Erdoğanist mob attacks opponents at Turkey’s Brussels consulate as they vote for referendum
Pro-Erdoğan mob has attacked the pro-Kurdish opponents of Turkish government on their way to Turkish Consulate in Brussels to cast their votes for Turkey's...
Pro-gov’t daily calls for investigation of German foundations in Turkey
The pro-government Yeni Şafak daily has called on Turkish authorities to launch an investigation into German foundations in Turkey, claiming that these organizations are...
Turkish ambassador in Stockholm slanders Swedish schools as terror financiers
In a scandalous remark made to Radio Sweden, Turkey's ambassador in Stockholm, Kaya Türkmen effectively called Swedish schools and associations run by people affiliated...
Turkey ends Operation Euphrates Shield in Syria
Turkey announced on Wednesday that it had terminated Operation Euphrates Shield, which was launched last August against Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant...
Turkish intel spying on 12 hotels in US, collecting clients’ personal data
A recent news article at the pro-government Akşam daily revealed that Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) agents have been involved in espionage against 12 hotels...
Turkish journalist in exile subjected to harassment due to Erdoğan’s Nazi remarks
A Turkish journalist who fled an ongoing witch-hunt in Turkey against critical journalists and took refuge in Germany in the aftermath of a failed...
Halkbank says Turkish gov’t working on issue of executive’s US detention
Shares in Turkish state lender Halkbank plunged as much as 16 percent on Wednesday after US prosecutors charged one of its senior executives with...
Foreign Policy: Reason for EU-Turkey row is Erdoğan’s imams spying on Gülen followers
US-based news magazine Foreign Policy claimed in a Monday report that the latest row between Turkey and the European Union over the cancellation of...
Germany accuses Turkey of ‘unacceptable’ spying against Gülen supporters
Boris Pistorius, the Interior Minister for Lower Saxony State of Germany, has accused Turkey of carrying out “unacceptable” spying on its soil amid allegations...
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...
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