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EU-backed electricity link to Cyprus stalls amid regional tensions

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Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan seal defence pact

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met in Mecca Friday to formalise a joint agreement. The landmark pact aims to strengthen regional security ties following escalations from the US-Iran conflict.

Turkey

Hundreds evacuated as fires sweep Turkey's western and southern coasts

Active fires in Antalya's Kaş district and Muğla province forced evacuations and highway closures as extreme heat fanned blazes across six provinces.

Turkey

Iraq wants to supply 1m oil barrels a day to Turkey amid Hormuz crisis

Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Zeydi visited Ankara for his first talks with Erdoğan since taking office, offering to supply Turkey with 1 million barrels of oil per day as Ankara seeks to reduce its dependence on disrupted Gulf routes.

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Marmaris: sailing gulets, ancient ruins and Türkiye's pine honey capital

In partnership with GoTürkiye

Most visitors come to Marmaris for the sea, but it's the pine forest above it that shapes much of what makes this stretch of Türkiye's coast distinct.

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Syria

Once a textile powerhouse, Syria is betting on an industrial comeback

Syria once produced garments that reached Arab and European markets, but the civil war dismantled the industry over the years. With sanctions lifted and investors beginning to return, Aleppo's first major trade fair in years is testing whether that world can be rebuilt.

Travel News

Go on an €88,000 Odyssey-themed tour across Türkiye and Italy

Priced at €88,000 per person, travellers will sail on a private yacht around islands featured in the Homeric epic and visit historic sites like the ancient city of Troy.

Travel News

This new Cappadocia hotel has views of fairy chimneys and valleys

The new Fortuna of Cappadocia, Autograph Collection hotel offers travellers a heritage-inspired retreat among the Turkish region’s famed sweeping valleys and rock formations.

Europe News

5.0 magnitude earthquake hits eastern Turkey

"There are currently no reports of any adverse circumstances," and an "on-site assessment" is ongoing, Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority said.

Europe Today

Cypriot minister defends EU-Cyprus special representative appointment

Cyprus says the EU’s appointment of Raffaele Fitto as special representative for the divided Mediterranean territory will support reunification efforts, but Turkish Cypriot leadership has blasted the move as biased and putting strain on efforts to improve EU-Turkey relations.

Europe News

US Congress battles over allowing Turkey access to F-35 aircraft

While the White House has signalled a desire to work more closely with Ankara, some members of Congress have raised concerns about plans to allow Turkey to rejoin the fighter jet programme.

Turkey

Was Erdoğan's gun gift a faux pas or an old-school diplomatic tradition?

When NATO leaders opened their gift boxes from the Turkish president and found a .357 Magnum revolver, some panicked and others laughed. But gifting heads of state lavish, personalised firearms is a tradition as old as Samuel Colt — and as recent as a Czech pistol presented to Trump in 2019.

Europe News

How NATO leaders reacted to Erdoğan's elaborate firearm gift

Set in a wooden display box, the gift came with a sign reading: "Gümüşay, the first revolver-type handgun produced in our country”.

Europe News

Von der Leyen to donate gun gifted by Erdoğan to military museum

Personalised pistols given out by the Turkish president at this week's NATO summit appear to be gifts that keep on giving.

Europe News

Trump tempers fury to end two-day NATO summit on high note

European leaders showcased their surging defence spending at the summit as they looked to convince Trump they're making good on a pledge to ramp up budgets and take more responsibility for their own security.

Europe News

Sánchez says US-Spain ties positive after Trump threat to cut trade

Clashes with Trump and Israel have made Sánchez, one of the few remaining openly leftist voices in a Europe increasingly dominated by right-wing politics, a hero to many progressives around the world.

Europe News

Reset on the menu? Von der Leyen, Erdoğan dinner prompts questions

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will have to chew over much more than just hors d'oeuvres Wednesday evening at a working dinner with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Observers expect her to weigh papering over disputes from both sides with the country's geostrategic value.