The Irish Times

Nato accession: Turkey in talks with Finns and Swedes over ‘outrageous’ PKK stance

Erdogan has said it is not yet possible for Turkey to back Finnish and Swedish entry to alliance

Sat May 14 2022 - 15:29

Erdogan to visit Saudi Arabia in bid to mend ties

Countries have been at odds since murder of Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul in 2018

Wed Apr 27 2022 - 20:57

Turkish opposition vows to overturn Gezi protesters’ jail sentences

Philanthropist Osman Kavala jailed for life without parole over 2013 demonstrations

Tue Apr 26 2022 - 08:42

Ukrainian rail and fuel facilities bombed as Russia warns US over arms deliveries

‘Russia is failing’ in war aims, says US secretary of state after meeting in Kyiv

Mon Apr 25 2022 - 06:50

Roman Abramovich attends Ukraine-Russia peace talks

Day after reports oligarch was poisoned at earlier meeting he makes surprise Istanbul appearance

Tue Mar 29 2022 - 13:18

Kremlin says US stoking tension as 2,000 troops to fly to Europe

Turkish president visits Kyiv and offers to mediate in Russia-Ukraine conflict

Thu Feb 03 2022 - 21:11

Turkish president raises hopes of improved bilateral ties with Israel

Israeli prime minister thanks Erdogan for his role in releasing Israeli couple

Thu Nov 18 2021 - 19:10

Greece erects border wall to deter Afghan asylum seekers

Hi-tech surveillance system installed along 40km fence on border with Turkey

Sat Aug 21 2021 - 06:52

UN-brokered Cyprus talks fail to find ‘common ground’

Informal meeting of divided island’s leaders aimed at resuming reunification efforts

Fri Apr 30 2021 - 11:06

Joe Biden expected to recognise massacre of Armenians as genocide

Move on anniversary of killing of estimated 1.5m civilians indicative of strained Turkey relations

Thu Apr 22 2021 - 11:02

Seating in meeting with Von der Leyen met EU demands, Turkey says

Turkey subject to ‘unjust accusations’ after European Commission head left without seat

Thu Apr 08 2021 - 10:55

Turkey condemns Charlie Hebdo cartoon mocking Erdogan

Ankara accuses publication of sowing ‘seeds of hatred’ amid tensions over teacher’s killing

Wed Oct 28 2020 - 15:14

France stokes Turkey tensions by sending military craft to Mediterranean

France demands Nato ally stops ‘unilateral’ oil and gas exploration in disputed waters

Thu Aug 13 2020 - 13:58

Erdogan orders Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia to be converted into mosque

Decision by Turkey’s president risks anger from Christian communities around the world

Fri Jul 10 2020 - 18:52

EU refuses to fork out further cash for Turkey migration deal

Brussels condemns Ankara use of migrants for ‘political purposes’ at Greek-Turkish border

Fri Mar 06 2020 - 20:16

Turkey and Russia announce ceasefire in Idlib

Erdogan and Putin reach agreement on Syria after six hours of talks in Moscow

Thu Mar 05 2020 - 18:18

Greek and Turkish police fire tear gas as migrant border crisis deepens

Greece rejects as ‘fake news’ a claim by Turkey that its forces shot migrant dead

Wed Mar 04 2020 - 17:29

Syria: Pro-Assad forces batter Idlib and spark fears of fresh crisis

Wave of airstrikes force 700,000 civilians to flee towards Turkish border

Fri Jan 31 2020 - 16:36

Erdogan seeks one-year mandate to send Turkish troops to Libya

Proposal leaves decision on limit, extent and timing of any deployment to president

Mon Dec 30 2019 - 18:24

Fraught Nato summit ends with Trump-Trudeau rancour

US president calls Canadian PM ‘two-faced’ after overheard conversation

Wed Dec 04 2019 - 21:03

Donald Trump invites Macron to take back ‘nice Isis fighters’

French president urges US counterpart to ‘be serious’ in testy exchanges in front of the media

Tue Dec 03 2019 - 17:50

Erdogan calls Macron ‘brain dead’ over Nato comments

Official at Macron’s Elysée palace says remarks by the Turkish president ‘are not statements, these are insults’

Fri Nov 29 2019 - 20:41

Erdogan strikes deal with Putin on Syrian operation

Russian and Syrian forces to deploy in northeast Syria to remove Kurdish militia

Tue Oct 22 2019 - 20:40

Kurds and Turkey blame each other over continued fighting on Syrian border

Kurds appeal to US vice president Mike Pence to enforce deal

Sat Oct 19 2019 - 13:58

Turkey plans presence across northeast Syria, Erdogan says

Kurds accuse Ankara of violating five-day ceasefire as shelling heard near Ras al Ain

Fri Oct 18 2019 - 19:49

Turkey pauses Syrian offensive to let Kurdish forces withdraw

Truce hailed by Donald Trump and cast as complete victory by Turkish leaders

Thu Oct 17 2019 - 20:13

Trump says Syria withdrawal ‘strategically brilliant’ as US representatives condemn move

US president said to have called Nancy Pelosi ‘third-rate politician’ at stormy meeting”

Thu Oct 17 2019 - 01:00

Erdogan says he won’t be threatened over Syrian incursion

Turkish president calls US charges against state-owned bank ‘ugly’ in combative speech

Wed Oct 16 2019 - 18:02

Russia calls Turkey’s invasion of north Syria ‘unacceptable’

Strongest words yet from Assad-supporting Moscow heaps pressure on Ankara

Tue Oct 15 2019 - 16:42

Trump imposes sanctions on Turkish officials over Syria incursion

US president calls on Erdogan’s forces to halt offensive as Pence to try to mediate

Tue Oct 15 2019 - 00:18

Hundreds of Isis supporters flee camp amid Turkish offensive in northern Syria

Dundalk woman Lisa Smith may have been in Ain Eissa camp

Sun Oct 13 2019 - 13:46

Turkey hits Kurdish targets in Syria for third day as thousands flee

Camp of 4,000 displaced Syrians evacuated, Kurds say, as Trump hints at sanctions

Fri Oct 11 2019 - 19:53

Tens of thousands flee as Turkey presses Syria offensive

Erdogan threatens to send millions of refugees to Europe in combative speech

Thu Oct 10 2019 - 20:39

Kurdish man in Ireland: ‘My dad is 85. Last night, until 1am, he was packing his luggage’

Ahmad Bekkî says his two brothers have already left Kobanî

Thu Oct 10 2019 - 11:12