Kyrgyz intel agency seized video recordings from café where İnandı was last seen, lawyer...
The Kyrgyzstan State Committee for National Security (GKNB) seized video recordings from a cafe where Orhan İnandı, who is allegedly being held against his...
Ankara to reject UK plan for Afghan refugee center in Turkey
The Turkish government will reject a UK plan to establish an asylum processing center for Afghan refugees in Turkey, the foreign ministry said in...
DW: NATO allies clash as Turkey attacks US-backed Kurds in Syria
Germany's Deutsche Welle (DW) wrote on Tuesday that Turkish military offensive against US-allied militias in the Afrin region of northern Syria is putting NATO...
UN report documents Turkish military’s targeting of civilians in Afrin
The Turkish air force may have failed to take all feasible precautions prior to launching certain attacks, leading to the death of civilians during...
Elder brother of man who lost his wife in Athens last week detained in...
Mehmet Ali Uludağ, whose wife died Athens last week as he was waiting in Germany to reunite with his family, who had to flee...
Senior AKP member: Turkey’s Gezi Park protests completely planned by Germany
Burhan Kuzu, a member of the ruling Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) Central Decision and Executive Board (MKYK) and an AKP İstanbul deputy, has...
Dutch minister says 20 Dutch-Turkish citizens not allowed to leave Turkey
Lilianne Ploumen, minister of foreign trade and development cooperation in the Netherlands, has said around 20 people who have both Dutch and Turkish citizenship...
NBA star Enes Kanter’s father detained in Turkey over alleged Gülen links
Turkish police on Friday detained Prof. Dr. Mehmet Kanter, father of NBA Oklahoma City Thunder player Enes Kanter, who the government seeks to arrest...
Turkish delegation attempts to censor speech at MEF-NATO PA event
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Turkish members of the delegation have attempted to interrupt a speech by Emre Çelik due to his dissident remarks during a conference organized by...
Wife of missing educator launches ‘justice watch’ in Bishkek
The wife of a Turkish-Kyrgyz educator feared to have been abducted by Turkish intelligence began a “justice watch” in front of the Kyrgyz presidential...
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