Ankara, Moscow finalize deal on S-400 missiles as US firm to sell Turkey air-to-air...
Turkey and Russia have signed a $2,5 billion agreement for Moscow to supply Ankara with an S-400 missile defense system, while the US arms...
Turkish gov’t releases 201 people who jailed over ByLock allegedly by mistake
Turkish government has released 201 people, including police officers, military officers, teachers, lawyers and journalists beside of Şükrü Önder, former deputy of ruling Justice and...
Turkey’s Erdoğan sues opposition leader for TL 250,000 in non-pecuniary damages
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday filed a lawsuit against main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu for TL 250,000...
Turkish gov’t detains 75 militants as court releases top ISIL suspect
Turkish police have arrested at least 75 people over suspected links to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Ankara and...
Turkey’s Erdoğan thinks New York jury will find Atilla not guilty in Iran-sanctions case
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said a trial in the US has shown that Mehmet Hakan Atilla, an executive of Turkey’s state-owned...
Hero of July 2016 coup attempt in Turkey says linked to Gülen movement
A soldier called a hero and given a medal after being shot trying to stop the July 15, 2016 coup attempt in Turkey has...
Turkish militia HÖH’s chairman says will take to streets only if Erdoğan orders so
Amid reactions to a new state of emergency decree giving immunity to civilians for suppressing coup attempts and terror attacks, the People’s Special Forces...
Twisting his stance Turkey’s Erdoğan says he wants better ties with EU, Germany
By twisting his traditional hostile stance against the western world Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has expressed hope for good relations with the...
Twenty-eight people released by Turkish courts as first group who jailed over ByLock allegedly...
The first group of people, who were arbitrarily imprisoned by Turkish government over alleged use of mobile phone messaging application ByLock, as part of...
EP’s Harms: I have serious doubts about ECtHR’s attitude over cases from Turkey
Rebecca Harms, a member of the European Parliament and Co-President of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, has said that she has serious doubts about the...
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