Protesters attack Syrian homes, businesses in Turkey’s Southeast
Turkish police on Sunday detained 45 people following a series of attacks on the homes and businesses of Syrian refugees in Turkey’s southeastern province of...
Turkish court rules for pretrial detention of award-winning Kurdish film director on terror charges
A Turkish court has ruled for the pretrial detention of Kurdish film director Gıyasettin Şehir, who was awarded the best director prize at the...
Turkish President Erdoğan and his German counterpart exchange barbs during state dinner
A state dinner for controversial Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Berlin became awkward late Friday.
In his speech, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier lamented the...
Germany bans rally at mosque opening by Erdoğan in Cologne out of security concerns
The German city of Cologne has refused to allow a major rally in the city on Saturday on the occasion of the opening of...
Turkish journalist expelled from Erdoğan-Merkel news conference due to slogan T-shirt
Turkish journalist Adil Yiğit was removed from a news conference held by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin...
Exiled Turkish journalist Dündar vows to quit profession if Erdoğan proves him a spy
Exiled Turkish journalist Can Dündar has promised to quit journalism if Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan proves his claim that Dündar is a spy,...
Turkey’s high court orders state to compensate academic who received death threats
The Turkish Constitutional Court has ordered the state to pay Professor Baskın Oran TL 27,000 ($4,500) in damages due to the lack of an...
Turkish police detain 3 İstanbul airport construction workers for protesting late shuttles
Three more workers from İstanbul’s new airport construction site were arrested on Friday because they were protesting delayed rush hour shuttles, the Evrensel daily...
Merkel says Germany needs more evidence on Gülen movement to call it ‘terrorist organization’
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday said Germany is carefully investigating Turkey’s arguments regarding the Gülen movement but that they need more evidence, Sputnik’s...
Turkish gov’t detains dozens of people over their alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government detained dozens of people across Turkey on Friday as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of the...
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