ANKARA, Turkey, March 27 (UPI) -- Searchers found the wreckage of a helicopter carrying the leader of Turkey's Grand Union Party in a remote mountain region Friday.

MERSIN, Turkey, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Russia will likely play an integral part in the construction of Turkey's first nuclear energy power plant, a Turkish government official said.

HAKKARI, Turkey, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Six 13- and 14-year-olds should face 23-year prison sentences for allegedly taking part in violent demonstrations in Turkey, a prosecutor says.

SANLIURFA, Turkey, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- A pipeline explosion caused by pressure problems left a large oil slick along the Turkey-Iraq border, Turkish officials say.

ANKARA, Turkey, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Turkish officials said they are concerned about oil and gas supplies from Russia as commercial agreements and winter gas demands threaten imports.

BAGHDAD, July 1 (UPI) -- Turkey plans to open an industrial zone in the southern port city of Basra and broker a free-trade agreement with Iraq, officials said Tuesday.

ANKARA, Turkey, July 1 (UPI) -- U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Ross Wilson denied media claims U.S. covert operation agencies worked with a Kurdish separatist group.

South Korea secures Kurdish oil exploration rights; Canada's Talisman Energy signed Kurdish oil and gas deals; Kurdish energy deals stoke diplomatic dispute; Royal Dutch Shell eyeing Iraqi pipeline projects

BAGHDAD, June 26 (UPI) -- Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih said Thursday Baghdad greeted warmly a decision by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to visit Iraq in July.