A 5.5 earthquake has hit central Turkey and sent frightened residents into the streets, but Turkey's disaster response agency says no damage has been reported.

America’s war with Iran has given him more scope. Turkey has opposed the war from the start. It threatens to disrupt trade and set off yet another humanitarian crisis at its doorstep. Surging energy prices make it harder for the country’s central bank to bring down inflation, now at 31.5%.

By Ali Kucukgocmen BERGAMA, Turkey, March 13 (Reuters) - Archaeologists in Turkey have discovered traces of human excrement in a 1,900-year-old glass vial used to hold perfumes or elixirs, which they believe is the first physical evidence that the Romans used faeces medicinally.

Istanbul's jailed mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, argued with the presiding judge on Monday in a chaotic start to a sweeping corruption trial that

Despite nearly two weeks of war and heavy airstrikes across Iran, many Iranians crossing into Turkey suggest the regime’s deadly crackdown on recent protests, not the bombardment, is the trauma they cannot shake.

Air raid sirens sounded at Incirlik Air Base, where NATO dispatched a Patriot missile defense team this week, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported.

By Tuvan Gumrukcu and Ece Toksabay ANKARA, March 13 (Reuters) - NATO air defences in the eastern Mediterranean have shot down a third ballistic missile that was fired from Iran towards Turkey, the Turkish Defence Ministry said on Friday,

Washington may see the Kurds as a useful tool for confronting the Iranian regime, but such a strategy could create new tensions elsewhere in the region.

Israeli war on Iran is starting to weigh on Turkey's economy, as inflation continues to exceed expectations and Ankara faces both an outflow of foreign investors and a widening current account deficit.