Pro-Erdoğan TV presenter threatens Cumhuriyet daily over Afrin story
Yusuf Ozan, a presenter for the pro-government Akit TV, on Sunday targeted the Cumhuriyet daily over a story it ran on the Afrin operation...
European United Left/Nordic Green Left says EU’s Turkey policy ‘incoherent’
The European United Left/Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) group from the European Parliament on Tuesday scrutinized the future relations between the EU and Turkey in...
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...
Turkish Deputy PM: Turkey’s spy agency has abducted 80 people from 18 countries over...
Turkey’s notorious National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has abducted 80 Turkish nationals from 18 countries so far over their alleged links to the Gülen movement,...
Turkey’s exclusion from democracy summit related to democracy, rights record: White House
The absence of Turkey and Hungary, both members of NATO, from an online democracy summit held by US President Joe Biden this week has...
Teachers fleeing Ankara’s crackdown to be deported to Bulgaria by Germany, fear possible extradition...
A German court has rejected the asylum applications of two Turkish teachers who worked for schools affiliated with the Gülen movement in Vietnam, ruling...
US senators introduce bill demanding Turkey end ‘unjust detention of Brunson’
Six US senators introduced bipartisan legislation on Thursday to restrict loans from international financial institutions to Turkey "until the Turkish government ends the unjust...
Turkish police officer Korkmaz ties Turkish banker Atilla to Iran trade in Zarrab case
After delivering testimony implicating Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and others in corruption, Hüseyin Korkmaz, the former deputy head of the İstanbul Police...
Pro-Erdoğan gang leader threatens European countries with violent protests
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Sedat Peker, a convicted gang leader and staunch supporter of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said in a video that he can organize...
Saudi Crown Prince Salman: Turkish government part of ‘triangle of evil’
Saudi Arabia’s powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has described the Turkish government as part of a “triangle of evil” along with Iran and...
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