COMMENTARY — Turkey’s Erdoğan trades in influence at the Council of Europe
By Abdullah Bozkurt
It was certainly not surprising to see that Turkey, led by the corrupt government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was mentioned in...
Germany discusses ‘the long arm of Turkey’s Erdoğan’ in the country
A debate over a meeting between Turkish-German football players Mesut Özil and İlkay Gündoğan and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is continuing in Germany.
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PACE: State of emergency negatively impacting electoral environment in Turkey
State of emergency (OHAL) conditions are negatively impacting the electoral environment ahead of Turkey's critical parliamentary and presidential elections on June 24, said a...
OSCE expresses concerns over June 24 elections in Turkey in interim report
An interim report of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) cites a number of concerns regarding the democratic process ahead of...
EP’s Piri on June 24 elections: Turkey drifting away from Europe
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NATO air commander: Turkey’s plan to buy Russian S-400 missiles a risk for NATO
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Ukrainian prosecutor’s office: No extradition request for Turkish journalist Erdogdu
Ten days after a list of extraditions appeared in the local media, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office stated that they had not received a...
Newspaper removes op-ed claiming Turkey asked US to halt Halkbank probes in exchange for...
The pro-government Hürriyet daily on Saturday removed from its website a column claiming that two separate investigations targeting Turkey’s Halkbank are being conducted in...
Trump administration condemns Turkey’s tariffs on US imports
The White House on Wednesday condemned Turkey’s doubling of tariffs on US imports in response to Washington’s moves on imports from Turkey.
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Turkish educator Akçay in Mongolia applies to UN for urgent action against imminent abduction...
Turkish educator Veysel Akçay, the general director of schools affiliated with the Gülen movement in Mongolia, who was abducted by the agents of Turkey’s...
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