Special counsel Mueller to investigate ex-Trump aide Flynn’s Turkey ties
US Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating possible ties between the Trump election campaign and Russia, is expanding his probe into former National...
Michael Rubin: I will not sacrifice my freedom of expression for Erdoğan’s ego
Michael Rubin, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and a former Pentagon official, on Friday tweeted and published a rebuttal to...
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...
Germany revokes ‘lese majeste’ law after Erdoğan’s attempt to have satirist indicted
The German Bundestag on Friday revoked a law protecting heads of state and government from insults that Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan invoked...
Erdoğan’s security detail attack on DC protesters puts gun sale to Turkey at risk
The US sale to Turkey of $1.2 million in semiautomatic handguns for use by its security force appears to be in jeopardy due to...
UN urges Turkey to grant access to 3 Gülen followers detained in Malaysia
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The United Nations Human Rights Committee has urged Turkey to confirm the whereabouts of three Turkish nationals who were detained in Malaysia at Ankara’s...
Turkish government revokes passport of former HDP deputy Tüzel
The Turkish government has revoked the passport of Levent Tüzel, a former pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy and Central Executive Board member of...
UN Human Rights Council to review case of jailed American pastor in Turkey
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) will consider the case of American pastor Andrew Brunson who was jailed in Turkey on trumped-up charges under...
Turkish gov’t presses Afghanistan to hand over control of Gülen-linked schools
Afghan authorities have drafted a deal giving the Turkish government control of more than a dozen schools in Afghanistan affiliated with Turkish Islamic scholar...
Report: Flynn’s firm produced an unfinished anti-Gülen documentary
Former US national security adviser Michael Flynn’s lobbying firm produced an unfinished documentary last fall to boost Turkey’s image and defame US-based Turkish Islamic...
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