Turkey, with NATO's second-largest army and a Black Sea coastline, is looking to play a key role in Europe's security after Washington's pivot away from the region. Its military, strategically located on the eastern flank of the Atlantic Alliance and south of the Black Sea -- to which it controls access via the Bosphorus -- counts 373,

A bipartisan group of congressmen have taken issue with NATO ally Turkey aligning its foreign policy interests against the U.S. and its Western allies.

Russia peace talks, the top Russian diplomat paid a visit to Turkey less than a week after the Ukrainian president's trip to Ankara.

A US delegation is set to be in Saudi Arabia next week, as confirmed by Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff in an effort to establish an initial ceasefire as well as a framework for a future peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia.

Once turned away from the bloc, the European Union may return to Türkiye for defense needs amid tensions with the U.S. and Russia, years after the

Moscow is ready to negotiate with Ukraine, and with Europe, but the fighting will stop only with a result that suits the Russian side. This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at a press conference following talks with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan.

The two-round presidential elections in Abkhazia, which were won by Badra Gunba, have far-reaching consequences both for Transcaucasia and for the post-Soviet space as a whole. The outcome of the elections also has a positive effect on the situation of Russia.

Turkey's foreign minister will reiterate at Sunday's meeting of European leaders in London an offer from Ankara to host peace talks between Ukraine and Russia, a Turkish diplomatic source said on Saturday.

Turkey has offered to host negotiations “between both parties” to end the war in Ukraine after backing an American push for peace.As the war enters its fourth year, the offer follows talks between the foreign ministers of Russia and Turkey in Ankara on Monday and a new US-led drive to end the conflict that has taken a sharp turn in Moscow’s favour.

ANKARA - Turkey said on Monday it was ready to host possible talks between Ukraine and Russia and would support any initiative leading to peace, following a visit to Ankara by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says diplomats from Russia and the United States will meet in Istanbul on Thursday to discuss the operation of their respective embassies in Moscow and Washingt