Erdoğan claims the target is not himself but Turkey, Islam

Turkey's political Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday called on people to be alert to foreign plots including the currency crisis, underlining that...

Turkey’s main opposition leader slams police violence against ‘Saturday Mothers’

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP),  said on Sunday that only a dictatorial administration would order a police...

No news received from Fahri Mert since he was abducted in Turkey’s İzmir 2...

His family and friends have not received any news from Fahri Mert (44), a Turkish citizen abducted in İzmir province two weeks ago, according...

Turkish-German journalist Tolu arrives home after Turkish court lifts travel ban

Meşale Tolu, a Turkish-German journalist and translator who was on remand in Turkey on terror-related charges, has flown to Germany with her three-year-old son. Although...

At least 142 die, 860 injured in traffic accidents across Turkey during Eid al-Adha

At least 142 people have died and 860 were injured in traffic accidents as Turks took to the roads for a nine-day holiday, according...

Erdoğan’s ultranationalist ally MHP excludes alleged members of Gülen movement from ‘general amnesty’ proposal

The Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), the ultranationalist ally of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government led by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has...

Turkish gov’t denies funeral service to teacher who sought asylum in Greece

The Turkish government has denied a funeral service to Halil Dinç, a veteran teacher who died of a heart attack in Greece, where he...

Georgia trying to shut down private university at the request of Turkish gov’t

Georgian authorities have reportedly tried to close the private International Black Sea University (IBSU), which was founded in 1995 in Georgia's capital of Tbilisi,...

10 people trying to flee persecution in Turkey detained at Greek border

Turkish security forces on Friday and Saturday detained 10 people, including women, in Edirne province near the Greek border over their alleged membership in the...

700th gathering of ‘Saturday Mothers’ marred by Turkish police violence, detentions

The Saturday Mothers, who gather every Saturday to bring attention to the cases of people who disappeared while in custody in the 1990s, would...

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