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Pope Leo XIV confirms preparations for visit to Turkey: report

Pope Leo XIV is preparing for a trip to Turkey to mark the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, the Aleteia news website...

Turkey’s fertility fate hits record low in 2024, deepening demographic worries

Turkey’s fertility rate dropped to a record low of 1.48 children per woman in 2024, continuing a years-long decline and raising fresh concerns over...

Putin skipping Turkey talks would signal Moscow won’t end war: Kyiv

Ukraine said on Tuesday that if Russian President Vladimir Putin skips talks in Turkey on Thursday with Volodymyr Zelensky, it would be a clear...

Ankara pledges reform after PKK decision to disband, denies federalism shift

Turkey’s government has cautiously welcomed the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party’s (PKK) decision to lay down its arms, promising democratic and inclusive constitutional reforms, while dismissing...

Turkey urges Moscow, Kyiv to meet on ceasefire ‘as soon as possible’

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Monday urged Russia and Ukraine to come together "as soon as possible" to implement a ceasefire agreement ahead...

Merz calls Turkey ‘extremely valuable NATO partner,’ but Eurofighter deal still on hold

New German chancellor Friedrich Merz has described Turkey as an "extremely valuable and important partner" and vowed to deepen defense cooperation with NATO member...

Turkish FM says he was poisoned with heavy metals as spy chief

Turkey's top diplomat revealed in an interview on Friday that he was poisoned with arsenic and mercury during his tenure as head of Turkey's...

[OPINION] Erdoğan’s Turkey is too lawless to get even a mafia boss extradited

Adem Yavuz Arslan* As a result of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s decades-long dominance over the media and use of aggressive propaganda strategies, both traditional and...

EU urged to address censorship by large online platforms at authoritarian governments’ request

Bünyamin Tekin, Brussels Speakers at a Brussels panel discussion marking World Press Freedom Day warned that journalists in exile face increasing censorship from large online...

PKK says it held congress aimed at laying down arms, to announce ‘historic’ decisions soon

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has announced that it held the congress this week called for by jailed leader Abdullah Öcalan, at which...

[OPINION] Despite his harsh rhetoric, Erdoğan’s Syria policy takes conciliatory line toward Israel

Ömer Murat* An examination of the speeches delivered by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, leader of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the president of Turkey,...

Turkey, Israel to hold second round of talks in Baku to prevent clashes in Syria

Turkish and Israeli representatives were expected to come together for a second round of direct talks in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku on Thursday aimed...

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