Macron asks Erdoğan to release Depardon as soon as possible
French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday urged Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to release Mathias Depardon, a French photojournalist under detention since May...
Turkey’s veteran pollster Özer Sencar detained by police
Turkish political observer, prominent pollster and owner of the MetroPoll polling company Professor Özer Sencar was detained by police on Saturday.
“Özer Sencar was taken...
Greece sends Turkish refugees back to Turkey
A group of people who were detained on Friday by Turkish gendarmes said they were sent back to Turkey after they crossed the river...
Special counsel Mueller to investigate ex-Trump aide Flynn’s Turkey ties
US Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating possible ties between the Trump election campaign and Russia, is expanding his probe into former National...
Michael Rubin: I will not sacrifice my freedom of expression for Erdoğan’s ego
Michael Rubin, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and a former Pentagon official, on Friday tweeted and published a rebuttal to...
Turkey turned blind eye on ISIL’s Mona Lisa Jihadist wife and Turkish suicide bomber...
By Abdullah Bozkurt
For Jihadist groups including al-Qaeda and Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), Turkey has been not only a transit country but...
Journalist Tolu, who in jail with 2-years-old son, calls for solidarity in a letter...
Turkish-German journalist Meşale Tolu Çorlu, who has been in jail for almost a month together with her 2-years-old son, has called for solidarity in...
40 people in Rize, PM advisor detained by Turkish police over alleged ties with...
Turkish police detained 40 people as part of its post-coup witch hunt targeting the alleged members of the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding...
Court arrests editor-in-chief of Turkey’s neo-nationalist Aydınlık daily
İlker Yücel, editor-in-chief of Aydınlık daily, which is affiliated with the neo-nationalist Homeland Party (VP) of Doğu Perinçek, was arrested by a court after...
Turkey’s Ankara Mayor Gökçek hints ‘genocide’ for followers of Gülen movement
Melih Gökçek, the mayor of Turkey's capital city Ankara, has hinted a kind of "genocide" for alleged members of faith-based Gülen movement, in an...
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