Germany says 100 of its citizens barred from entering Turkey since January
German Foreign Ministry has announced that a total of 100 German citizens have been barred from entering Turkey since the beginning of 2017 on...
Erdoğan says extradition of Die Welt journalist impossible as long as he is in...
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said extradition of Turkish-German journalist Deniz Yücel, who was jailed in Turkey in February, to Germany will...
Turkey’s Erdoğan says Turks will shape Europe’s future
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said "Europe's future depends on the Turks who live there," during a political rally in the Black...
Turkish Minister Kaya sues the Netherlands over her forced expulsion
Turkish Minister of Family and Social Policy Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya, who lived a brawl with the Dutch police in Rotterdam on March 11, 2016,...
COMMENTARY — Jihadists who decapitated priests in Syria got help from Turkey’s intelligence
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) had willingly and deliberately helped known Jihadists of Russian nationals who decapitated Aleppo’s Greek Orthodox Bishop Boulos...
Turkish government closes four foreign humanitarian organizations in Turkey
Turkish government has ended the activities of four foreign humanitarian organizations operating in Turkey, American Mercy Corps, the Italian-based Coordination of the Organizations for...
Terrorists who attacked in Stockholm and St. Petersburg deported by Turkey
It is reported that the suspects of the most recent terrorist attacks in Stockholm, capital city of Sweden and in Russia's popular city St....
Erdoğan targets West: Some haven’t forgotten the pain of losing İstanbul
Continuing to target the West during his nonstop “yes” campaign ahead of an April 16 referendum on a switch to an executive presidency, Turkey's...
Dutch minister says 20 Dutch-Turkish citizens not allowed to leave Turkey
Lilianne Ploumen, minister of foreign trade and development cooperation in the Netherlands, has said around 20 people who have both Dutch and Turkish citizenship...
Details of brawl between Minister Kaya and Dutch police in Rotterdam emerges
Replying the questions of the Dutch Parliament's members on Monday, the Dutch government has given some new details of the brawl between Turkish Minister of...
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