TURKEY AND RUSSIA REACH CEASEFIRE PROPOSAL ON SYRIA, TURKEY'S FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS

He said Syria's opposition would never back Assad... READ MORE›

US-BASED CLERIC REJECTS LINKS TO RUSSIAN ENVOY'S KILLING IN TURKEY

Foreign ministry officials and members of parliaments have gathered at the Russian foreign ministry's headquarters for a farewell ceremony... READ MORE›

RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO TURKEY ANDREY KARLOV SHOT DEAD BY POLICE OFFICER IN ANKARA WHO SHOUTED 'ALEPPO, REVENGE'

The Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov speaks a gallery in AnkaraA Credit Turkey Russian Ambassador Nor were there any police inside the Modern Arts Centre... READ MORE›

'TURKEY GAVE NO WARNING' - DOWNED RUSSIAN PILOT

Capt Konstantin Murakhtin told Russian television there was no way the jet could have violated Turkish airspace, as Turkey said it did... READ MORE›

TURKEY 'WILL WORK' TO CALM TENSION OVER DOWNED RUSSIAN JET

On Thursday, Mr Putin insisted it was impossible for Turkey not to have known it was shooting at a Russian plane... READ MORE›

TURKEY SHOOTING DOWN PLANE WAS 'PLANNED PROVOCATION' SAYS RUSSIA

O Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov described Turkey's shoot down of a Russian jet as planned provocation and says Russia will seriously reassess relations with Ankara... READ MORE›

KERRY URGES TURKEY TO MAINTAIN DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES AFTER COUP ATTEMPT

European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini suggested that Turkey's bid for E.U... READ MORE›

TURKEY'S ERDOGAN UNNERVES WEST WITH PUTIN VISIT

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan chooses Russia for his first trip abroad since the failed coup, as the West watches nervously... READ MORE›

TURKEY HITS BACK AFTER SWEDEN ACCUSES IT OF LEGALISING CHILD SEX

A foreign minister should not tell lies and should not adopt an approach accusing Turkey, he said... READ MORE›

LIVE LATEST UPDATES AFTER TURKEY SEES COUP ATTEMPT

Call for restraint and respect for democratic institutions Turkey, she tweeted from a regional summit in Ulan Bator... READ MORE›

AFTER THE BOMBING IN SURUC, IS IT SAFE TO TRAVEL TO TURKEY?

All of Turkey is currently subject to varying levels of Foreign Office travel advice... READ MORE›

RUSSIA STEPS UP HOSTILITY AGAINST TURKEY WITH WAR ROOM BRIEFING

Foreign press and diplomats invited to hear Moscow denounce a??Turkish elitesa?? for stealing 200,000 tonnes of oil a day and channelling funds to Isis... READ MORE›

TURKEY CRACKS DOWN ON FOREIGN FIGHTERS

Syria is in flames, Efkan Ala, Turkey's interior minister, said in an interview... READ MORE›

RUSSIAN TOURISTS RETURN TO TURKEY AS TOURISM STRUGGLES

Return of russian tourists to turkey could not come at better time... READ MORE›

TURKEY ELECTION: OPPOSITION SUPPORTERS ON WHY THEY DIDN'T VOTE FOR THE AKP

The CHP is the only party which wants to implement EU standards in Turkey... READ MORE›

MILITARY ATTACHES, DIPLOMATS FLEE TURKEY'S POST-COUP INQUIRY

The Greek foreign ministry said the two attaches fled before Ankara asked them to return to Turkey, and before officials canceled their diplomatic passports... READ MORE›

TURKEY SCRAMBLES F-16 JETS TO INTERCEPT RUSSIAN WARPLANE VIOLATING AIRSPACE, PUSHING THEM BACK INTO SYRIAN SKIES

Turkey scrambles f-16 jets to intercept russian warplane violating airspace pushing them back into syrian skies... READ MORE›

RUSSIA WILL NOT WAGE WAR ON TURKEY AFTER IT DOWNED RUSSIAN JET

We have questions over the action of Turkey's current leadership, Lavrov told a news conference... READ MORE›

BREXIT LEADER BORIS JOHNSON APPOINTED UK FOREIGN MINISTER

London Former London mayor Boris Johnson was appointed as British foreign minister in a surprise appointment by the country's new Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday... READ MORE›

RUSSIA CLAIMS TURKEY SHOT DOWN JET IN 'DELIBERATELY PLANNED PROVOCATION'

Russia's foreign minister has claimed Turkey's shooting down of one of its jets was a planned provocation and deliberate act ... READ MORE›

TURKEY VOWS TO PROTECT BORDERS AFTER RUSSIAN JET INCURSION

A Foreign Ministry statement said Monday that a Russian warplane entered Turkey's airspace near the town of Yayladagi, in Hatay province on Saturday... READ MORE›

RUSSIA CALLS TURKEY STRIKES ON SYRIA 'ABSOLUTE LAWLESSNESS'

Reuters Ammar Abdullah ' MOSCOW Russia's foreign ministry said on Wednesday Turkish artillery strikes on northern Syria are absolute lawlessness, Russia's RIA state news agency reported... READ MORE›

TURKEY SINKS AIRBUS JET ON PURPOSE TO ATTRACT TOURISTS

The 177 footA plane was submerged about 50 miles south of Izmir inA KuA?adasA?, a resort town... READ MORE›

TURKEY COUP: WORLD LEADERS, ALLIES REACT

The foreign minister of Turkey's neighbor to the east said he was deeply concerned about the crisis in Turkey... READ MORE›

IRAN AND TURKEY PLEDGE GREATER COOPERATION ON SYRIA

Despite their differences, the foreign ministers of Turkey and Iran are pledging greater cooperation on trying to resolve the Syrian crisis - after meeting in Ankara... READ MORE›

GERMANY SAYS EU 'WILL NOT BE BLACKMAILED' AS TURKEY THREATENS TO DITCH REFUGEE DEAL OVER VISA-FREE TRAVEL

Europe will not be blackmailed into granting Turkey visa-free travel by the threat to back out of a deal on refugees, Germany's Vice Chancellor has said... READ MORE›

TURKEY LETTING IN SYRIAN REFUGEES IN 'CONTROLLED FASHION'

Turkey letting in Syrian refugees in 'controlled fashion' foreign minister... READ MORE›

RUSSIA-TURKEY TRADE IN QUESTION AS MOSCOW TO 'RECONSIDER' TIES WITH ANKARA

On Tuesday Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov advised Russians not to visit Turkey, saying the threat of terrorism there is no less than in Egypt... READ MORE›

Marc Pierini, Carnegie Europe I would say that the power in Turkey has been visibly shaken, given that not even foreign observers were expecting it... READ MORE›

OBAMA, BAN URGE COOL HEADS OVER TURKEY DOWNING OF ALLEGED STRAY RUSSIAN FIGHTER; PILOT, RESCUER DEAD

At a White House press conference, both leaders urged Turkey and Russia to avoid any escalation, and concentrate fire on Islamic State... READ MORE›