COMMENTARY — Carl Bildt’s love affair with Turkey’s dictator
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The fallout from the damaging revelations made by former national security adviser Michael Flynn as part of an investigation by Special Counsel...
CHP chair Kılıçdaroğlu gives Turkey’s Erdoğan a deadline to expose facts on Zarrab
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said he would give Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan until Tuesday to...
Turkish gov’t detains an interpreter of US troops in Turkey over alleged links to...
An another Turkish citizen who used to work for American official entities in Turkey was detained over his alleged links to the Gülen movement...
Turkey’s AKP slams US trial: New York court ‘Zionist,’ Zarrab a ‘CIA agent’
As Turkish-Iranian gold trader Reza Zarrab revealed his tactics and accomplices in the Turkish government in violating US sanctions on Iran in a New...
Erdoğan proposed swapping Turkish asylum seekers for jailed Germans
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in September proposed to Berlin a swap of some Turks who took refuge in Germany for German citizens...
Cornered Erdoğan to US: You can’t convict Turkey with virtual courts
As Turkish-Iranian gold trader Reza Zarrab revealed his tactics and accomplices in the Turkish government in violating US sanctions on Iran in a New...
Flynn admits to making false statements regarding work performed for Turkey
Former National Security Advisor to the Trump administration Michael Flynn has admitted to making false statements in a Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) filing...
Turkish gov’t confiscates assets of Zarrab, close relatives amid his confessions in US
Turkish government has decided to seize all assets of Reza Zarrab and his close relatives over spying charges as part of the ongoing probe launched by...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrant for former CIA official Fuller
The İstanbul Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued a detention warrant for former CIA official Graham Fuller as part of an investigation into a failed...
People flock to social media for Zarrab’s trial as Turkish media opts auto censorship
Allegations of wrongdoing by Turkey’s political and financial leaders have transfixed the country this week, but with some newspapers focusing instead on courtroom conspiracies...
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