64-year-old man investigated in Netherlands for insulting Turkey’s Erdoğan
A prosecutor’s office in The Hague has launched an investigation into a Dutch citizen on accusations of insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan due...
Turkish citizens ranked second among asylum seekers in Germany in 2023
People holding a Turkish passport were the second largest group seeking asylum in Germany in 2023, with more than 62,000 Turkish citizens lodging asylum...
Abducted teacher’s wife to Afghan gov’t: Where are you? Are you asleep?
Farzana Wardak, the wife of Masood Wardak who is the only Afghan teacher among five people who were abducted by Afghan intelligence service National Directorate...
Turkish military shelling in Iraq leaves 19-year-old Kurdish girl dead
Turkish military shelling in an area along the Turkey-Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) border in northern Iraq on Saturday resulted in the death of a...
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...
COMMENTARY — US: once burned, twice shy about Turkey’s Erdoğan
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The growing US pressure on the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is perhaps the only avenue left to reattach Turkey, a...
Mueller investigating Flynn role in alleged plan to hand Gülen over to Turkey
An alleged plan that involved former US National Security Advisor Michael Flynn to forcibly remove a Muslim cleric living in Pennsylvania in return for...
Switzerland probes Turkish diplomats’ plot to kidnap pro-Gülen businessman
Switzerland is investigating whether Turkish diplomats planned to drug and kidnap a Swiss-Turkish businessman who is an alleged member of the Gülen movement, as...
EU lawmakers call for suspension of Turkey’s accession negotiations
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Leading members of the European Parliament on Wednesday called for formally halting talks with Turkey for its EU membership, citing Turkey's autocratic President Recep...
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...
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