Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu

Fourteen leading international press freedom and freedom of expression organizations have condemned the detention of executives and journalists of Turkish daily Cumhuriyet, describing it as an "extraordinary attack on press freedom."

Turkey's foreign minister is renewing a threat to scrap an agreement with the European Union to stem the migrant flow if Brussels doesn't grant Turks visa-free entry, saying that Ankara won't wait until the end of the year.

Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said he wishes to visit the spouse of a deceased Russian pilot who was killed after Turkish warplanes shot down a Russian aircraft on Nov. 24, 2015, over an alleged airspace violation.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, who is known for his love of golf, has challenged U.S. President Barack Obama to a round in the Mediterranean province of Antalya. 

Stating that many world leaders had played golf in Antalya's Belek, a resort town famous for not only its beaches but also its golf courses, Çavuşoğlu said Obama had not been able to play golf yet in Belek. 

As Turkey maintains pressure on Balkan countries to clamp down on so-called Gulenists - followers of the US-based cleirc Fethullah Gulen accused of masterminding the failed Turkish coup attempt on July 15,  experts in Albania say the country must put its own interests ahead of those of Ankara.

Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu slammed Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's remarks about an alleged "invasion," a day after Turkish tanks were deployed to Turkey's southeastern border with Iraq.

For our international readers and viewers, here is the snapshot of what Cumhuriyet Newspaper means. It is the holy grail of Turkey's journalism. It is the "école supérieure" of newspaper making.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu spoke on the phone with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry over the latter's decision to remove the families of U.S. consulate personnel in Istanbul due to security reasons.  

Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault had a short and mildly toned discussion on the "state of emergency," known as OHAL in Turkey.

Turkey will sweep the Democratic Party Union (PYD) from Manbij, a key Syrian city close to the Turkish border that has been liberated from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has vowed.