Turkey’s PM Yıldırım says Gülen movement was behind arrest of Halkbank’s Atilla in US
Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım on Saturday said the faith-based Gülen movement was responsible for the detention of Halkbank Deputy General Manager Mehmet Hakan Atilla...
Turkish ministers stay silent on expert report warning of major risks in Kanal İstanbul...
Four Turkish ministers have declined to answer parliamentary questions about a recent expert report detailing significant environmental, cultural and geological risks posed by a...
New report details UN findings on systemic rights violations in Turkey after 2016 coup...
A new report compiled by the Netherlands-based human rights group Stichting Justice Square has detailed a pattern of human rights violations in Turkey following...
17th century Armenian church on preservation list demolished in western Turkey
An Armenian church dating to 1603 in the western province of Kütahya that was on the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism’s preservation list...
US lifts sanctions on Turkish interior and justice ministers
The United States said on Friday it had lifted sanctions imposed on two top officials in Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s cabinet, a sign...
Merkel on row over İncirlik base: No more patience with Turkey
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday that Germany would move its Bundeswehr troops at Turkey’s İncirlik Airbase to Jordan as it has no...
INTERPOL chief declines to discuss question on Turkey’s abuse of Red Notices at South...
INTERPOL Secretary General Valdecy Urquiza declined to elaborate on allegations that Turkey uses the organization’s alerts to pursue political opponents, when asked by a...
300-room summer palace under construction for Turkey’s Erdoğan
A summer palace with 300 rooms and four-meter-high walls is being constructed at Okluk Bay, in Marmaris, for Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,...
Rights groups urge Turkish parliamentary commission to push reforms protecting Kurds
Three international rights groups are urging a cross-party parliamentary commission in Turkey to recommend sweeping legal and institutional reforms aimed at protecting Kurds and...
Turkish journalist who protested Erdoğan faces deportation from Germany
Turkish journalist Adil Yiğit, who protested during a press conference with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and German Chancellor Angela Merkel last month, has been told...
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