Iraq’s former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi believes that the Iraqi parliament is incapable of playing its regulatory and legislative roles. In an exclusive interview with Anadolu Agency, Allawi said recent graft accusations against the parliament speaker and withdrawal of confidence from the...

Turkey's European Union Affairs Minister Omer Celik said on Saturday his meeting with the bloc's 28 foreign ministers had resulted in a "very strong consensus" that they should work more closely after ties soured over a failed coup in Ankara. Celik, speaking via translation, expressed...

Turkey and China signed three agreements covering nuclear security, energy and agricultural health certification Saturday during Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit ahead of the G20 summit in the coastal Chinese city of Hangzhou. Erdogan and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping held...

Eight members of Turkey's security forces and 11 militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) were killed in clashes overnight in southeast Turkey, security sources said Saturday. The fighting, in Van province near the border with Iran, followed a day of violence across the...