Ayla Jean Yackley

Ankara, long a backer of opposition groups, sees chance to push back Kurdish militants and force Assad to negotiate

Qatar no longer willing to host Palestinian militant group as Gaza ceasefire talks with Israel remain deadlocked

Preacher depicted by Erdoğan as his principal enemy was never extradited by US

Only one man in Turkey has rivalled Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for laudatory press coverage in recent months: the president’s candidate to reclaim Istanbul from its opposition mayor. Once a relatively low-key urbanisation minister, Murat Kurum has become a star fixture of government-friendly media in the run-up to local elections this Sunday. From parading with pop stars to holding a singalong with elderly nursing home residents, Kurum’s campaign has been followed with breathless enthusiasm. Meanwh…

Turkey has accused Israel of spying on its territory and plotting attacks on Palestinians living there as relations between the two countries worsen over the conflict in Gaza. Turkish intelligence agents and police carried out raids in Istanbul and seven other provinces on Tuesday to thwart “international espionage activities,” said interior minister Ali Yerlikaya. “The Israeli intelligence services intended to commit actions . . . on a tactical basis against foreign nationals residing in our c…

Turkish authorities have detained 20 people with alleged links to the Kurdish militant group that claimed responsibility for Sunday’s suicide bombing of a government building in Ankara. More than two dozen “operations” were carried out in Istanbul and Kırklareli, a city in Turkey’s far north-west, interior minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Monday. The arrests come a day after two suicide bombers attacked Turkey’s interior ministry in a busy part of the capital that is home to many government buil…

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Stockholm has fulfilled commitments made to Ankara at Madrid summit, says premier Ulf Kristersson

The sanctions-driven insurance dispute that had disrupted oil exports from Russia’s Black Sea ports has been resolved, with maritime authorities saying 19 vessels had already passed through the Turkish Straits after providing satisfactory documentation. Tankers had been forced to drop anchor near the Bosphorus and Dardanelles after Turkey demanded new proof of insurance in response to western sanctions on Russian oil. Washington had hoped that a new price cap on Russian crude, which was design…