US delegation to Turkey not eager to talk about pastor Brunson: report
A US congressional delegation that went to Turkey on Monday to persuade Ankara to abandon plans to purchase a Russian missile defense system in...
Iran sanctions-busting Turkish-Iranian gold trader Zarrab seen in New York sushi restaurant
Reza Zarrab, a Turkish-Iranian millionaire gold trader who turned witness in the New York trial of a Turkish banker charged with evading US sanctions on...
Report: German intelligence ponders putting pro-Erdoğan DİTİB under surveillance
German intelligence is reportedly examining whether to put the pro-Erdoğan Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DİTİB), which has been at the center of a series...
Germany’s arms exports to Turkey in drastic fall since Afrin occupation
Germany’s arms exports to Turkey have dropped from nearly 10 million euros to less than 1 million euros in the aftermath of the Turkish...
Nine people dead, 25 missing as migrant boat sinks off western Turkey
Nine people died after a boat filled with migrants sank off the western coast of Turkey on Wednesday and another 25 were missing, Reuters...
Turkish court requests red notices for journalists Can Dündar and İlhan Tanır
A Turkish court on Tuesday requested Interpol Red Notices for critical journalists Can Dündar and İlhan Tanır, both living in exile, on espionage charges,...
Turkey’s dissidents in Germany receive threats over Khashoggi’s murder
Dissident Turkish journalists in Germany have received threats on social media over the past week from people inviting them to Turkish consulates, implying they...
US offers reward for information leading to whereabouts of 3 senior PKK leaders
US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Palmer on Tuesday announced that the US State Department is offering a reward for information leading to...
6 Turks illegally sent home from Kosovo on orders from Erdoğan: report
The Kosovar intelligence service illegally deported six Turkish citizens on orders that likely came from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan through Kosovar President Hashim...
Mazlum Kobane says Turkish drone attack killed 3 civilians in N. Syria: report
The leader of a US-backed militia in northeast Syria accused Turkey of violating the terms of two separate cease-fire agreements brokered by Russia and...
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