Turkish-German politician Özdemir, a vocal critic of Turkey’s Erdoğan, given police protection
Turkish-German politician Cem Özdemir, a vocal critic of the Turkish government and its autocratic leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was reportedly given a police bodyguard...
Sarajevo reverses decision to honour Turkish novelist Pamuk
A council in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s capital Sarajevo this week reversed a decision to make Turkish Nobel literature laureate Orhan Pamuk an honorary citizen,...
Speculated ‘dirty deal’ for journalist Yücel’s release gives its first fruit, Turkey’s Erdoğan to...
A speculated "dirty deal" between the Turkish government and the German administration over the surprise release of Turkish-German journalist Deniz Yücel has given its...
Two Turkish soldiers killed, one injured in military operations
Two Turkish soldiers were killed and one was wounded on Saturday during operations in Turkey and northwestern Syria, according to the Turkish military.
In a...
EP’s Harms visited Turkish educator Çabuk in Georgian prison and his family in Tbilisi
Rebecca Harms, a member of the European Parliament and co-president of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly visited Mustafa Emre Çabuk, a Turkish school administrator who was...
Syrian Kurdish groups claim Turkish army hit village in Afrin with suspected gas
A Syrian Kurdish group and a pro-Kurdish monitoring group have claimed that the Turkish military carried out a suspected gas attack that wounded six...
Int’l press, human rights bodies slam Turkish court’s ruling of aggravated life sentences for...
International press and human rights organisations have slammed a decision rendered by a Turkish court on Friday of aggravated life imprisonment for prominent journalists...
Turkish family still missing after capsized boat incident on Turkish-Greek border
Three members of Turkish family has gone missing after their boat capsized in the Evros/Meriç/Maritsa River, an incident that has already resulted in confirmed...
Fethullah Gülen calls on int’l community to pressure Turkish gov’t over rights violations
Turkish-Muslim scholar Fethullah Gülen has made a call to the international community, asking them to warn Turkish authorities to take the necessary measures to...
Turkish and US top diplomats agree to normalise bilateral ties during meeting in Ankara
The United States and Turkey have reportedly agreed on Friday to try to rescue a strategic relationship that Washington acknowledged had reached a crisis...
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