Russia and Georgia have given the green light to Turkey's proposal for a Caucasus alliance, as Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan met Thursday Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili a day after his meetings with the Russian president and prime ministe
Nine Turkish soldiers were killed Monday in a landmine explosion in the eastern Turkish province of Erzincan, Turkish TV channels reported. Two others were also injured in the explosion.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry denied news reports claiming that Turkey did not allow a Ukrainian plane carrying humanitarian aid from Kiev to Georgia to use its air space.
Georgia and Russia have agreed to a peace plan brokered by France after Moscow ordered a halt to its military onslaught, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Wednesday. Georgia said its troops had been driven out by Russian forces from Abkhazia. (UPDA
Taliban-like establishment takimg over the reins of power in Pakistan may result in the proliferation of nuclear weapons technology to terrorist groups, says Chief of General Staff Gen. Yaşar Büyükanıt, calling for international support for Pakistan's s
Turkey's leading newspaper Hurriyet started a campaign on Tuesday to protest the Washington Post for its praise and unbiased story about the outlawed PKK separatists in northern Iraq.
Turkish troops entered northern Iraq on Thursday night to hunt outlawed Kurdish separatists PKK after fighter jets struck at their bases, the Turkish army said on Friday. The operation is expected to last 15 days, CNN Turk reported. (UPDATED)
The ground operation started after Turkish warplanes and artillery bombed suspected PKK targets on Thursday, the military said on its Web site. The operation is expected to last 15 days, CNN Turk reported, citing security sources.
Turkey is a major partner for Kosovo and Ankara’s political recognition as well as the lion’s share Turkish businessmen have in the country’s foreign trade are hailed by top political figures in the newborn Balkan state. Now the challeng
The Washington administration said it will not prejudge any action referring to Turkey's possible ground operation against PKK in the Northern Iraq, following Ankara vowed to continue operations.
The historical land operation being carried out by Turkish Armed Forces into Northern Iraq is occuring with great secrecy and professional, sources said.
Turkey is considering a ground operation against PKK based in northern Iraq.
Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan said a ground cross-border operation against the PKK is on the table, while the Iraqi Kurdish leader threatened Turkey on Tuesday, sayi
Two top Democratic presidential candidates are vying for the ethnic Armenian vote. Top Democratic presidential hopeful Senator Hillary Clinton, following in her rival Senator Barack Obama's footsteps, has announced that she will recognize World War I er
A new project is underway to use the steam that goes to waste from the Yatağan thermal power plant, a byproduct of electricity production, for heating Yatağan and Muğla.
Turkish immigrants in Germany’s Hesse state say they feel hurt that immigrants are used to propel election campaign propaganda, while Hesse’s Prime Minister Roland Koch rejects claims that he is provoking racism and enmity against foreigners
It was not a "first" when Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan chose not to shake the hands of President Abdullah Gul's wife, Hayrunnisa Gul, at a formal dinner at Cankaya Presidential Palace this last week.
Police launched an anti-terrorist operation in Gaziantep. A father and a son who refused to surrender were killed.
Urban agriculture is the consequence of city dwellers’ subconscious belief that they will return to nature someday. Many urban dwellers ultimately never do, so they revive their desire for a relationship with nature by growing plants in pots on balc