Two wildfires ravaged northwestern Turkey overnight on Wednesday (July 16), burning down forest land and damaging some residential areas.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is tearing his country's democracy apart, and getting bolder by the day.

Courtesy of Mr Trump and his associates, Turkey’s relations with America, having plumbed new depths over much of the past decade, are undergoing a remarkable reboot. The American president’s attempts to impose a peace deal on Ukraine,

Oil prices retreated on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump's lengthy 50-day deadline for Russia to end the Ukraine war and avoid sanctions eased immediate supply concerns. Brent crude futures were down 32 cents,

Lucy and Vitaly answer all that, and consider the delicate diplomatic balance Turkey is attempting to strike during this conflict, alongside the BBC’s Ukraine correspondent James Waterhouse. Today’s episode is presented by Lucy Hockings and Vitaly Shevchenko.

Authorities said the chatbot generated responses insulting the strongman president, modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk and religious values.

President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey has not given up on acquiring F-35 fighter jets from the United States and has conveyed its desire to rejoin the programme from which it was removed over its purchase of Russian defence systems.