on Ankara to stop all actions that could potentially upgrade the breakaway state in the north of the island, a development that was welcomed ...

Cyprus was disappointed that no agreement was reached in Brussels on Friday with regard to a proposed regulation to address situations of instrumentalisation in the field of migration and asylum, ...

The Greek Cypriot side believes, that although the decision is up to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, the appointment of a UN envoy for Cyprus would ensure better preparation for future ...

Air connectivity and tourism make up 20 per cent of Cyprus’ GDP, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said on Tuesday, as he criticised Turkey’s increasing violations into Cypriot airspace. His speech, ...

Turkey will on Friday dispatch a drillship to waters off its southern coast, but outside Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone. Turkish authorities have issued a Naxtex – or marine advisory – reserving for ...

A solution to the Cyprus problem cannot be found after half a century of negotiations, thus cementing a two-state solution, Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said on Tuesday. “It is ...

A swathe of the Karpasia peninsula is being carved into a military zone at the orders of the ‘government’ in the north, reports said on Monday. The area will extend ...