Turkey

Ankara-Athens talks resumed after 5 years

TEHRAN, Jan. 26 (MNA) – After five years of tension that grew between the two neighboring countries, Turkey and Greece have held their first direct talk.
2021-01-26 11:15
Majid Hosseini snubs Anderlecht offer: report

TEHRAN, Jan. 23 (MNA) – Iranian footballer Majid Hosseini has reportedly rejected an offer from Belgium's Anderlecht football club.
2021-01-23 18:45
Iran FM to embark on Eurasian tour

TEHRAN, Jan. 23 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh announced the Foreign Minister's visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Russian Federation, Armenia, Georgia and Turkey on Monday.
2021-01-23 12:11
Zarif to visit Moscow, Caucasus next week

TEHRAN, Jan. 20 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif announced that he is scheduled to travel to Baku, Moscow, Yerevan, and Tbilisi next week.
2021-01-20 15:21
Iranian, Turkish FMs hold phone talk on bilateral ties

TEHRAN, Jan. 20 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Cavusoglu held a telephone conversation on Tue. to discuss the bilateral ties.
2021-01-20 00:15
Russian vessels sinks off Turkey’s coast

TEHRAN, Jan. 17 (MNA) – A Russian freight ship has sunk off the coast of Turkey’s Black Sea province of Bartin, the local governor said on Sunday.
2021-01-17 14:51
Ankara, Moscow agree on 2nd S-400 system purchase

TEHRAN, Jan. 11 (MNA) – Turkish Defense Industry President Demir's S-400 statement announced on Monday that his country has an agreement to purchase the second S400 system from Russia.
2021-01-11 22:00
Erdogan’s media office quits WhatsApp over privacy change

TEHRAN, Jan. 11 (MNA) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s media office says it is quitting WhatsApp after the messaging app’s move to oblige many of its users to agree to a controversial new privacy policy.
2021-01-11 12:18
Turkey building new base in Iraq's Duhok

TEHRAN, Jan. 10 (MNA) – An Iraqi security source announced that Turkish forces in the Iraqi Kurdistan region were building a new military base near Duhok province.
2021-01-10 14:53
Drone strikes oil facility near Syrian-Turkish border: report

TEHRAN, Jan. 10 (MNA) – Syrian activists reported on Sunday that an oil facility on the border with Turkey was targeted by an unidentified drone.
2021-01-10 10:44
Shelling attack pushes Syrian power station out of service

TEHRAN, Jan. 06 (MNA) – Tal Tamir power station northwest of Hasaka has gone out of service after an alleged attack of Turkish forces against the station.
2021-01-06 21:17
Russian base targeted in NE Syria: report

TEHRAN, Jan. 06 (MNA) – Syrian Kurdish sources claim that a Russian base near the Syria-Turkey border in Al-Hasakah countryside has been targeted.
2021-01-06 12:22
Iran, Russia & Turkey cooperating to push US aside

TEHRAN, Jan. 04 (MNA) – A Zionist newspaper wrote in a report that Iran, Turkey, and Russia are cooperating with one another against the influence and presence of the US in the region.
2021-01-04 17:11
Armenia to import 2,250 goods from Iran instead of Turkey

TEHRAN, Jan. 02 (MNA) – An official from the Iranian Trade Promotion Organization announced that Armenia has announced that it is to replace 2,250 Turkish products with Iranian goods.
2021-01-02 20:22
Armenia suspends import of Turkish goods

TEHRAN, Jan. 01 (MNA) – Yerevan government suspended the import of Turkish –made goods to Armenia for six months in response to Turkish military support for the Republic of Azerbaijan.
2021-01-01 22:23
Iranian company exports 1st cargo of MEG to Istnbul by train

TEHRAN, Dec. 31 (MNA) – The first export consignment of mono ethylene glycol (MEG) produced by Shazand Petrochemical Co. was exported from Iran's Arak to Istanbul by train on Wednesday.
2020-12-31 01:00
Turkey, US to set up working group on S-400: Cavusoglu

TEHRAN, Dec. 30 (MNA) – Turkey and the United States have created a joint working group in connection with Ankara's purchase of Russian S-400 air defence systems, and the countries are already engaged in technical negotiations, Turkish FM said.
2020-12-30 15:15
Turkey launches major operations in Northern Syria

TEHRAN, Dec. 29 (MNA) – The Turkish military has launched a series of artillery attacks and airstrikes against the Ain Issa town in Raqqa Governorate, northern Syria.
2020-12-29 17:18
Iraqi Defense Minister visits Turkey for security talks

TEHRAN, Dec. 27 (MNA) – Sources reported that the Iraqi Minister of Defense is on a visit to Turkey to hold security talks with Turkish officials.
2020-12-27 19:27
5.3-Richter quake jolts eastern Turkey

TEHRAN, Dec. 27 (MNA) – According to the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), an earthquake of magnitude 5.3 struck eastern Turkey on Sunday.
2020-12-27 10:52
Iran, Turkey stress need to expand joint police coop.

TEHRAN, Dec. 26 (MNA) – Iran's head of International Affairs of Police and Director General of Interpol Brigadier General Hadi Shirzad held talks with Head of Turkish National Police's Interpol Lutfi Cicek on the expansion of police cooperation.
2020-12-26 12:59
Tehran, Ankara set to boost technological interactions

TEHRAN, Dec. 23 (MNA) – Intl. Science and Technology Interaction Center of Iran's Vice-Presidency for Science and Technology is to host the Iran-Turkey online business meeting in a bid to increase mutual technological interactions.
2020-12-23 03:16
Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul train to launch in 2021

TEHRAN, Dec. 22 (MNA) – The Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul (ITI) freight train is expected to resume operations in early 2021 to boost Pakistan’s trade with Turkey and Iran.
2020-12-22 09:36
Ex-US defense chief urges Biden to Punish Germany, Turkey

TEHRAN, Dec. 21 (MNA) – A former US defense secretary has urged US President-elect Joe Biden to take "punitive" action against NATO allies over trade with Russia and use economic power against China.
2020-12-21 10:03
Turkish aircraft bomb 8 villages in Iraqi Kurdistan

TEHRAN, Dec. 19 (MNA) – According to reports, Turkish military aircraft have targeted eight villages in the Iraqi Kurdistan region with bombs on Saturday morning.
2020-12-19 15:43
Five terrorists killed in ammo. depot blast in northern Syria

TEHRAN, Dec. 19 (MNA) – An ammunition and arms depot exploded in the Ahrar al-Sham terrorist group’s camp in Northern Syria.
2020-12-19 12:15
8 COVID-19 patients killed in hospital fire in south Turkey

TEHRAN, Dec. 19 (MNA) – At least eight patients were killed on Saturday when an oxygen machine caused fire in a private hospital in the southeastern Gaziantep province, Turkey, the hospital confirmed.
2020-12-19 10:54
Turkey seeking to extend its military presence in Afghanistan

TEHRAN, Dec. 16 (MNA) – Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on the Turkish parliament to extend the country’s military presence in Afghanistan for 18 more months.
2020-12-16 16:13
Zarif strongly condemns US sanctions against Turkey

TEHRAN, Dec. 15 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has strongly condemned the US’ sanctions imposed on Turkey’s defense sector.
2020-12-15 09:36
Turkey appoints new envoy to Israeli regime: report

TEHRAN, Dec. 14 (MNA) – Turkey has appointed a new ambassador to Tel Aviv for the first time in over two years, appointing someone who is not a career diplomat to the post.
2020-12-14 12:33