Habertürk

Türkiye is nearing an agreement to purchase Eurofighter jets, Defense Minister Yaşar Güler said on Aug. 14, expressing optimism about the negotiations.

"I think we are nearing the end," Güler told private broadcaster HaberTürk during a televised interview.

Türkiye plans to draw on its geographical position and an EU customs deal to entice Chinese investors keen to access European markets tariff-free, as it recently just did with carmaker BYD.

Türkiye plans to draw on its geographical position and an EU customs deal to entice Chinese investors keen to access European markets tariff-free, as it recently just did with carmaker BYD.

Hungary and Italy's demand to "check the proper use of Schengen visas" granted to Turkish citizens following their return to Türkiye has stirred controversy, adding a new layer to the long-standing issue.

Within the scope of preparation for the major earthquake expected in the Marmara region, 500,000 of the 1.5 million risky residences in Istanbul will be rebuilt on-site, and satellite cities of 500,000 residences will be established on both sides of the megacity to relocate the rest, Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Minister Murat Kurum has announced.

The name of a new political party that is in its foundation stage may be named "Center Democrat Party," according to a former Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) lawmaker. 

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu have talked on the phone, diplomatic sources told state-run Anadolu Agency on March 19. 

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will visit Turkey on March 30, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said late on March 16. 

Tillerson's visit will be the highest level talks with a senior official from the new U.S. administration since President Donald Trump took office in January, as Ankara hopes to have better relations with the White House. 

The United States has made a strategic mistake by cooperating with the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Defense Minister Fikri Işık said Jan. 6.

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an defended Turkey?s top cleric Mehmet Görmez over his use of an official car worth 1 million Turkish Liras ($435,000), which he vowed to return after strong criticism from the opposition. Erdo?an said he would not have returned the luxury Mercedes.