Tag: Turkey

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Saturday she was concerned about media freedoms in EU candidate Turkey. Her comments, on a visit...

A Turkish court has jailed 14 people pending trial on charges of al Qaeda membership for allegedly planning an attack on the US...

Turkish police have detained 14 people in raids targeting the al Qaeda militant group across western Turkey after the discovery of explosives and weapons,...

Turkish police made 22 arrests on Monday including the president of Champions League hopefuls Trabzonspor as part of a widening match-fixing probe, Anatolia news...

Turkey hopes terms for the reunification of Cyprus can be agreed by the end of the year so that a referendum can take place...

Syrian troops shot dead four villagers on Wednesday, an activist said, as authorities pressed on with a tank-led assault that has already driven thousands...

A percussion bomb exploded in southeast Turkey late on Sunday, injuring 11 people celebrating the victory of Kurdish candidates in the parliamentary election, security...

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party has scored a resounding third consecutive election victory, but he will need to seek consensus to push...

Turks began voting in an election on Sunday that is expected to return Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to office for a third consecutive term...

Kenan Evren, the general who led a coup in Turkey in 1980, will give a statement next week to prosecutors investigating the putsch and...

Former Pakistan No. 1 and Davis Cupper Hameed-ul-Haq will leave for Turkey to take part in the ITF Seniors Tennis Tournament which will start...

Turkish-Pakistan Business Council (TPBC) Chairman Huseyin Akin has said that Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) will get a considerable boost as soon as a number...

Turkey has closed its embassy in the Libyan capital Tripoli, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Monday following weekend attacks on British and Italian diplomatic...

ANKARA - Pakistan and Turkey voiced support for initiatives to stabilise conflict-torn Afghanistan on Wednesday, including efforts for dialogue with the Taliban.
President Asif Ali Zardari and Turkish President Abdullah Gul made the pledges in response to a question on whether Ankara had agreed to host a representation office for the Taliban and whether Islamabad would be ready to help any dialogue process.
"2011 is a very critical year for Afghanistan... as the foreign

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari will leave for Turkey today (Monday) on a four-day official visit to discuss with Turkish leaders the US-backed Afghan reconciliation process that will involve fresh round of peace talks between the Karzai government and the Taliban on Turkish soil next month.
Islamabad and Ankara are working as main facilitators along with Saudi Arabia, UAE and other international players for the success of peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban backed

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari will pay a four-day official visit to Turkey on Monday.
According to Foreign Office Spokesperson besides bilateral relations, recent developments in the middle east, North Africa and the Gulf are expected to figure in consultations between the leadership of the two countries.
She said Pakistan enjoys special relations with Turkey which are deeply rooted in the ethos of the people of the two countries. President Asif Ali Zardari's

ISTANBUL - Turkish security forces killed seven Kurdish militants early on Friday after a large group of PKK fighters crossed over the border from Syria, Turkish military officials said.
It was the largest number killed in a firefight with the PKK, the Kurdistan Workers Party, since last summer. The PKK called off a six-month long ceasefire in February raising fears that violence would pick up before a national election in Turkey on June 12. Military operations were continuing