EP Turkey rapporteur says he can’t forget post-mortem photos of Kabakçıoğlu, who was found...
Nacho Sánchez Amor, an MEP from the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) and EP standing rapporteur on the annual report on Turkey,...
CHP’s İmamoğlu acquitted of charges of insulting AKP district mayor
İstanbul’s popular mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, has been acquitted of charges of insulting a district mayor in the city from the ruling Justice and Development Party...
Turkish nationals rank second among asylum seekers in Germany
Turks have been the second largest group seeking asylum in Germany since the beginning of the year, Deutsche Welle Turkish service reported on Thursday,...
PACE president recalls importance of dialogue during visit to Turkey
Rik Daems, president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), recalled the importance of dialogue to overcome challenges during a visit...
Turkish bank executive Atilla denies links with Zarrab in first interrogation in US court
Lawyers of Mehmet Hakan Atilla, the deputy general manager at Turkish state-owned Halkbank, who is on trial in a New York court case that...
AKP deputy says PACE rejected suggestion for exhibit on Turkey’s failed coup
Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Adana deputy and head of the Turkish delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe...
Exiled Turkish journalist Uslu ‘sworn at,’ ‘threatened with death’ in US
Emre Uslu, an exiled Turkish journalist living in in the United States, tweeted on Sunday that he was sworn at and threatened with death...
Turkey’s Erdoğan claims US has no respect for the law
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday continued targeting the United States over the conviction in a New York court of Turkish banker...
Assessing Afrin operation, Erdoğan’s ultra-nationalist ally Bahçeli shows to Turks ‘domination over world’ as...
Devlet Bahçeli, the leader of ultra-nationalist Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and close ally of Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has showed to Turks...
Turkish drone strike in northern Iraq kills one: official
One man has been killed in a drone strike in northern Iraq, Turkish Minute reported, citing Agence France-Presse and a local official in the...
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