Social media users in India took Turkey to cleaners over its request to Indians to not cancel trips to the country.

Zelenskyy told reporters in Kyiv he will be in Ankara on Thursday to conduct the negotiations. He plans to meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the two will wait for Putin to arrive, he said. Zelenskyy said if Putin chooses Istanbul to hold the meeting, then both leaders will travel there.

A top official says Turkey is closely monitoring any attempts to undermine its peace initiative with the PKK following the militant Kurdish group’s announcement that it is ending its decades-long armed conflict with the Turkish state.

A military coup in Turkey forces much of the PKK to flee to neighboring countries such as Syria and Lebanon, where the fighters train in the Bekaa Valley. Ocalan leaves a year earlier, in 1979. The PKK carries out its first armed attack against Turkish security posts, marking the start of its armed insurgency.

From marble yards in Udaipur to fruit markets in Pune, Indian traders and consumers are turning away from Turkish goods, saying business must not override national interest.

Turkey’s president and Iraq’s prime minister reaffirmed their commitment to cooperate against security threats, including against Kurdish militants based on Iraqi territory

KYIV: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he will be waiting for Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Ankara on Thursday (May 15) for talks. Putin hasn't yet said whether he will be at

Putin had initially called for direct talks in Turkey's second city "without pre-conditions", before Zelensky announced that he would go in person and expected the Russian president to travel as well. The US is also expected to send a high-level delegation.