UN warns of ‘dire humanitarian consequences’ in Afrin under Turkish military attack

United Nations representatives in Syria on Tuesday called for a stop to all conflicts throughout the country, especially the recent Turkish military campaign in...

German intelligence agency considers investigating Turkey’s DİTİB for illegal activities

Germany’s domestic security agency has turned its attention to the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DİTİB), one of Germany’s largest pro-Erdoğan Islamist organizations, after...

Improvised explosive kills 3 Turkish soldiers, injures 3 in Syria’s Afrin

Three Turkish soldiers were killed and three others were wounded by an explosion on Thursday during a search operation in the Afrin province of...

Banker, jailed unlawfully, faces health troubles in Turkish prison

A bank manager who had been working for Turkey’s one-time largest Islamic lender Bank Asya risks deaths over serious complications of his health in...

Switzerland probes Turkish diplomats’ plot to kidnap pro-Gülen businessman

Switzerland is investigating whether Turkish diplomats planned to drug and kidnap a Swiss-Turkish businessman who is an alleged member of the Gülen movement, as...

Erdoğan’s censorship now targeting media outlets in Europe: report

Bold Medya, a YouTube channel run by the German-based International Journalists Association eV (IJA), was shut down due to efforts exerted by the government...

Journalist Gültaşlı highlights double standards of int’l press and rights bodies for jailed Turkish...

Ahead of the second anniversary of the seizure of the Zaman Media Group by a government led by autocratic Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,...

Turkish Consulate in the Netherlands seized Turks’ passports over alleged Gülen links

The Turkish consulate in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, has confiscated the Turkish passports of a number of Dutch-Turkish people who are allegedly affiliated with the Gülen...

Turkey’s Erdoğan threatens US forces in Syria with ‘Ottoman slap’

"The US’s decision to give more financial support to Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) will affect Turkey’s decisions,” said Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...

Reports: Saudi journalist Khashoggi decapitated in Turkey after fingers cut off

Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was decapitated on Oct. 2 inside Saudi Arabia's consulate in İstanbul after torture during which his fingers were cut off,...

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