Paris Olympics have introduced the world to many remarkable athletes, but none have captured the public’s imagination quite like Yusuf Dikec, the 51-year-old Turkish air pistol shooter who defied convention to secure a silver medal in the 10-meter air pistol mixed team event.

Turkey's top diplomat ruled out any role for French troops in Syria Friday, saying Washington was its only interlocutor as US officials sought to head off Turkish military action against Kurdish fighters.

PARIS - Talks are taking place on whether U.S. and French troops could secure a border zone in northern Syria as part of efforts to defuse conflict between Turkey and Western-backed Kurdish Syrian forces,

A rightist ally of President Erdogan, Devlet Bahceli of Turkey’s Nationalist Movement Party, this week openly questioned Greece’s sovereignty over the islands of the southeastern Aegean. In so doing Mr. Bahceli challenges the provisions of international laws and agreements such as the 1923 Lausanne Treaty.

and we'll work very hard to make sure that that doesn't happen," Blinken told reporters in Paris. Turkey has threatened an offensive against the Syrian Democratic Forces to eliminate PKK militants.

and we'll work very hard to make sure that that doesn't happen," Blinken told reporters in Paris. Turkey on Tuesday threatened a military operation against Kurdish forces in Syria unless they ...

and we’ll work very hard to make sure that that doesn’t happen,” Blinken told reporters in Paris. Turkey on Tuesday threatened a military operation against Kurdish forces in Syria unless ...