OSCE: Opposition parties denied equal conditions for campaigning for Turkish elections
Opposition parties were denied equal conditions for campaigning in Turkey’s June 24 elections, and the incumbent president and ruling party enjoyed undue advantage, including...
Turkey detains 60 over alleged Gülen links including former and active duty members of...
Turkish police have detained 60 of 77 people named in detention warrants in İstanbul, İzmir and Ankara, including active duty and former military officers...
86-year-old Turkish philanthropist arrested over Gülen links
Eighty-six-year-old Turkish businessman Celal Afşar was arrested on Thursday along with his daughter, son-in-law and two others in Niğde province as part of an...
Erdoğan’s henchman: Oppression targeting Gülen movement to be more severe after Zarrab case
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s former speechwriter and current Justice and Development Party (AK Party) deputy Aydın Ünal wrote on Tuesday that the...
Turkish prison administration restricts HDP candidate Demirtaş’s access to newspapers
The administration of Edirne Prison initially refused to give jailed politician and Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtaş a newspaper in which...
EU’s Mogherini says ‘extremely worried’ by Turkish offensive in Syria
The European Union's (EU) diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini said on Monday that she was "extremely worried" by Turkey's offensive against Kurdish militia targets in...
Germany’s Merkel strongly condemns Turkish military offensive in Afrin
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday sharply criticized an ongoing Turkish military offensive in the northern Syrian town of Afrin, describing it as unacceptable.
Speaking...
Former military cadet arrested on Gülen links says his life has been stolen
A former military cadet who was arrested in May to serve a seven year, six month sentence for links to the Gülen movement said...
Turkey’s National Security Council says Iraqi Kurdish referendum illegitimate, unacceptable
Turkey’s National Security Council Meeting (MGK), which convened under Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ended late on Friday, has stressed that the Iraqi...
US Senator Lankford: Turkey ‘no longer behaving like an American ally’
US Senator James Lankford, following a Tuesday panel discussion on religious freedom and human rights in Turkey, tweeted that Turkey is no longer behaving...
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