Germany urges Ukraine to reject Turkey extradition request
Germany said on Wednesday that it hoped Ukraine would quickly reject an the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) request from Turkish regime under the...
German intelligence agency considers investigating Turkey’s DİTİB for illegal activities
Germany’s domestic security agency has turned its attention to the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DİTİB), one of Germany’s largest pro-Erdoğan Islamist organizations, after...
Erdoğan’s long arm: 3 Austrian-Turks detained on suspicion of espionage
The Austrian interior ministry has confirmed that three Austrian Turks were detained in June on suspicion of spying on dissidents for Turkey’s National Intelligence...
Head of Turkey’s public broadcaster gives ‘Bearded Diva’ as reason for boycotting Eurovision
İbrahim Eren, the head of Turkey’s public broadcaster, has cited “someone like the bearded Austrian who wore a skirt” as one of the main...
Erdoğan aide: It has become clear that Turkey cannot trust NATO allies
Chief advisor to Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and columnist İlnur Çevik on Thursday wrote that US concerns about Turkey’s purchase of an...
Pro-Erdoğan daily targets yet another journalist in exile, reveals his home address
A pro-government daily has published a secretly taken photo of an investigative Turkish journalist living in exile in Sweden and revealed his home address...
Erdoğan defies Brussels mayor: Let him stop me participating in NATO summit
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday slammed Yvan Mayeur, mayor of Brussels, for his remarks suggesting that he would not allow a...
Pro-Erdoğan lawyers file criminal complaint against US officials on terror charges
A group of pro-Erdoğan lawyers in Turkey have filed what appears to be a frivolous criminal complaint on terror charges against prominent names in...
Wife of missing educator launches ‘justice watch’ in Bishkek
The wife of a Turkish-Kyrgyz educator feared to have been abducted by Turkish intelligence began a “justice watch” in front of the Kyrgyz presidential...
8 Turkish citizens seek political asylum in Greece: report
Eight Turkish citizens who fled their homeland in a small sailboat have sought political asylum in Greece, Greek media reported.
The boat was traveling to...
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