The Latest Breaking News from Ankara

Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz said on Thursday he had asked his staff to start the process of resuming working relations with Turkey after meeting his Turkish counterpart in Ankara on the first such visit in over a decade.

Commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Mazloum Abdi warned against “comprehensive normalization” between Ankara and Damascus. In an interview to Asharq Al-Awsat, he said such an approach serves the interests of the Ankara government and will lead to many risks on the lives of the Syrian people. The approach…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he has agreed to meet with Sweden’s new prime minister in Ankara to discuss the Scandinavian country’s bid to join NATO

Sweden has taken "concrete action" to address Turkey's concerns over its NATO membership bid, including stepping up counter-terrorism efforts against Kurdish militants, Stockholm told Ankara in a letter dated Oct. 6 and seen by Reuters.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he has agreed to meet with Sweden’s new prime minister in Ankara to discuss the Scandinavian country’s bid to join NATO, describing the visit as an opportunity to test Stockholm’s “sincerity” in meeting Türkiye’s conditions. In response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Sweden abandoned…

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has said he will meet Sweden's new prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, to discuss Stockholm's bid to join NATO as well as the extradition of people Ankara considers terrorists.

Türkiye on Thursday blasted as "completely unfounded and untrue" claims that its military used chemical weapons in its fight against outlawed Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq. Media outlets close to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which Ankara and its Western allies list as a terror group, claimed that the Turkish…

A senior US Treasury Department official traveled to Türkiye this week to discuss sanctions and export controls imposed on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine, the Treasury Department said. Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Elizabeth Rosenberg traveled to Ankara and Istanbul from Monday through Wednesday, where she…

A senior U.S. Treasury Department official traveled to Turkey this week to discuss sanctions and export controls imposed on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine, the Treasury Department said, as Washington closely monitors growing economic ties between Ankara and Moscow.

Turkish troops deployed on Tuesday in an area in northwestern Syria to try to halt fighting between rival opposition factions opposed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, witnesses and opposition forces said. Turkish tanks and armored vehicles took up positions around Kafr Jana, a rugged area which the main extremist opposition…

The leaders of Turkey and Russia are continuing to deepen relations as Moscow intensifies its war against Ukraine. Their frequent meetings and close ties fuel concerns among Turkey's Western allies that Ankara is circumventing sanctions against Russia.