Ankara News

Israel Beiteinu will "staunchly oppose" the creation of "an interim Palestinian state," Foreign Minister and party leader Avigdor Lieberman said Sunday amid rumors that the government was pushing for an interim agreement. "The issue has not been discussed in any...

Turkey on Friday scrapped a 2008 bid won by a Russian-led consortium to build and operate the country's first nuclear power plant...A consortium led by Atomstroyexport, Russia's state nuclear giant, had been the only bidder in the bid to build...

He is known for being a poet and a skilled political operator, but despite having just clinched the prized post of becoming the EU's first President, Herman van Rompuy has remained silent on his ambitions for Europe. Having devoted his...

Washington backs Turkish efforts to control Kurdish guerrillas as part of a broader counter-terrorism effort, the U.S...FBI Director Robert Mueller met with top Turkish security officials during an official visit to Ankara to discuss counter-terrorism efforts in the region.

Lawmakers in the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq could consider an amnesty offer for Kurdish rebels in its provinces, a former Kurdish premier said. Ankara is considering a series of political and cultural considerations for Kurds in an effort to...

Turkey transferred five prisoners to the detention facility on Imrali Island housing Abdullah Ocalan , leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party. Justice officials have worked on plans to transfer more prisoners to the Imrali facility following the conclusion that Ocalan...

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday rejected accusations that the phones of top judicial officials had been illegally tapped, insisting the surveillance had been cleared by the courts. Turkey�s chief prosecutor has launched a preliminary examination on whether the...

Central Standard Time Germany�s Ambassador based in Ankara, Eckart *censored*z responds to the question of whether Turkey�s foreign policy is changing its axis. �Turkey is an important regional power...Turkey�s EU accession process has even resulted in further strengthening Europe....

Turkey-Israel are two country which has good relationsip for over dozen years or since Ottoman empire fall. Both country has intelligence, firearm trade and army exercise for dozen years. Recently, the relation of both country become sour after Israel invasion...

Queen of Turkish cinema Türkan Şoray has been given an award at the opening ceremony of the festival in Germany. Following the ceremony, Tolga Örnek's movie "The Revolution Cars" has been screened at the festival. As part of the festival...