Fatih Donmez, Tukey’s energy minister, said that buying natural gas from Iran will continue despite the risk of US sanctions. In an interview with Turkish Heber Turk TV, the Turkish minister said that his country’s imports of natural gas from Iran is based on a long-term contract that will continue until 2026, and Turkey will […]

Three guarantor nations for the Syrian ceasefire (Russia, Iran and Turkey) will meet in Sochi today to discuss Syria. Representatives of the guarantor nations for the Syrian ceasefire (Russia, Iran and Turkey) will meet in Sochi today to discuss issues regarding the formation of the Syrian constitutional committee, the situation in de-escalation zones, as well […]

Turkey is happy to receive oil from Iran and won’t be joining US efforts to block Iranian crude exports, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, refusing to cut economic ties with “strategic partner” Tehran, RT reported. “Iran is both our neighbor and our strategic partner,” and severing ties with Tehran on America’s whim goes against Turkey’s […]

Turkish news outlets reported that Iran international defender Majid Hosseini will pen a contract with Trabzonspor on Sunday. The 22-year-old defender represented Iran national football team in the 2018 World Cup. Hosseini had already been linked with a move to Trabzonspor but Esteghlal reportedly convinced the player to stay in the team. Now, the media […]

The next round of a summit between the presidents of Iran, Russia, and Turkey is slated to be held in Tehran in late summer, the Russian ambassador to Turkey announced. “As far as I know, agreements have been made on holding the tripartite summit,” Alexei Yerkhov was quoted as saying by Russia’s TASS news agency. […]

A US delegation of Treasury and State Department officials will meet Turkish authorities on Friday to discuss sanctions targeting Iran, an official from Turkey’s foreign ministry said. “A US delegation currently holding talks in India will be visiting Ankara on Friday regarding sanctions against Iran,” Turkish Daily Sabah quoted an official from Turkey’s foreign ministry as […]

Turkey lifted its two-year-old state of emergency almost a month after President Erdogan and AKP party secured a victory in parliamentary and presidential elections. The Turkish government declared a state of emergency for the first time on July 20, 2016 following a failed coup attempt to topple the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Turkey […]

Turkey’s new parliament has elected former Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım as its speaker with the votes of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), Daily Sabah reported. Turkish lawmakers on Thursday elected Turkey’s last Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım to be the first speaker of the Turkish Grand National Assembly […]

 Turkey has a “clear will” to lift the state of emergency declared in the wake of the July 2016 coup attempt, Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdağ said a day after the June 24 elections. “God willing, we will review the state of emergency after the elections and we may lift it. We will work on […]

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday faces the biggest ballot box challenge of his 15 year grip on Turkey, with the opposition revitalised and his popularity at risk from growing economic troubles. Erdogan has overseen historic change in Turkey since his Islamic-rooted ruling party first came to power in 2002 after years of secular domination. […]