Ethiopia-Somaliland deal receives wide condemnations, including from Egypt, Turkey

Several countries in the region condemned a recent deal giving Ethiopia access to Somaliland’s coast.

Somalia

Ahead of Blinken's trip, Turkey's patience is wearing thin on F-16s sale

Ahead of the US top diplomat’s visit, Ankara has signaled that its patience over its bid to purchase new F-16 fighter jets from the United States is wearing thin.

Turkey

Erdogan rivals call Turkey 'banana republic' as high court rulings ignored

Turkish officials’ dismissal of courts has also resulted in the threat of targeted sanctions against them by the Council of Europe.

Turkey

Turkey’s year-end inflation soars to almost 65%

Newly announced minimum wage hikes and upcoming pay raises for public servants, workers and pensioners bode a resurgence of price spikes across the board.

Turkey

Turkey’s exports to Saudi Arabia, UAE and Russia shoot up in 2023: Erdogan

The Turkish president also said the country’s total export revenues reached an all-time high.

Turkey

Turkey to block UK minesweeper ships intended for Ukraine

Turkey appears determined to strictly adhere to a treaty under which Ankara also closed off its straits to Russian warships.

Turkey

Turkey detains 33 people accused of spying for Israel’s Mossad

Authorities are still searching for an additional 13 people suspected of links to the Israeli spy agency as tensions between Turkey and Israel have been rising amid the Israel-Hamas war.

Turkey

Analysis

Can Turkey's Erdogan godfather Palestinian Hamas-Fatah reconciliation?

Uniting the Palestinians is a complicated task that will prove a challenge to the Turkish president's influence.

By Fehim Tastekin

In Paris, reporting on Turkish politics

What canceling of 'Crimson Buds' TV series says about Turkey's religious split

Turkey’s television series and films, once heralded as Turkey’s top exports and a symbol of its soft power abroad, have become a political battlefield at home throughout 2023.

Turkey

Turkey’s Super Cup in Saudi Arabia canceled over reported Ataturk row

The competing Turkish teams refused to take the pitch after Saudi authorities banned posters and banners of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of secularist modern Turkey.

Turkey

Interview

Syrian Kurdish commander tells Washington not to sell F-16s to Turkey

In an exclusive interview with Al-Monitor, SDF commander-in-chief Mazlum Kobane called on the United States to shore up flagging Kurdish faith in Washington and block any new F-16 sales to Turkey.

Mazlum Kobane

SDF commander in chief

Turkey says it foiled ISIS attack on Istanbul synagogues, churches

Turkey's interior minister said that 29 people have been detained over suspected links to the Islamic State, thwarting attacks on Jewish and Christian places of worship in Istanbul.

Turkey