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. […]

Chairman of Iran and Turkey Joint Chamber of Commerce Reza Kami revealed the considerable reduction of trade volume exchanged between Iran and Turkey from $22 billion to $11 billion following Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA). He pointed to trade volume between Iran and turkey at $30 billion and said, “various obstacles in the fields of banking, […]

TEHRAN – Turkish ambassador to Tehran Riza Hakan Tekin has said that all the political parties in Turkey are aware of the importance of relationship with Iran and seek to expand it. The comments by the ambassador comes as Turkish presidential and parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held on June 24. Turkish citizens who […]

 Iranian deputy interior minister held a telephone conversation with Undersecretary of Turkey’s Ministry of Interior Muhterem Ince to urge the continuation of fight against terrorism and organized crime. During the telephone call on Sunday, the two sides voiced satisfaction over the expansion of bilateral ties, and called for the continuation of cooperation in the fight against terrorism […]

Turkey and the US seem to have finally agreed on how to solve the Manbij puzzle in Syria, which has been poisoning relations like an open wound for almost two years.  A long-awaited summit between Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo last week in Washington sealed a road map, which represents […]

Following the relative completion of building a 144-km (90 mile) security wall on its northern border with Iran, Turkey will begin another 43-km security wall on its southern border with the country. President Tayyip Erdogan said last year Turkey would build walls along its border with Iraq and part of the border with Iran similar […]

Turkish media reports about possible purchase of Russian Su-57 fighters instead of US F-35 jets are based on experts’ opinion and do not reflect the official position of Ankara, a source in the secretariat of the Turkish defense industry told. On Sunday, the Yeni Safak media outlet reported Turkey may purchase Su-57 jets if the […]

Doğu Perinçek, the candidate in the upcoming presidential election of Turkey, told Mehr News in an interview that he sees no barrier in expanding ties between Turkey and Syria, to the point that he would invite Pres. Assad to Ankara should he become the next Turkish president. Doğu Perinçek, the Chairman of the nationalist Patriotic […]