Bill to bar entry of Turkish officials into US clears Senate subcommittee
A subcommittee of the US Senate Committee on Appropriations has passed a spending bill for the State Department that includes a section giving the...
Turkish military to found urban warfare school against the outlawed PKK
The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) is getting into act to establish an urban warfare school on the basis of filling the deficiency of experienced...
PKK chieftain claims 20 Turkish officials including 2 high ranking MİT agents in their...
Mustafa Karasu, the Executive Committee Member of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has claimed that the PKK has imprisoned 20 Turkish officials including 2...
Turkey issues travel warning for Germany, citing anti-Turkish sentiment, racism, terror support
Turkey’s Foreign Ministry issued a travel warning on Saturday for citizens visiting Germany, saying there has been anti-Turkish and racist rhetoric by German politicians...
Head of Amnesty International visits jailed Turkey director in infamous Silivri Prison
Amnesty International Secretary General Salil Shetty has eventually visited the international rights group’s jailed Turkey director İdil Eser and called for her release, along...
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...
Reuters’ seized properties put up for sale by Turkey’s Saving Desposit Insurance Fund
Turkey's Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF), which unlawfully sells the properties of TV stations and newspapers that have been first seized by Turkish government...
‘My father left to die of liver cancer under arrest,’ says son of Turkey’s...
“My father has been diagnosed with liver cancer and needs immediate treatment. He is now being kept at the detention ward of İzmir Training...
Turkey’s prosecutor opposes release of pro-Kurdish HDP deputy Bilgen from prison
The Office of the Chief Prosecutor in Turkey’s southeastern Diyarbakır province late on Friday opposed the release of pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Kars...
Turkish opposition leader Kılıçdaroğlu says US indictment of former minister tip of iceberg
After an arrest warrant was ordered in the US for a disgraced former Turkish minister, the head of the main opposition party in Turkey...
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