Turkey’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has released a written statement in response to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece, which has declared Turkey’s seismic research in the Mediterranean “illegal.”

The Energy Minister has said that the search activities in Mediterranean and Black Sea will continue nonstop for achieving Turkey's "energy independence."

Following the spike in the dollar, Erdoğan performed the Friday prayer at Hagia Sophia and then addressed the people in front of the museum-turned-mosque.

The two countries have begun joint drills following the clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

The demarcated area is located on Turkey's continental shelf, as reported to the UN, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said.

Several popular holiday destinations in Turkey are now exempted from Germany's travel warning list.

The Habur-Ibrahim Khalil border crossings reopened in May after being shut down at the start of March.

An oil firm has reportedly signed a deal with the SDF for oil extraction and improvement of oil fields in eastern and northeastern Syria.

"The Turks stayed in Libya for 300 years and the Libyans saw nothing but evil," the LNA leader has remarked.

Former United Kingdom (UK) Ambassador to Turkey Richard Moore has been named as the new chief of MI6, the UK’s Secret Intelligence Service (SIS). Moore is known to be a keen fan of Beşiktaş football club in Turkey.

Actresses, artists and singers from around the world have joined the social media campaign that started after Pınar Gültekin was murdered by a man. Women post their black-and-white pictures, attaching the note, "Challenge accepted."

"We are ready to discuss all issues; the Aegean, continental shelf, islands, airspace, research and screening efforts, and Eastern Mediterranean along with other bilateral matters with Greece without any precondition," the presidential spokesperson has said.

During a joint press conference with his counterpart from Spain, Minister Çavuşoğlu said that the conversion of the monument into a mosque was Turkey's internal matter.

Foreign Minister Çavuşoğlu said only a political solution would work in Libya, Erdoğan discussed the recent developments in the country with Merkel.

Germany, France and Italy have warned "foreign actors" against interfering with the war in Libya as the Turkey-backed forces prepare for an offensive into the key city of Sirte.

"Our Turkish partners explained that everything will be preserved in the best possible way, and everyone will be able to visit Hagia Sophia. Moreover, I will tell you, there were quite expensive tickets to Hagia Sophia," Peskov has said.

Having already spent over a year behind bars in Turkey, Die Welt's former İstanbul correspondent has been handed a prison sentence for "terrorist propaganda."

Turkey will continue to stand with Azerbaijan, four parties have said in a joint statement.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has argued that TurkStream and Nord Stream 2 pipeline projects are “not commercial projects, but Kremlin’s key tools to exploit and expand European dependence on Russian energy supplies.”

"Had Borell said, 'It would be better if it remained a museum,' I would respect that but we reject the word 'condemnation'," Foreign Minister Çavuşoğlu has said.