Turkey’s parliament approves Sweden’s NATO membership, lifting key a hurdle
Hungary’s Orbán, the only NATO ally not to have ratified Sweden’s accession, takes step toward breaking deadlock
Hungary’s Orbán, the only NATO ally not to have ratified Sweden’s accession, takes step toward breaking deadlock
The Turkish government said that 36 militants were killed in Iraq, and nine others in Syria, in the 24 hours following the attack
Sweden’s accession protocol will now need to be approved in the Turkish parliament’s general assembly for the last stage of the legislative process in Turkey
Demonstrators headed to Israeli military checkpoints in the West Bank and gathered in Iraq, Jordan, Egypt, Turkey, Yemen and other countries
The attack occurred as parliament was set to re-open with an address by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
The May 28 second-round vote will determine whether the country remains under the president’s firm grip or can embark on a more democratic course promised by his main rival, Kemal Kilicdaroglu
The results, whether they come within days or after a second round of voting takes place in two weeks, will determine if the country remains under Erdogan’s control or resumes the more democratic path promised by his main rival
Erdogan sat behind a desk surrounded by Cabinet members, aides and political allies to preside at the event marking the delivery of the first fuel to the Russian-built Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant in southern Turkey
The elections will determine whether the country will take a more democratic path or continue on the increasingly authoritarian course set by the strongman politician
International teams are being deployed in the hardest-hit areas of the country but face delays in reaching survivors due to the scale of destruction and fuel shortages
The 7.8 magnitude tremor is the strongest recorded in the region in more than 20 years