Turkey

In December, the Trump administration slapped sanctions on Turkey for buying the S-400 missile system, a move typically not seen among NATO allies.

President Joe Biden and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan have known each other for years, but their meeting Monday will be their first as heads of state

A squirrel rescued by a jeweler guards the cash register in his store in Diyarbakir, Turkey.

The battered currency fell as low as 8.88 to the dollar, a 4% drop, later recouping some losses to trade at around 8.59 as markets closed in Istanbul.  Investors have expressed concerned about what they see as the Turkish central bank’s lack of independence from Erdogan, who has said that interest rates are “the devil.” With inflation having been stuck…

“Investors have grown accustomed to headlines of central bank governors fired in the night,” one analyst told CNBC.

Biden should rethink “do-no-harm” policy as Middle East countries work through differences

Residents fear the economic impact of the lockdown on a population already battered by high inflation, rising unemployment and a dramatically weakened currency.

Turkey’s foreign ministry has summoned the U_S_ ambassador in Ankara to protest the U_S_ decision to mark the deportation and killing of Armenians during the Ottoman Empire as “genocide.”

Armenian Americans celebrated the news Saturday that President Joe Biden formally declared as genocide the systematic killing and deportation of hundreds of thousands of their ancestors by Ottoman Empire forces in the early 1900s

Investors worry the dovish signal from Turkey’s central bank risks more volatility for the country’s currency.

A stray cat was filmed walking into a veterinary clinic in Turkey with her ill kittens in tow.

Cellphone footage shows the moment a building demolition in Izmir, Turkey, went horribly wrong, crashing into the apartment building next door.

Turkey’s inflation is at 15%, youth unemployment is at 25% and the dollar is up more than 10% on the lira since the central bank chief’s firing. 

Calling Saudi Arabia a “great ally,” President Donald Trump declined to stand behind the CIA’s claim that Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, was responsible for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

A paws-itively devoted dog has spent days waiting outside a hospital in northern Turkey where her sick owner was receiving treatment

A dog in Turkey followed an ambulance which was taking his owner to the hospital and sat outside for days waiting for his owner to be released.

Turkey’s health minister says nine people have been killed in a fire at an intensive care unit treating COVID-19 patients

Beth Somers from Butterball Turkey discusses how the company’s Turkey Talk Line helps you get your holiday meal over the finish line with experts ready to answer your questions.

Follow these tips to ensure your holiday turkey is both safe and delicious.

The death toll in last week’s Aegean Sea earthquake has risen to 116 as rescuers in the Turkish city of Izmir completed their searches of the final collapsed buildings