Erdoğan invokes pan-Turkic ‘Kızıl Elma’ myth as Turkish military aims at Afrin
Turkey’s autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday invoked a militaristic Turkish myth that symbolizes world domination and unification of all Turkic peoples as...
DW: NATO allies clash as Turkey attacks US-backed Kurds in Syria
Germany's Deutsche Welle (DW) wrote on Tuesday that Turkish military offensive against US-allied militias in the Afrin region of northern Syria is putting NATO...
Turkish gov’t detains at least 91 more over alleged propaganda on social media against...
Turkish government has detained at least 91 more people across Turkey on Tuesday over their alleged propaganda and criticism against the ongoing military operation together...
Turkish charitable businessman’s heart couldn’t bear Erdoğan regime’s oppressions
Naim Çıtır, founding chairman of Konya Business Union AKTİSAD, who was jailed and whose assets were confiscated during the Turkish government's massive post-coup witch...
US White House urges Turkish gov’t to exercise restraint in Afrin
Meanwhile, the number of detainees across Turkey over their posts on social media has increased to 58 on Monday. The detainees have been accused...
Turkish gov’t detains at least 20 people over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish government has detained at least 20 people across Turkey on Monday as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting the alleged...
Journalists Hürtaş, Demir and dozens more detained by Turkish police over criticism against Afrin...
Journalist Sibel Hürtaş, Ankara Bureau Chief of Germany-based online news outlet Artı Gerçek was detained by Turkish police at her house in Ankara on...
Former acting US Attorney complaints over attacks came from Turkey during Zarrab probe
Former acting US attorney in Manhattan Joon H. Kim, who oversaw the Turkish banker Mehmet Hakan Atilla, who was convicted of helping orchestrate what...
EU’s Mogherini says ‘extremely worried’ by Turkish offensive in Syria
The European Union's (EU) diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini said on Monday that she was "extremely worried" by Turkey's offensive against Kurdish militia targets in...
Turkish PM Yıldırım says no troops lost so far in Afrin operation
The Turkish military suffered no losses so far in the Afrin operation, said Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım on Monday bu added that a Turkish...
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