Turkey

• 9 People Killed, 26 Others Injured After 'Speeding' Bus Rolls Off Road amid Wet and Foggy Conditions - Authorities said "it seems the bus was speeding" when the fatal crash occurred
• Russian oil exports to China surge in January as India, Turkey cut buying, data shows - MOSCOW, Jan 23 (Reuters) - China is set to ramp up imports of Russian oil in January, absorbing barrels that would have previously gone to India and Turkey, as tougher Western sanctions force Moscow
• Syrian deal with SDF could lead to Turkey-PKK peace, Turkish officials say - After days of fighting, the Syrian government and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) agreed on Sunday to bring Kurdish authorities under the control of Damascus. A deal under which Kurdish forces abandoned long-held territory in
• Turkey sees deal between Syria, Kurdish forces as "historic turning point", sources say - By Ece Toksabay ANKARA, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Turkey sees an integration deal between Syria's government and Kurdish forces there as an "historic turning point", ahead of which the Turkish intelligence
• Turkish police detain 357 suspects in raids against the Islamic State group - Turkish police carried out further large-scale operations against the Islamic State group across Turkey on Tuesday, detaining 357 suspects, the interior minister said. The raids came a day after a deadly clash in the northwestern province
• Turkey and Armenia agree to simplify visa procedures to normalize ties - Turkey and Armenia have agreed to simplify visa procedures as part of efforts to normalize ties, Turkey's Foreign Ministry announced Monday, making it easier for their citizens to travel between the two countries. Relations between Turkey
• Court orders release of prominent Turkish journalist from prison pending appeal - A Turkish court on Monday ordered the release of veteran journalist Fatih Altayli from prison pending the outcome of his appeal against a conviction for allegedly threatening President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Altayli, 63, a longtime columnis
• Libya mourns military chief killed in Turkey plane crash - Hundreds of people on Sunday mourned western Libya’s military chief and four others who were killed in a plane crash in Turkey. The coffins of Gen. Muhammad Ali Ahmad al-Haddad and two others were brought into a stadium in the coastal city
• Fenerbahce president detained in Istanbul drug investigation after positive narcotics test - The president of Fenerbahce, one of Turkey’s leading sports clubs, was taken into custody in Istanbul on Wednesday as part of a widening drug investigation that has ensnared prominent entertainment and media figures, state media reported.
• Search teams probe wreckage after Libyan army chief and 7 others are killed in Turkey plane crash - Search and recovery teams on Wednesday intensified their operations at the site of a plane crash that killed Libya’s military chief and other high-level officers, working to secure the area and locate the aircraft’s flight recorders after a