Bahrain has released radar footage which it said showed Qatari fighter jets passing by two Emirati commercial airliners on their way to the island nation.

Turkey’s president has denounced US plans to form a 30,000-strong Kurdish-led border security force in Syria, vowing to "drown this army of terror before it is born".

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he is "seriously tired" of waiting for the European Union to decide if it wants his country as a member.

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has faced protests over press freedom and the deteriorating state of human rights in his country as he arrived in Paris for talks with French leader Emmanuel Macron.

Turkey’s president has criticised the United Arab Emirates’ foreign minister, who retweeted a post which accused the Turkish leader’s Ottoman "forefathers" of mistreating Arabs and stealing manuscripts from the holy city of Medina.

Leaders and high-ranking officials of Muslim countries will meet tomorrow in Istanbul for an extraordinary summit to discuss "repercussions" from the US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

The detainment of 100,000 people since the failed coup of July 2016, and constitutional reforms that bolster the president’s powers threaten a fragile democracy says Carl Bildt.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been returned as leader of Turkey's ruling party.

Strongman rulers have recognised the influence their diaspora have, leaving Western nations to deal with a population with split loyalties, writes Leonid Bershidsky

The narrow victory in the referendum will not halt Erdogan’s authoritarian crackdown despite his opponents’ resistance, writes Howard Eissenstat

Turkey’s main opposition party has called on the country’s electoral board to cancel Sunday’s referendum that approved a proposal to grant sweeping powers to the nation’s president.

Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won a historic referendum that will greatly expand the powers of his office, although opposition parties said they would challenge the results.

Diplomatic tensions have been rising in recent days amid Turkish plans for rallies in Germany and the Netherlands.

The leaders of Turkey and Russia have overseen the signing of a deal to build a gas pipeline - a project that was suspended amid tensions between the two countries.

More than a million Turks gathered in Istanbul yesterday for a rally called by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to denounce a failed coup — a show of strength staged in the face of Western criticism of widespread purges and detentions.

Turkey's president has sharply criticised Western countries that expressed concern about possible human rights violations in Turkey's sweeping crackdown after an attempted coup.

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has formally asked his trusted ally, the transport and communications minister Binali Yildirim, to form Turkey's next government.

The Turkish army says it has no plans to stage a coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and has threatened legal action against anyone who suggests otherwise.

Turkey’s president has condemned a car bomb attack in the capital which killed at least 28 people, saying it exceeds all “moral and humane boundaries”.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who wants to expand the powers of his office, has cited Hitler’s Germany as an example of a presidential political system.

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has called for a broad international front against terrorism and accused Turkey of trading oil with the so-called Islamic State group.

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reappointed Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu to form a new government after his party’s victory in the elections on November 1.

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has hailed a big victory for his ruling party in parliamentary elections and demanded the world respect the result.

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called a new election a day after a deadline passed for forming a new government, his office said.

Turkey has wrapped up a crucial parliamentary election that will determine whether the constitution can be rewritten to bolster the powers of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Turkey’s attempt to block access to Twitter appears to have backfired with many tech-savvy users circumventing the ban and suspicions growing that the prime minister was using court orders to