Jury finds Turkey’s Atilla guilty on 5 counts in US sanctions evasion scheme
The jury in the trial of Mehmet Hakan Atilla, an executive of Turkey’s Halkbank charged with participating in a scheme to evade US sanctions...
KCK claims killings of 3 Kurdish women in Paris planned by Turkish intel service...
The outlawed Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK), an umbrella organization that encompasses the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), has claimed that Sabahattin Asal, a high...
About 200 Turkish people detained as trying to flee to Greece in Muğla in...
Turkish government detained 198 people in Muğla province and neighbouring districts over their alleged links to the Gülen movement as they were trying to...
COMMENTARY — Turkey is levying taxes on UN aid funds destined for the needy
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Although the Turkish government brags about how it has spent $30 billion on refugees, which many believe to be an inflated figure,...
US judge denies second mistrial request in Atilla trial on Iran sanctions case
A New York federal judge has denied a second request for a mistrial in the proceedings against Mehmet Hakan Atilla, an executive of Turkey’s...
CHP’s Aksünger: US to fine Turkey $10 bln over Atilla case
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Deputy Chairman Erdal Aksünger on Tuesday said the US will fine Turkey $10 billion over the case...
Turkish FM says judiciary told to speed up indictment of German journalist Yücel
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Monday that the Turkish government was encouraging the judiciary to speed up an indictment against German journalist...
Turkish border troops detain 3 people as they try to flee to Greece from...
Turkish border troops have detained 3 people who were attempting to flee to Greece from the persecution of Turkish government in northwestern Edirne province on...
Greece grants asylum to Turkish military officer allegedly involved in coup attempt
Greek authorities accepted Saturday the asylum request of one of the eight Turkish military officers who were allegedly involved in a controversial coup attempt...
RSF: Jailed Turkish journalists soon to be stigmatised by obligatory uniform
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has made a statement on Thursday and stated that is has appalled by a new Turkish decree under which detainees accused...
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