Halkbank’s Deputy CEO Arrested For Conspiring To Evade US Sanctions Against Iran And Other...
Mehmet Hakan Atilla, Deputy CEO of state largest lender Halkbank, was arrested by the agents of Federal Information Bureau (FBI) at John F. Kennedy...
A Turkish businessman killed in Amsterdam over his alleged links to Gülen movement
The tension in Turkish politics led to a killing in the Netherlands. According to a report by Het Patrool, the Dutch police has confirmed...
Washington police release video of 8 more Erdoğan bodyguards wanted for attack
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The Washington DC Metropolitan Police Department released a video on Saturday of eight more “persons of interest” believed to be in Turkey's autocratic President...
Turkish gov’t targets Gülen, NBA star Kanter, a rector, imams and more in its...
Turkish government, on Friday, has targeted US-based Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, NBA star Enes Kanter, Akdeniz University's former rector and 25 Diyanet imams...
Turkey’s Erdoğan: Obama lied to us, Trump follows the same path
Former US President Barack Obama “lied to Turkey” on the issue of Syrian Kurdish fighters in Syria’s Manbij region and current US President Donald...
A bi-partisan group of US congressmen introduce a resolution to condemn attacks outside Turkey’s...
A bipartisan group of US congressmen have introduced a resolution on Wednesday to condemn "the violence against peaceful protesters outside the Turkish Ambassador’s residence...
UN seeks aid for 874,000 Turkey-Syria earthquake survivors
The UN’s World Food Program (WFP) on Friday appealed for $77 million to provide food rations and hot meals for 874,000 people affected by...
Interpol denies reports Turkey’s access to database blocked
Interpol on Wednesday denied reports claiming that the international police organization blocked Ankara’s access to its database after Turkey last year attempted to upload...
Pro-Kurdish HDP’s former deputy Leyla Birlik flees Turkey
A former parliamentarian for the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has illegally crossed the border into Greece to apply for asylum and has been...
Turkey’s Education Minister calls on African ambassadors to have Gülen schools closed
Turkey's Islamist Education Minister İsmet Yılmaz has called on ambassadors of African countries to have their governments close schools affiliated with the faith-based Gülen...
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2022 in Review
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Pushbacks of Turkish asylum seekers from Greece to Turkey: Violation of the principle of...
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