Canada accelerates procedure for asylum seeking Turkish citizens
Canada has announced that from January 1, 2018 onwards, it will exempt the asylum applications of Turkish citizens from the court process. This means the procedure will...
Turkey’s opposition leader on Zarrab case: Corruption is not a national issue
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on Thursday targeted Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım over a case against Reza Zarrab, saying...
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...
Germany confirms that pro-Erdoğan UETD incompatible with democratic principles
The head of German domestic intelligence agency the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) has confirmed that it is spying on...
Turkish gov’t asks Israeli ambassador to leave the country over Gaza killings
The Turkish Foreign Ministry summoned Israeli Ambassador to Turkey Eitan Naeh as the death toll from Israeli gunfire on Palestinian protesters rose to 60 along...
Turkish court releases two Greek soldiers pending trial
A Turkish court has released two Greek soldiers, Aggelos Mitretodis and Dimitros Kouklatzis, pending trial on espionage charges in a case that has fueled...
National Geographic reports on fatal threats posed by ambitious megaprojects to İstanbul, environment
Three megaprojects being built on the European side of İstanbul may collectively represent “ecocide” according to activists, and there are a host of potential...
Turkey, Cambodia called on to implement UN body decision on expelled educator
The New York-based Journalists and Writers Foundation (JWF) has called on the governments of Turkey and Cambodia to implement a decision against the Kingdom...
Greek officials say migrant with gunshot wound found at border with Turkey: report
Greek police patrolling the northeastern land border with Turkey on Thursday found a migrant with a gunshot wound to the leg who was believed...
COMMENTARY — Europe braces itself for Erdoğan’s new push for the Turkish diaspora
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Ahead of both president and parliamentary elections on June 24, 2018, Turkey’s Islamist rulers led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and their...
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