EU fears new anti-terror bill could merely replace Turkey’s state of emergency
The European Union on Thursday welcomed the end of a two-year-long state of emergency in Turkey but expressed concern that new legislative proposals may...
4 people trying to escape persecution in Turkey missing after boat capsizes in Evros...
A woman and her three children went missing after a boat carrying several Turkish asylum seekers who fled Turkey due to an ongoing government...
Turkish border forces detain 2 teachers over Gülen links while trying to flee to...
Turkish border security forces on Thursday detained two teachers, identified as Mustafa K. and Tarık T., in the border zone of Edirne province over...
Turkish court rules to keep American pastor Brunson behind bars
A Turkish court on Wednesday ruled to keep in custody American pastor Andrew Brunson, who was jailed in October 2016 in Turkey on espionage...
Kurdish journalist/artist Zehra Doğan sends letter of gratitude to Banksy from Turkish prison
Imprisoned Kurdish-Turkish artist and journalist Zehra Doğan has expressed her gratitude for a tribute by a painter in New York as well as revealing...
Turkish-backed rebels torture, kill Kurdish man in Syria’s Afrin province: report
A Kurdish man succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday after he was attacked by Turkish-backed rebels at his home in the Afrin district of...
German gov’t says Turkey has not provided evidence proving Gülen’s involvement in coup
The German government has said Turkey has failed to present documents and evidence to German judicial authorities to prove the Gülen movement’s involvement in...
Turkish court rules for continuation of Greek soldiers’ detention
A Turkish court has ruled to keep in custody two Greek soldiers who were detained in Turkey in March, in a case that has...
Turkish FM says over 100 members of Gülen movement abducted abroad and brought to...
Over 100 alleged members of the Gülen movement have been abducted abroad by Turkey's National Intelligence Organisation (MİT) and brought back to Turkey as...
Turkey’s intelligence service abducts journalist İnan from Ukraine over Gülen links
Yusuf İnan, a Turkish journalist, was abducted by agents of Turkey's notorious National Intelligence Organisation (MİT) in Ukraine and transported to Turkey on Sunday...
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