Turkey

Trump, Erdogan stress need for Syria, Libya ceasefires: W.House

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US President Donald Trump and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan underlined Tuesday the need…

Turkey virus death toll exceeds 200

ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) -- More than 200 people have died from COVID-19 in Turkey, which has ramped up tests to…

Turkey using drug from China for coronavirus

ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) -- Turkey's health minister said Monday that the country is using a drug sent from China on…

Turkey detains 64 over ‘provocative’ coronavirus posts

ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) -- Turkey has detained 64 people over "provocative and baseless" social media posts about the new coronavirus…

Turkey confirms first coronavirus death

ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) -- Turkey confirmed its first novel coronavirus-related death on Tuesday as the number of cases in the…

Turkey announces first coronavirus case

  ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) -- Turkey announced Wednesday, March 11, its first coronavirus case, a man who had recently travelled…

Earthquake kills nine in Turkey, injures dozens in Iran

by Fulya Ozerkan, with Ahmad Parhizi in Tehran ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) -- A magnitude 5.7 earthquake in northwestern Iran on…

Erdogan urges ‘concrete action’ over Idlib crisis

ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for "concrete action" to prevent a crisis in Syria's last…

Avalanches kill nearly 40 in eastern Turkey

ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) -- At least 33 people were killed in eastern Turkey Wednesday by a second avalanche which buried…

UPDATED: Three dead, scores hurt, in Turkey plane accident

by Gokan GUNES ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) --Three people have died and 179 were injured when a plane skidded off the…

Turkey probes dozens over quake social media posts

ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) -- Turkish prosecutors are investigating dozens of people for "provocative" social media messages about the deadly earthquake…

Hopes fade for those trapped as Turkey quake toll rises

by Gokan GUNES ELAZIG, Turkey (AFP) -- Hopes faded Sunday of finding more survivors from a powerful earthquake in eastern…

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