Turkish President Abdullah Gul said neighbouring Syria has reached a dead end and change is inevitable, but everything must be done to prevent the country from descending into civil war.
November 22, 2011 2:12
Turkey is weighing new transport routes to the Middle East that will bypass Syria where increasing violence has caused a 10 percent drop in Turkish exports to Damascus over the past six weeks, Turkey's Economy Minister said on Thursday.
November 17, 2011 4:08
European Union candidate Turkey needs to change its attitude to media freedom and laws under which more than 50 Turkish journalists languish in Turkish jails, the head of the Council of Europe human rights body said on Tuesday.
November 16, 2011 12:53
Turkey hopes talks it is hosting between the presidents of Pakistan and Afghanistan in Istanbul on Tuesday will reduce their deep mutual mistrust and begin a new period of cooperation between the two neighbours.
November 1, 2011 11:28
Lebanon's Bank Audi said it had won approval to open a subsidiary deposit bank in Turkey with share capital of $300 million.
October 29, 2011 3:05
KIPCO eyeing financial services buy in Turkey; Co expects to get regulatory approval for dinar bond in November; GDR plans shelved; may consider LSE listing or ADR
October 27, 2011 11:41
Abraaj Capital, the Middle East's largest private equity firm, expects to complete the sale of its stake in Turkish hospital group Acibadem by the end of 2011, its chief executive said on Monday.
October 25, 2011 6:15
Focus of acquisitions in Middle East; Broadband growth in double digit next year
October 24, 2011 6:39
Quake was magnitude 7.2, says Turkish observatory; Up to 1,000 may have been killed; Prime Minister Erdogan to visit affected region; Dozens of buildings collapse in Ercis district
October 23, 2011 5:28
Noor Islamic Bank (Noor) has been mandated to arrange and lead manage more than $1.4 billion Islamic finance capital market deals in Turkey in the last 18 months, making it the most active UAE bank in the republic.
October 23, 2011 2:28
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hit near Van in southeastern Turkey on Sunday near the border with Iran, Turkey's Kandilli Observatory and Research Institute said, and media reported some buildings had collapsed.
October 23, 2011 2:12
Cold-shouldered by the European Union it wants to join, NATO member Turkey is turning east politically and economically for the respect it feels it lacks in the West.
October 13, 2011 10:50
Turkey will impose its own sanctions on Syria despite the U.N. Security Council's failure to adopt a resolution that would have hinted at future international measures against Damascus, Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday.
October 5, 2011 12:58
Turkey threatened on Friday to retaliate against Syria for its decision to impose a sweeping import ban, in a further sign of fraying ties between the two neighbours over Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's bloody crackdown on protesters.
October 1, 2011 12:40
Cyprus said its plans to explore for gas were non-negotiable, accusing its rival Turkey on Friday of stirring up controversy over Mediterranean hydrocarbon reserves as a pretext for "expansionist designs" on the island.
October 1, 2011 12:32