Deputy parliament speaker: West formed ‘crusader alliance’ against Turkey
Turkish Deputy Parliament Speaker and Adıyaman deputy Ahmet Aydın has claimed that Western countries have joined forces to form a “crusader alliance” against Turkey...
EU’s Hahn says urgent need for negative trend in Turkey to be reversed
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Johannes Hahn, the European commissioner for neighborhood policy and enlargement negotiations, said on Tuesday that there is an urgent need for the negative trend...
Turkish Deputy PM says US judiciary has become tool of Gülen movement plan
Referring to an arrest warrant from the US District Court for the Southern District of New York for former Turkish Economy Minister Mehmet Zafer...
Mayor of Turkey’s capital city prays Harvey and Irma hurricanes continue in US
Ankara Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Melih Gökçek shared from his Twitter account on Tuesday the level of economic damage caused by Harvey and Irma hurricanes...
Ultranationalist columnist says Turkey must get rid of Gülen followers, hints at mass burning
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Sabahattin Önkibar, a columnist for the Aydınlık daily, which is affiliated with the ultranationalist Homeland Party (VP) of Doğu Perinçek, said on Sunday that...
Turkey demands 10 years in prison for jailed former co-chairperson of pro-Kurdish HDP
Figen Yüksekdağ, jailed former co-chair of pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) is facing a sentence of 10 years in jail over alleged “terrorist propaganda”...
Turkish minister claims jailed journalist an agent hidden in German consulate for days
Turkey’s Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said on Sunday that Turkish-German journalist Deniz Yücel, who has been in a Turkish jail since February 2017, is...
US House committee urges vigilance against violence by bodyguards of Turkey’s Erdoğan
The US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs on Friday sent a letter to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson requesting that he take...
Two British citizens charged in Turkey over their alleged PYD ties
Two British citizens have been sued for allegedly making terror propaganda from their social media accounts while they have been in Turkey. Turkish media...
Turkish university student detained for wearing ‘hero’ T-shirt, stripped while under police custody
A 24-year-old university student, identified with his initials B.Ö., was taken into police custody where he was stripped half naked, for wearing “hero” T-shirt...
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