Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has slammed the French President Emmanuel Macron, saying that he has a “flawed understanding” of Ankara’s anti-terrorist campaign dubbed the ‘Olive Branch.’ According to the prime minister, “the whole world knows and should know that Turkey does not operate with the mentality of an invader.”, reported Sputnik. The statement came […]

Secretary of Iran’s Expediency Council Mohsen Rezaei told MNA on Sat. that the US military coalition in Syria seeks to rally Kurds against Turkey, while Turkey is after disrupting US plans in the region. Mohsen Rezaei made the comment in response to a question by Mehr News correspondent about the presence of American troops in northern […]

Turkey “warned” the United States ahead of launching an attack against Kurds in northern Syria, says Defense Secretary James Mattis. “Turkey was candid,” Mattis said during a flight to Asia on Sunday. “They warned us before they launched the aircraft they were going to do it, in consultation with us.” Turkey launched “Operation Olive Branch,” a new […]

TEHRAN – Turkey said on Wednesday it would not hesitate to take action in Syria’s Afrin district and other areas unless the United States withdrew support for a Kurdish-led force there, but Washington denied such plans and said “some people misspoke”. Turkish President Erdogan has repeatedly warned of an imminent incursion in Afrin after Washington […]

TEHRAN – Turkey will never accept a force in Syria led by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a group dominated by the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told the chief of NATO on Jan. 16. The phone conversation followed a recent decision by the United States to form a border protection […]

TEHRAN – Mehrdad Farid has said that there will be no change in “Beautiful Jinn”, a co-production between Iran and Turkey. He made the remarks in response to some reports published on Persian news outlets, which announced that the Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Abbas Salehi, has ordered Farid and the film’s director, […]

TEHRAN– Iranian ambassador to Ankara has rejected claims by some Turkish media that he was summoned by Turkey’s Foreign Ministry over Idlib situation. Mohammad Ebrahim Taherianfard, Iranian Ambassador to Ankara, told IRIB on Tuesday night that the claims made by some Turkish media about his being summoned by Turkey’s Foreign Ministry were false. Daily Sabah and […]

Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlut Cavusoglu criticized the support provided by Washington and Tel Aviv for public protests in Iran and stated that Turkey is against foreign interference in Iran. Mevlut Cavusoglu said “the US president Donald Trump and the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu support the recent riots in Iran while we are […]

TEHRAN– Iranian president and his Turkish counterpart held a phone conversation during which the two sides called for expanding their ties and Erdoğan stressed the significance of ‘maintaining peace and stability in Iran. Erdoğan and Rouhani discussed ongoing demonstrations in Iran in a phone conversation on the morning of Jan. 3, according to Turkish presidential […]

The al-Kawthr network reported that Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia will have joint military forces under the title of ‘the Joint Army of the Turkic World, the Eurasian Military Force.’ Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia will have joint military forces. The army will be set up under the title “The Joint Army of the Turkic […]