Unlike most European countries, Turkey does not merely oppose Russia through diplomacy or arms shipments to Ukraine—it actively challenges Russian influence across multiple fronts where Western ...

Erdogan prophesied in April that the war in Ukraine would show the EU Turkey’s value. Third, Russia’s quest for new diplomatic platforms may reinforce its broader turn to—and help enhance ...

Various countries are making efforts to mediate between Russia and Ukraine, most notably Turkey and Israel, which are generally seen as having less fraught ties to both countries than Germany and ...

Updated May 16, 2025 at 15:02 PM ET. KYIV and MOSCOW — Delegations from Russia and Ukraine met for direct talks in Istanbul on Friday — a day later than planned and amid lowered expectations ...

Putin faces an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant for war crimes over accusations that Russia deported Ukrainian children to Russia. But Turkey, like Russia and the U.S., is not a ...

Turkey had previously invited Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Ukraine’s Dmytro Kuleba to meet at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, a high-level conference on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast.

As Asean approaches a more uncertain and multipolar world order, the time has come for the bloc to reconsider and recalibrate ...

In 2014, Turkey condemned the annexation of Crimea but did not join Western sanctions against Russia. Turkey’s economic and strategic dependence on Russia since 2014 has only increased.

Diplomats from Ukraine and Russia are meeting in Istanbul today for another round of negotiations. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan opened the talks by calling for an immediate cease-fire ...

WASHINGTON — When Russia and Ukraine reached an agreement on Friday to unblock Ukrainian grain exports, Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, played the role of benevolent statesman ...

Turkey's diplomacy and control of the straits connecting the Black Sea to world markets put it at the centre of an agreement between Russia, Ukraine and the United Nations on safe passage of ...