Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday he had no immediate plans to expel illegal Armenian workers after his threat to do so sparked a barrage of criticism at home and abroad. Erdogan however urged Western countries to stop branding the massacres of Armenians under the Ottoman Empire as "genocide," slamming such moves as attempts to "tarnish" Turkey's ...

Turkish President Abdullah Gul has won this year's prestigious Chatham House prize for improving international relations, the British foreign policy think-tank announced Friday. Gul was named for his work in deepening Turkey's traditional ties with the Middle East, his efforts to mediate between fractious groups in Iraq and for bringing together the Afghan and Pakistan leaderships during 2009 ...

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's prime minister said on Friday his party would hold talks with the opposition next week on proposed changes to the constitution, which secularists see as a direct challenge by the Islamic-leaning government. The ruling AK Party has said it will seek to win parliamentary approval for the changes -- a requirement for Turkey's European Union membership ...

Authorities have indicted 33 people in an alleged secularist plot to destabilize Turkey and overthrow the government. The 33 are accused of planning assassinations of prominent members of Turkey's Christian and Jewish minorities and other sensational attacks to foment chaos and bring down the Islamic-oriented government ...