TEHRAN, August 5, YJC - Turkey seeks to establish a land route via Iran for trade with Qatar which has relied on both countries for sourcing food since a diplomatic crisis broke out with Saudi Arabia.
TEHRAN, August 3, YJC - In a major shift from its previous foreign policy stances, Turkey has pleased China with vowing to crush any form of dissent against Beijing.
TEHRAN, Aug 1, YJC -Qatar says it is reportedly set to hold joint naval exercises with Turkey in the Persian Gulf waters as part of joint efforts to fight terrorism in the region.
TEHRAN, July 31, YJC - Turkey said in the course of a single week it has detained 1,098 people either for their suspected links to terrorist groups or over having affiliation to the US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, who is blamed by Ankara for purported masterminding and orchestrating last year’s failed putsch against the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
TEHRAN, July 29, YJC -Seven Turkish journalists of opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet have been released after nine months in jail as calls increase on authorities to also free four other staffers of the daily who remain behind bars on accusations of abetting terrorism.
TEHRAN, July 27, YJC - The Turkish parliament has dismissed two pro-Kurdish lawmakers from their legislative position over government allegations that their Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) is affiliated with a local militant group.
TEHRAN, July 25, YJC - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has wrapped up a tour of Arab countries involved in a dispute but has failed to help bring the feuding sides closer to one another.
TEHRAN, July 20, YJC - Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has announced a cabinet reshuffle following a meeting with President Receb Tayyip Erdogan. The reshuffle affected five ministers and four deputies. As our correspondent in Turkey Rahshan Saglam reports, many people in Turkey view the changes as useless under the new political system.
TEHRAN, July 17, YJC - The government in Turkey has asked parliament to extend the state of emergency, which was first imposed almost a year ago in the wake of an abortive coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
TEHRAN, July 17, YJC - Dozens of people in Turkey attended a ceremony to mark anniversary of failed coup in the country, carrying images of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
TEHRAN, July 14, YJC - Turkey agreed to shell out $2.5 billion in order to purchase Russia’s most advanced missile defense system S-400, provided that Moscow agrees to transfer the technology as well, an official says.
TEHRAN, July 9, YJC - German defense authorities have finally ordered the start of withdrawal of troops from a base in southern Turkey after the two countries failed to settle disputes on how Berlin could access the base.
TEHRAN, July 6, YJC -The head of a US-backed Kurdish militant group fighting in Syria says a confrontation is likely “within days” between his fighters and the Turkish forces recently deployed to Syria’s Aleppo Province.