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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said he is willing for Turkey to host peace talks between Ukraine and Russia, a move Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk called a “historic breakthrough” during a recent meeting in Ankara.

Ukraine’s president reiterated that Kyiv must be involved in any peace talks.

Turkey has detained nine people, including the owner of the hotel where a deadly fire at a ski resort in western Turkey claimed 76 lives and injured dozens, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said early Wednesday.

Flames engulfed the hotel near the city of Bolu in the early hours of Tuesday.

Turkish soldiers have completed the construction of a temporary bridge over a river in southern Poland after the original structure was destroyed during devastating floods in September.

Russia said on Monday it had downed nine Ukrainian drones that tried to attack part of the infrastructure of the TurkStream gas pipeline, through which Russian gas flows to Turkey and Europe.

Top diplomats from the United States, Turkey, the European Union and Arab nations have agreed that a new government in Syria should respect minority rights, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Saturday following talks in Jordan and direct contacts with the rebels who ousted president Bashar al-Assad.

Russia is importing butter from the United Arab Emirates and Turkey, in a move aimed at containing soaring prices that have alarmed consumers.

Turkey has blocked access to instant messaging platform Discord in line with a court decision after the company refused to share information demanded by Ankara, Turkish authorities said on Wednesday.

Poland’s parliament speaker, Szymon Hołownia, has said that Turkey is ready to help Poland deal with the aftermath of severe flooding that has devastated the southwest of the country.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said that the return of Crimea to Ukraine is “a requirement of international law”.

Chinese electric car manufacturer wants to export 75,000 electric cars annually from its factory in Turkey to the EU market, the Polish Economic Institute (PIE) has reported.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said that his country is ready to build a naval base in northern Cyprus if deemed necessary.

A Greek border guard has been shot in the stomach while patrolling Greece’s northern border with Turkey.

Poland’s President Andrzej Duda has approved the extension of Polish military contingents’ deployments in Turkey, Iraq, and Latvia thereby demonstrating Poland’s commitment to international security and defense alliances.

The foreign ministers of Poland, Romania, and Turkey harmonize on the need to invest in the security of NATO’s eastern flank, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski has said.

Friday proved to be a momentous day for Polish volleyball enthusiasts as the women’s national team clinched a hard-fought victory against Turkey, securing their place in the Nations League semifinals.

The Euro 2024 Group F clash between Turkey and Georgia on Tuesday evening was a high-octane all-action affair, not only on the pitch, as riots took place outside the Dortmund stadium and at a fan zone in Gorzów Wielkopolski, western Poland.

Nicola Zalewski's late goal let Poland secure a 2-1 win against Turkey in the last pre-EURO 2024 friendly game in Warsaw, but a couple of key players sustained injuries just six days ahead of the match against the Netherlands.

Turkey is relabeling Russian oil and exporting it to the EU, earning Moscow €3 billion by exploiting a sanctions loophole, Politico reported.