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The Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, says he favours the retrial of hundreds of military officers convicted of plotting to overthrow the government. It comes after his senior adviser ...

“The row over the graft probe gave a golden opportunity to correct a grave injustice in the Turkish system,” says Metin Feyzioğlu, the chairman of Union of Turkish Bars (TBB). ...

"Exchange rate fluctuations in recent days are irrelevant to the real economy as such changes do not cause any deterioration in Turkey’s foreign trade balance" 2013 was a tough year ...

A major reshuffle of Turkey’s most important diplomatic posts has taken effect with two former ambassadors to Japan, Serdar Kılıç and Abdurrahman Bilgiç, being posted as Turkey’s envoys to the ...

Member of Bosnia's Presidency expressed his full support to Turkish PM and expressed solidarity of his party with Turkey's ruling AK Party. Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina ...

The fight for suburbs of Damascus Lyse Doucet, chief international correspondent As 2013 drew to a close, Syrian government forces were assaulting suburbs around the capital Damascus, trying to defeat ...

Deputy PM Babacan also said Turkey would be 48% bigger in 2018 comparing to 2007's figures according to IMF's predictions while USA would grow by 23%, Japan by 9% and ...

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with Fenerbahçeboard member Mahmut Uslu and club icon Rıdvan Dilmen in Istanbul on Jan. 1.  The two-hour meeting at the Prime Minister’s office at Dolmabahçe came ...

Turkey’s support will continue for the Syrian people and Syrian National Coalition, Turkey’s FM says. The desirable outcome will be reached if Syrian National Coalition (SNC) follows a path of ...

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has described the ongoing graft probe as an "assassination attempt hidden in a package of corruption,” during a message to the people broadcast on television on ...