Turkish officials, Tillerson discuss ISIL, Gülen extradition in Ankara
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Turkish officials on Thursday discussed ways to coordinate the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and...
396 women launch petition campaign for release of jailed professor Gözaydın
A total of 396 women have launched a petition campaign demanding the release of prominent professor and social scientist İştar Gözaydın, who has been...
American pastor jailed over alleged Gülen links asks Trump to fight for his release
An American pastor who has been jailed on bogus terrorism charges in Turkey for more than five months has asked US President Donald Trump...
Kurdish politicians including HDP co-chair to go on hunger strike in protest of prison...
Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chairperson Selahattin Demirtaş, HDP Hakkari deputy Abdullah Zeydan and Democratic Regions Party (DBP) Co-chairperson Sebahat Tuncel will go on...
Pro-Kurdish HDP’s referendum song banned for ‘inciting hatred’
The Şırnak Governor’s Office has announced that the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party’s (HDP) official referendum campaign song, “Bejin Na‘’ (Say No), has been banned...
Turkish ambassador in Stockholm slanders Swedish schools as terror financiers
In a scandalous remark made to Radio Sweden, Turkey's ambassador in Stockholm, Kaya Türkmen effectively called Swedish schools and associations run by people affiliated...
CoE congress urges strengthening of local democracy in Turkey
The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe (CoE) on Wednesday adopted a recommendation and resolution on the situation of...
Ex-Pentagon adviser says Turkey is heading towards civil conflict, if not civil war
Michael Rubin, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and a former Pentagon adviser, said on Wednesday that Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip...
Erdoğan accuses main opposition of siding with terror groups in ‘no’ campaign
Turkey’s autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Wednesday that the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) is acting in line with terrorist groups...
Turkey ends Operation Euphrates Shield in Syria
Turkey announced on Wednesday that it had terminated Operation Euphrates Shield, which was launched last August against Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant...
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