ANKARA: (APP) Turkey's ruling party will submit a bill to parliament Saturday expanding President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's powers just months after the July failed coup, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said.The constitutional change, which has been sought by Erdogan since he became president in 2014, ...

ISTANBUL: (APP) President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday warned the European Union that Turkey could extend by at least another three months a state of emergency that has been in place since the failed July coup.In a a speech in Istanbul, Erdogan launched another stinging attack on the EU after ...

BRUSSELS : European Union is all set to shock Turkey as it intends to cancel the Turkish-EU membership talks.Turkey EU on path of mending ties after failed coupThe leaders of the European Parliament's two largest groups called on Tuesday for the European Union to halt membership talks with Turkey ...

ANKARA (AFP) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday accused Western media of sympathising with the failed coup aimed at ousting him from power, as he officially opened a new Ankara-backed English language news channel.Tayyip Erdogan Donald Trump telephonic conversationErdogan said in a ...

ANKARA: (APP) China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi has stressed how his country stepped up to demonstrate "immediate" support to Turkey after the failed July 15 coup bid.Speaking to Anadolu Agency in an exclusive interview on Sunday in Ankara, paying an official visit, Wang said, "China immediately ...

ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has lashed out at Germany over the issue of harbouring the terrorists wanted by Turkey over the failed coup.Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday accused Germany of being one of the world’s worst countries for harboring ...

ISTANBUL: (APP) Turkey will maintain the state of emergency imposed in the wake of July's failed coup for another three months starting from October 19, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said Monday."The state of emergency will be extended for another 90 days starting October 19," Kurtulmus ...

ISTANBUL: (APP) Turkey has dismissed 87 staff from its spy agency over alleged links to the failed July 15 coup, state media said Tuesday, in the first purge of one of the country's most powerful institutions.National Intelligence Organisation (MIT) has suspended 141 personnel in an internal probe ...

ANKARA: (APP) Turkey and the European Union on Friday agreed to douse tensions that had darkened Ankara's prospects for joining the bloc in the wake of the failed July 15 coup.EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn -- making the highest-level EU visit ...

ISLAMABAD: (APP) Pakistan all parties parliamentary delegation, led by Senator Mushahid Hussain, was very warmly received by Speaker of the Turkish Parliament, Ismail Kahraman, at his office in Ankara on Friday.Pakistan all parties delegation is currently visiting Turkey to express solidarity with ...