Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan has probably never held more global sway: he will host the first direct Russia-Ukraine peace talks in three years on Thursday, days after his country's militant nemesis,

The Kurdish insurgent group PKK in Turkey says it will lay down its arms and disband after a decades-long fight that killed tens of thousands.

Turkey and Azerbaijan had openly supported Pakistan after India launched air strikes under Operation Sindoor on nine terror sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

Turkey's finance minister said the country's economic transformation was on track and that the country was prepared to deal with slower growth.

A Turkey-based copper wire manufacturer will invest $34 million in a 91,000-square-foot facility in South Carolina. It is expected to create 135 new jobs.

New weather maps show Europe bright red as the mercury is predicted to soar to a sweltering 36C - just in time for schools half term.

Baidu Inc. is planning to test and eventually launch autonomous ride-hailing service Apollo Go in Europe and Turkey, joining a growing number of Chinese self-driving technology companies in embarking on a global expansion.