The Latest Breaking News from Turkey

Ukraine will summon Turkey's ambassador to seek clarification, its foreign ministry said on Thursday, a day after a Russian-flagged cargo ship suspected of carrying stolen Ukrainian grain left a Turkish port.

It comes after over 50 MPs fled like rats from a sinking ship this week.

Dr Salem Abdan, Idlib's Health Director, said that if Russia carries out their threat of cutting aid coming into Syria from Turkey then millions of civilians will starve and die

Ukraine's foreign ministry said on Thursday a Russian ship carrying Ukrainian grain had been allowed to leave the Turkish port of Karasu, calling it an "unacceptable situation and summoning Turkey's ambassador.

One distressed passenger, who has not been named, said that the flight had already been delayed by over four hours before they were told that they would not be departing Turkey as planned.

‘Everyone was stressed out. It was absolutely crazy,’ says irate customer

One traveller said he thought the pilot was 'joking' when he announced the flight would not be taking off as the crew "needed to rest" before flying back to Manchester

According to a study by exchange expert Saxo, the Turkish lira now worth more than double against the pound compared to this time last year

A Russian-flagged cargo ship, the Zhibek Zholy, which was suspected of carrying stolen Ukrainian grain, left the Turkish northwest port of Karasu late on Wednesday, Refinitiv ship tracking data showed. On Sunday, Ukraine's ambassador to Turkey said Turkish authorities had detained the ship.

As the UN Security Council prepares to vote Thursday on humanitarian aid deliveries to opposition-held northwest Syria from Turkey, Russia agreed to continue such deliveries but only for six months — not a year, as many UN Security Council members, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and more than 30 nongovernmental groups want.…

“Nobody could believe it. Everyone thought it was a joke"