Turkey

The Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım and his Libyan counterpart of the Government of National Accord Fayez al-Sarraj talked over the phone late Saturday to discuss the situation of three Turkish nationals abducted Friday in…

Gunmen in Libya’s Ubari city kidnapped Friday four workers from the Turkish company Enka.The unknown gunmen abducted at gunpoint three Turkish men and one German man all working on operating the Ubari gas steam station in southern…

Turkey backs a UN plan to resume the political process in Libya, the Turkish envoy to the North African state said Friday.Emrullah Isler, who is also a lawmaker with Turkey's ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party, said…

Iraq plans to take control of the borders of its autonomous Kurdistan region “in coordination” with Iran and Turkey, the Iraqi Defence Ministry said on Friday.The statement did not give more detail or indicate specifically whether…

Leaked emails from the UAE's ambassador to Washington have revealed the Gulf state's hostility to neighbour Qatar and its close ally Turkey.Yousef al-Otaiba told a prominent US journalist in April that he was deeply opposed to the…

BBC - Turkey is "completely detached from reality" in calling the Dutch fascists, European Council President Donald Tusk has said.His remarks come amid a row between Turkey and European nations over campaigning for a Turkish…

BBC - Dutch riot police have clashed with protesters in Rotterdam, amid a diplomatic row that saw a Turkish minister escorted out of the country.Water cannon and police on horseback were used to disperse about 1,000 people outside…

Bloomberg - The U.S. and Russia have found themselves teaming up for the first time in the war in Syria -- against a country both call an ally: Turkey.In Manbij, a town in northern Syria about 40 kilometers (25 miles) from the…

BBC - A plane believed to be a Syrian military aircraft has crashed near the border between Syria and Turkey, Turkish officials say.A Syrian army source said the air force had lost contact with a fighter jet near the border, state…

A delegation from Turkey’s IHH humanitarian relief organization visited Tripoli’s Al-Hadaba Prison this week to inspect conditions at the facility, Anadolu Agency reported on Friday.An IHH official, who preferred not to divulge his…