Turkey

A total of 2,712 historical artifacts were returned to Turkey, to the land where they belong, between 2011 and 2021, according to data given by a senior official.

Turkey violated Greek air space 29 times

Russian tourists will head to diverse holiday destinations in Turkey this year, said the head of a hotel association on April 8.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on April 8 met Kuwait's Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmed Nasser al-Sabah.

The meeting at the presidential complex was closed to the press.

In a separate meeting, Turkey's Parliament Speaker Mustafa Şentop also met al-Sabah and a delegation accompanying him.

Turkey on April 5 detained 10 retired admirals after 104 of them signed a letter over remarks made by Parliament Speaker Mustafa Şentop on the Montreux Convention. 

Sami Kohen, a 93-year-old active journalist known as a flagship of international news coverage in Turkey, has told the milestone of his 80-year-long professional life in the latest interview with daily Hürriyet.

Born in 1928 in Istanbul as a son of Albert Kohen, Kohen's first piece was published in a newspaper when he was only 13.

Turkey's health minister announced on April 3 weekly coronavirus infection rates across 81 provinces.

Sharing data between March 27 and April 2 on Twitter, Fahrettin Koca wrote: "It is in our hands to turn the situation in our favor."

The defense chiefs of Turkey and the U.S. held a phone call on April 1, discussing regional security and bilateral defense cooperation.

Turkish National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin exchanged views and underlined the significance of strategic relations during the talk, according to Turkey's National Defense Ministry.

Posting in Turkish, Hungary's ambassador in Ankara has received significant attention on social media, becoming the most-followed foreign dignitary in the country.

The EU foreign policy chief on March 30 called for the building of bridges between the bloc and Turkey.

"The EU has a strategic interest in the development of a cooperative and mutually beneficial relationship with Turkey," Josep Borrell wrote on his blog dedicated to EU foreign policy.