COMMENTARY — Erdoğan’s personal troubles complicate Turkey-US ties
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The number one concern for Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan while meeting with visiting Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Feb....
Visually impaired Büyüközkan says in a letter that he cannot live in prison without...
Mehmet Büyüközkan, a visually impaired Turkish citizen, who was jailed on December 1, 2017 over his alleged links to the Gülen movement, has written a...
Court adjourns trial of Turkish journalists facing terror charges
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Turkish court gives suspended jail sentences to 3 academics over Kurdish peace petition
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Kurds claim convoy of 30-40 vehicles hit by Turkish army in Syria’s Afrin belong...
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HRW says Turkish military failed to avoid civilian casualties in Syria’s Afrin
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Survey shows level of happiness in Turkey goes down in 2017
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Berlin says Turkish gov’t released another German citizen from jail
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Turkish gov’t seeks aggravated life sentences for 116 military students over coup claims
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Dutch Parliament recognizes Armenian genocide, Turkish gov’t furious
The Dutch parliament on Thursday passed a motion recognizing the massacre of as many as 1,5 million Armenians in 1915 during the final days...
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