Turkish gendarmes discover 2 refugees frozen to death at Iranian border

Turkish gendarmes over the weekend discovered the bodies of two refugees who appeared to have frozen to death at Turkey's border with Iran, the...

Erdoğanist columnist calls on gov’t to ‘set West on fire’ before it occupies Turkey

Yakup Köse, a staunch supporter of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and a columnist for the pro-government Star daily, on Monday called on...

UNICEF: 11 children killed in Afrin during Turkish military operation

Children are being killed across Syria in the ongoing civil war, with 11 killed in the Kurdish-held district of Afrin since the start of...

CPJ condemns Turkmen journalist’s denial of entry to Turkey

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) in a recent statement condemned Turkey’s denial of entry to Turkmen journalist Ruslan Myatiev. Myatiev, the director and chief...

German football supporters jeer Gündoğan over meeting with Turkey’s Erdoğan

German national football team player İlkay Gündoğan was booed by supporters during a friendly between Germany and Saudi Arabia in Leverkusen on Friday over...

Fethullah Gülen calls on int’l community to pressure Turkish gov’t over rights violations

Turkish-Muslim scholar Fethullah Gülen has made a call to the international community, asking them to warn Turkish authorities to take the necessary measures to...

Steinmeier slams Erdoğan, says he risks destroying everything achieved in Turkey

Germany's newly elected President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has slammed Turkey’s autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and said that he risks destroying everything Turkey has achieved...

Erdoğan’s advisor Bulut says EU is sick, Turkey must part ways with it

Yiğit Bulut, a chief advisor of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has said the European Union (EU) is sick and struck by a...

Turkish police detain Italian journalist Bianchi ahead of critical elections

Italian journalist Lorenzo Bianchi was detained by police at Istanbul Atatürk Airport upon his arrival to cover Sunday’s presidential and parliamentary elections, according to...

COMMENTARY — Iran might have listened in on Erdoğan-Trump talks

By Abdullah Bozkurt The office of the Turkish presidency has shared a photo while Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was talking on the phone with US President...
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