Turkey’s Deputy PM Bozdağ claims Zarrab case baseless, political
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdağ has claimed on Sunday the case against Reza Zarrab, a Turkish-Iranian gold trader who has been charged in...
Amazon postpones Turkey launch over anti-American sentiment
Amazon has postponed its entry to the Turkish market due to the anti-American sentiment among the public, manifested most recently when Turks smashed iPhones...
Gülen’s lawyers refute letter submitted to US court by Atilla’s lawyer hired by Turkish...
A letter submitted to a New York court that was allegedly written by US-based Turkish Muslim scholar Fethullah Gülen ordering judges in Turkey to...
US generals on ground say US forces in Manbij to stay in wake of...
The top US general in the coalition fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has pledged that US troops will stay...
JWF report reveals Gülen affiliated science schools, seized by Turkish gov’t, turned into hub...
A report, released by the Journalists and Writers Foundation (JWF) on March 2017 on the fate and state of private educational institutions and educators...
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...
Turkish army fire kills Iraqi Kurdish farmer: local official
Turkish army fire killed an Iraqi Kurdish farmer on Friday in the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, where Ankara has been battling militants,...
Arton Capital’s ranking shows Turkish passport loses more power in 2017
Turkey's passport has lost more prestige and power in 2017 under the rule of autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as it ranked 44th with score...
Turkish court seeks extradition of exiled journalist Arslan with fabricated murder document
The Turkish judiciary has prepared fabricated documents to assure the issuance by Interpol of a Red Notice for the extradition of veteran Turkish journalist...
COMMENTARY — Erdoğan unleashes criminal gangs on his critics in Turkey and abroad
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has become accustomed to relying increasingly on testimonies and complaints filed by convicted felons, known...
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