A 5.5 earthquake has hit central Turkey and sent frightened residents into the streets, but Turkey's disaster response agency says no damage has been reported.

Turkey is talking to both Washington and Tehran in a bid to end the Middle East war, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Thursday as the conflict raged for a 13th day. "We have been experiencing the most intense moments of the war in the last few days,

The deployment of Turkish F-16s to disputed Northern Cyprus might have run afoul of US export restrictions that govern how its fighter jets can be used.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that the war in Iran must be stopped before the whole Middle East region is "thrown into the fire", adding that

Ankara said NATO defenses intercepted a ballistic missile fired from Iran that was heading toward Turkish airspace, as Turkish officials called for restraint amid rising regional tensions.

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Under relentless Israeli-US attack, Iran has bombarded US assets in the Gulf, but so far has not touched Turkey which would be a "high-cost strategic gamble" that could go disastrously wrong, analysts said.

Turkey has long been seen as a bridge between Europe and the Middle East — geographically as well as diplomatically. As tensions rose between Washington and Tehran, Ankara had first attempted to mediate,

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey and Greece can solve their Aegean and eastern Mediterranean disputes through good faith and dialogue.

Turkey deployed a large fleet of warships in Northern Cyprus and deployed six F-16 fighter jets and air defense systems in Northern Cyprus.