Turkey’s Erdoğan: We don’t need European Union

Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said on Friday that Turkey "does not need the European Union," amid a number of disagreements between...

24 PACE members urge Turkey to release jailed deputies immediately

Twenty-four members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) from 16 countries and 5 political groups has issued a written statement...

Bookstore bombing suspects released by Turkish court

The Van 1st High Criminal Court during a retrial ruled for the release of noncommissioned officers Özcan İldeniz and Ali Kaya and outlawed Kurdistan...

Pro-gov’t Turkish daily claims jailed US pastor knew about coup attempt 6 years ago

The pro-government Yeni Asır daily claimed on Thursday that it had acquired an audio recording in which American pastor Andrew Brunson, who has been...

Washington Post: Erdoğan devoted half the 90-minute conversation with US ex-VP Biden to Zarrab’s...

Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had demanded Reza Zarrab's (a Turkish-Iranian gold dealer who is about to go on trial on money-laundering and fraud charges...

Turkish gov’t detains former pro-Kurdish HDP deputy Zenderlioğlu

Turkish government has detained Hüsamettin Zenderlioğlu, a former deputy from pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) at İstanbul's Atatürk Airport on his return from abroad...

COMMENTARY — Turkey has stolen the future of a medical student from Uganda

By Abdullah Bozkurt We often focus on high-profile cases such as those involving lawmakers, journalists and human rights defenders in the Turkish government’s unprecedented persecution...

Turkish gov’t detains dozens of military personnel, civilians over alleged links to Gülen movement

Turkish government has issued detention warrants for at least 32 military officers, detained 67 military officers and dozens of civilians across Turkey on Thursday...

Turkish government bans 3 books on Kurds, court summons authors

Turkish government has banned the sale of three books written about Kurds and Kurdish issue on the grounds that they display “the character of...

Turkey’s Erdoğan says US trying to use Zarrab as informer

Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday said the US has been trying to use jailed Turkish-Iranian businessman Reza Zarrab as an informer,...
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