Turkey’s state-run news agency harasses Turkish rights activist in the US over Times Square...
Three employees of Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency (AA) harassed the president of US-based advocacy organization Advocates of Silenced Turkey (AST) on Sunday after...
US Senate defense bill would bar Turkey from buying F-35 jets due to row...
A US Senate committee passed its version of a $716 billion defense policy bill on Thursday, including a measure to prevent Turkey from purchasing...
Greek commission approves Turkish soldier’s request for asylum
The Greek Asylum Commission on Tuesday approved the petition of a second Turkish military officer suspected of involvement in a controversial coup attempt in...
Erdoğan to discuss ex-minister’s case in US with Trump during UN meeting
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Friday night that he would meet with his US counterpart, Donald Trump, on Sept. 21 on...
Turkey’s captured MİT officials says killings of 3 Kurdish women in Paris approved by...
Two top Turkish intelligence officials who were captured by the PKK have reportedly revealed that the killings of three Kurdish women in Paris planned by...
Turkish Embassy in Indonesia spied on critics of Erdoğan
The Turkish diplomatic mission in Indonesia engaged in a campaign of intelligence gathering and collected information on the activities of critics of Turkish President...
EU reacts to scandal of Turks’ abduction in Kosovo: Arrests were arbitrary, against EU...
The European Union has reacted to the abduction last Thursday of six Turkish nationals by the Turkish government in Kosovo over their alleged links...
Turkish gov’s goes on silencing critical people, censoring media, targeting peace defending
Turkish government's fight against free speech and peace defenders has continued full gear as new detentions come over social media content criticising Turkish military...
Managing editor of defunct Nokta newsweekly detained as trying to flee Turkey
Journalist Murat Çapan, the former managing editor of now-defunct Nokta newsweekly, who was sentenced by a Turkish court to more than 22 years in jail...
US blacklists Turkish company over violating sanctions on North Korea
The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Thursday designated a company in Turkey, SIA Falcon International Group, for...
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