Mogherini says EU will continue talks with Turkey
Federica Mogherini, foreign policy chief of European Union (EU) said on Monday that Turkey’s EU accession talks will continue by underlining Ankara’s role as a...
PEN Int’l calls on Turkey to lift travel restrictions imposed on writer Aslı Erdoğan
PEN International said on Monday it is concerned about travel restrictions imposed by Turkish authorities on award-winning author and honorary PEN member Aslı Erdoğan...
German FM Gabriel says Turkey-EU membership negotiations ‘nonsense’
Calling negotiations between Turkey and the EU “nonsense to a large extent,” German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel has blamed the estrangement between Turkey and...
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...
Germany rejects Turkish government’s request to freeze assets affiliated with Gülen movement
Germany has rejected a formal request from Turkey to freeze assets of the alleged members of the Gülen movement, Germany's Spiegel magazine reported on...
Turkey’s Erdoğan says indictment against guards scandalous, US protecting Gülen movement
Turkey’s autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday called a recent US indictment against his bodyguards for violently attacking protesters in Washington, D.C., “scandalous,”...
After detention of 2 more Germans, Merkel signals ‘rethinking’ ties with Turkey
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday that following the most recent detentions of German nationals in Turkey for political reasons, her country might...
Two more German citizens detained in Turkey over political accusations
A spokesperson for German Foreign Ministry said two German citizens were detained in Turkey’s coastal city of İzmir for political accusations. “The Federal Government...
Georgia shuts down school affiliated with Gülen movement on request of Turkey’s Erdoğan regime
Georgia’s Ministry of Education has revoked the teaching license of the Demirel College, a private school founded in Tbilisi by the businesmen affiliated with...
Referring to talks with Turkey’s Erdoğan, Macron says being world leader not ‘cool’
French President Emmanuel Macron has said being a world leader is not as “cool” as it seems and cited having to speak with Turkey's...
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