Israel and Turkey have established quiet backchannel contacts aimed at avoiding friction over Syria, the Kan public broadcaster reports, citing an unnamed defense official. “Israel has no desire to turn Turkey into an enemy,” the source is quoted saying. “ [But] when the messages don’t help, Israel is forced to act.”

Turkey's parliament approved legislation that would introduce a conditional pardon for thousands of Kurdish militants in a bid to advance the government's peace initiative with their insurgent group.

The senator called for NATO to step in and said Turkey ‘needs to act like a real ally’ after Ankara called for Interpol to issue an international arrest warrant for Netanyahu

Greece rejected renewed Turkish claims over the Aegean, saying its sovereignty is clearly established by international treaties.

After more than two years of ordering on Israel's enemies across the Middle East, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, facing a tough re-election fight, is zeroing in on another perceived villain -- Turkey.

A set of carefully etched obsidian arrowheads stick out among other similar artifacts, but archaeologists in central Turkey have still amassed dozens of them over the last 40 years. Following excavation work at a site in Anatolia known as Tepecik-Çiftlik,

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Sunday that Turkey's EU accession is no longer a priority, though the country is not shutting the door on becoming a member of the bloc. "The European

NATO was created to provide clarity in moments of crisis. It now faces a question its founders never anticipated.