Seventeen int’l press freedom groups condemn raid on pro-Kurdish daily
Seventeen international press freedom groups have called on Turkish authorities to immediately release 12 printing plant workers and staff arrested on March 28 at...
Turkey’s Erdoğan praises Gabon abductions, vows new operations
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday praised the abduction of three Gülen movement-linked people by Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) from Gabon, saying...
Greek and Turkish hackers trade retaliatory cyberattacks
Brazen cyberattacks are straining relations between Greece and Turkey, two nations with a considerable shared past and history of tense ties, with Greek experts...
Turkish regime blasts French magazine over Erdoğan cover
Turkish presidential advisor İbrahim Kalın slammed French news magazine Le Point on Thursday for its cover branding Turkey's Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as...
Turkey’s Erdoğan talks of ‘crusader-crescent war’ after Austria’s move on mosques
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday criticized Austrian Prime Minister Sebastian Kurz for his government’s decision to shut down seven mosques and expel...
Turkish police detain Italian journalist Bianchi ahead of critical elections
Italian journalist Lorenzo Bianchi was detained by police at Istanbul Atatürk Airport upon his arrival to cover Sunday’s presidential and parliamentary elections, according to...
Turkish gov’t vows to retaliate for Israel’s deterrent measures against Turkish nationals
Israel on Sunday charged a Turkish tourist in detention on Sunday with helping smuggle money and packages to Palestinian militant group Hamas, in a...
EU fears new anti-terror bill could merely replace Turkey’s state of emergency
The European Union on Thursday welcomed the end of a two-year-long state of emergency in Turkey but expressed concern that new legislative proposals may...
Northern Cypriot police summon journalists to testify for criticising Turkey’s Afrin offensive
Şener Levent, the editor-in-chief of a daily based in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (KKTC), and a reporter for the same publication have...
9 die as migrant boat sinks off Turkey’s Aegean coast
Nine people including children died as a boat carrying irregular migrants sank off the coast of Turkey's Aydın province, local officials said on Thursday.
The...
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