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...
Turkey’s intel agency renditioned Gülenist businessman from Tajikistan: state-run media
Koray Vural, a Turkish businessman who had gone missing in Tajikistan in mid-September and was being sought by Turkey over his links to the...
CoE’s head Jagland to visit Turkey over rule of law, human rights
The head of the human rights watchdog Council of Europe, Thorbjorn Jagland, is going to visit Turkish capital Ankara on Feb. 15 on a...
Turkish man badly beaten at Turkish consulate in Rotterdam
A Turkish man living in the Netherlands filed a criminal complaint claiming that he was badly beaten and tear gassed by the security personnel...
Perpetrator of Paris terror attack reportedly visited Turkey last year
The perpetrator of an attack in central Paris on Monday had been to Turkey many times in 2016 and had gone to France through...
EU, EP, NGOs call on Moldova to respect rule of law, stop illegal deportation...
European Union officials, European Parliament (EP) members and human rights organizations have called on the Moldovan government to respect the rule of law and...
Some 32,000 Turkish citizens have entered the US through Mexico since 2020
A total of 31,485 Turkish citizens fleeing Turkey have entered the United States via the Mexican border since 2020, Voice of America (VOA) Turkish service reported,...
Turkish journalist Yücel criticizes Erdoğan visit to Germany as he accepts media award
Deniz Yücel, a German-Turkish journalist who remained in pre-trial detention in Turkey for about one year, criticized the German president for inviting Turkish President...
German union claims Turkey asked students to spy on Erdoğan critics
A German education union claimed on Thursday that Turkish diplomats in Germany have been urging students from the diaspora to spy on their teachers...
Turkish businessman affiliated with Gülen movement abducted in Baku
Mustafa Ceyhan, a Turkish businessman allegedly affiliated with the Gülen mowement, was reportedly abducted in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku on Thursday as part...
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