Turkey detains daughter of US consulate employee amid Turkish-American tension
The daughter of a US Consulate staff member for whom Turkish authorities issued a detention warrant on Sunday over alleged links to the faith-based...
Names of 7 stripped naked by Turkish security forces in anti-PKK operation announced
Identities have been announced of seven people who were detained in Muğla’s Ortaca and Seydikemer areas on October 4. It came out that the...
Parents seek UN help as no news from Turkish teacher abducted in Pakistan
There has been no trace of Turkish teacher Mesut Kaçmaz and his family since they were abducted by a group of people in police...
Turkish gov’t hosts group of Pakistani journalists amid Kaçmaz scandal
As questions persist about the abduction of former Pak-Turk school director in Pakistan Mesut Kaçmaz and his family in Lahore last month, Turkey is...
Turkey launches probe into dismissed protestor’s 70-year-old mother
The Ankara Chief Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation into 7 people, including Kezban Şaçılık, the mother Veli Saçılık who is activist and a sociologist...
Turkish court releases 3 suspects in attack on funeral of HDP deputy’s mother
A Turkish court released three suspects on Friday in their first hearing in a case against an attack on the funeral of Hatun Tuğluk,...
Turkish court appoints trustees to 48 more companies over alleged Gülen links
A court in Aydın province appointed trustees to the management of 48 companies, including leading freezer company Uğur, over alleged links to the Gülen...
Lahore High Court asks Pakistani gov’t to ensure protection of Turkish citizens
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday ordered the authorities to ensure protection of Turk citizens living in Pakistan, reported by The News on Friday. The...
Father of Turkish soldier murdered by ISIL seeks official martyrdom for son
Aydın Taş, the father of Sefer Taş, one of two Turkish soldiers who were allegedly burned to death by Islamic State in Iraq and...
5-year old Turkish boy faces risk of incapability to walk in absence of his...
Tahir Özger, a five-year old boy whose mother has been imprisoned very recently, was operated in the absence of his mother in Kayseri province,...
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