U.S. President Donald Trump has accepted an invitation by his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, to visit the country, according to a spokesperson for Turkey’s leader.  Speaking to reporters after a cabinet meeting on Monday in the Turkish capital, Ankara, Ibrahim Kalin said Trump wants to make the trip in 2019 but a date has not […]

 Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says France’s presence in Syria to protect the YPG would help neither France nor the YPG. Cavusoglu stressed that Turkey has the power to single-handedly neutralize the ISIL terrorist group (Daesh) in Syria. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has signaled that a cross-border operation against the terrorist PYD/YPG in Syria […]

Iranian Industry Minister Reza Rahmani, who accompanied President Hassan Rouhani in his trip to Turkeys, called for expansion of economic cooperation between Tehran and Ankara during his meetings with the Turkish president, his Turkish counterpart and other senior officials from that country, Shata reported on Friday. The Iranian minister underlined Iran’s commitment to the signed […]

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani arrived in Ankara on Wednesday night for an official visit. Heading a high-ranking political and economic delegation, the Iranian president has travelled to the neighboring country at the invitation of his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend the fifth round of Iran-Turkey high council of strategic cooperation. During the 2-day […]

United Nations Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura plans to discuss the issue of the establishment of a constitutional committee in Syria with high-level representatives of the three Syrian ceasefire guarantor nations. The top diplomat will discuss the matter with Iran, Turkey and Russia early next week, according to a press statement […]

Turkey reiterated on Friday its ongoing financial and technical support for the activities of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC). Speaking at the 39th meeting of the organization’s Foreign Ministers’ council in Baku, capital of term chair Azerbaijan, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu called on members to take active part in bloc’s […]

A drone video footage shows the aftermath of a high-speed train crash at a station near the Turkish capital of Ankara on Thursday morning that left at least 9 and injured 47 others. The footage obtained from a Turkish TV channel shows the aftermath of the incident, where derailed railroad cars and collapsed structures can be seen. […]

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani held separate meetings with his Turkish and Afghan counterparts in the capital, Tehran, on Friday, discussing a range of regional and international issues, including ways to combat terrorism. Speaking at the meeting with Turkish Parliament Speaker Binali Yildirim, Larijani said mutual cooperation to boost security in the Middle East has […]

 Iranian singer Homayoun Shajarian, known for his awesome guttural tricks, will meet with Istanbul’s music lovers at the Cemal Reşit Rey (CRR) Concert Hall for the first time tonight as part of the First Istanbul International Folk Music Festival. Shajarian will be accompanied by Tahmoures and Sohrab Pournazeri on stage. Iranian singer Homayoun Shajarian, known […]

Foreign ministers of Iran, Turkey and the Republic of Azerbaijan concluded a trilateral meeting in the city of Istanbul with a joint statement that entails closer political and economic cooperation among the three neighbors. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Turkey’s Mevlut Cavusoglu and Azerbaijan’s Elmar Mammadyarov held their sixth trilateral meeting in Istanbul on […]