German police warn Turkish editor about hit list targeting journalists in exile
The German Federal Police have warned Celal Başlangıç, the editor-in-chief of Artı TV and the Artı Gerçek news website, of a planned assassination targeting...
Turkish gov’t realises almost 15,000 official contacts across world to defame Gülen movement
Turkish government led by Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has realised almost 15,000 official contacts with its international interlucutors to defame the members and...
Turkey’s PM Yıldırım says Dutch PM apologized for detention of diplomats
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım in a live TV interview on Tuesday night said his Dutch counterpart, Mark Rutte, had apologized for the detention...
Turkish court lifts travel ban for Turkish-German journalist Meşale Tolu
A Turkish court has lifted a travel ban on German journalist Meşale Tolu, who was arrested last year on terrorism-related charges, the German Press...
Erdoğanist Turkish hackers attack Greek news agency and threaten: We’ll throw you into the...
The Athens-Macedonian News Agency (AMNA) on Monday night was hit by Turkish hackers, identifying themselves as “Akıncılar" (Raiders), who wrote threatening messages against Greece,...
OSCE urges Interpol to carefully consider red notice requests from Turkey
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir on Wednesday urged Secretary-General of Interpol Jürgen Stock that the international...
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...
Turkish troops and FSA units advance 7,5 km inside border in operation targeting Syria’s...
As Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) has continued to shell positions of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKk) and the Democratic Union Party (PYD) in Syria's...
Turkey condemns ‘unacceptable’ European award to Osman Kavala
Turkey on Monday slammed the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for awarding its top rights prize to jailed Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala, who...
Erdoğan says West might have technology but Turkey has faith in God
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has criticized Western countries for disrespecting Turkey’s security concerns, saying they may have advanced technology but Turkey has faith...
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