The Latest Breaking News from Turkey

Greece and Turkey could come to blows ahead of elections in both countries next year, say experts on both sides.

Turkey's main opposition party has applied to the top court to annul an article added to the penal code that sets jailtime for spreading "disinformation" as part of a new media law, a party official said on Tuesday. Kemal Kilicdaroglu, leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP), had earlier promised…

Turkish troops deployed on Tuesday in an area in northwestern Syria to try to halt fighting between rival rebel factions opposed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, witnesses and rebel forces said.

Mikaeil Alizadeh decided to move to Turkey from Iran in 2015 after receiving threats for being gender-fluid and fearing she would be jailed for being a dancer. Now she believes the anti-government protests will lead to the end of Tehran's "cruelty."

The leaders of Turkey and Russia are continuing to deepen relations as Moscow intensifies its war against Ukraine. Their frequent meetings and close ties fuel concerns among Turkey's Western allies that Ankara is circumventing sanctions against Russia.

Turkey's main opposition CHP party is applying to the Constitutional Court on Tuesday to suspend implementation of a key article of a media law approved in parliament last week, CHP leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu said.

The three countries that helped Moscow to maintain crude exports in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine appear to be stepping back into the market for Russian barrels, with Turkey taking a lead role in the latest buying.

Two Spanish tourists were killed and three were injured on Tuesday when the hot air balloon they were travelling in made a hard landing in Turkey's Cappadocia, the local governor's office said.

Naomi Smith, 26, is fundraising to pay for gastric bypass surgery in Turkey and hopes that shedding the pounds will help make her a better mum to her one-year-old son Jack Maver.