Ukrainian leader Mr Zelensky told reporters in Kyiv that he will be in Ankara on Thursday to conduct negotiations.

After the decision by the Kurdish militant group PKK to disband, Turkey was eyeing Wednesday a raft of legal and technical measures to ensure its full implementation and finally end a four-decade insurgency.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that he will be waiting for Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Turkish capital this week to conduct face-to-face talks about the more than 3-year war

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan has probably never held more global sway: he will host the first direct Russia-Ukraine peace talks in three years on Thursday, days after his country's militant nemesis,

The Agni V missile, which is capable of reaching speeds of up to 29,400 km/hour, can strike any part of Turkey, even its capital Ankara, within a matter of minutes.

The PKK has "waged an insurgency against the Turkish state since 1984", said Politico. Originally, it aimed to create an independent state for Kurds, an ethnic group of about 40 million people spread over Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria. Such independence was promised by the allied powers after the First World War, but never granted.

"Udaipur is Asia's biggest exporter of marbles. All members of the committee had unanimously agreed to stop trade with Turkiye because of its support to Pakistan... 70 per cent of the marble imported to India comes from Turkiye…," Kapil Surana, president of Udaipur marble processors committee, was quoted as saying by ANI.

During the four-day conflict earlier this month, Pakistan deployed around 400-plus Turkish drones against India. This military support has exposed a sharp strategic pivot by Ankara towards Islamabad.

A purported letter from Türkiye's tourism department urging Indian tourists to maintain travel plans has ignited social media backlash. Indians are accusing Türkiye of supporting Pakistan amid ongoing tensions,