US President Trump and Turkey’s Erdoğan agree to meet in New York amid tension
US President Donald Trump and Turkey’s autocratic Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke on the phone on Saturday and agreed to continue to work toward stronger...
Turkish government seeks to revoke citizenship of another 99 people including a 23-year-old
Turkey’s Interior Ministry has released a list of 99 people who are currently abroad and who will be stripped of their citizenship if they...
US House committee urges vigilance against violence by bodyguards of Turkey’s Erdoğan
The US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs on Friday sent a letter to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson requesting that he take...
Turkish police officers guarding Erdoğan on night of coup attempt arrested, judge says
Emirşah Baştoğ, presiding judge of the Muğla 2nd High Criminal Court, where a trial of suspected putschist soldiers is being heard, said on Saturday...
Bill to bar entry of Turkish officials into US clears Senate subcommittee
A subcommittee of the US Senate Committee on Appropriations has passed a spending bill for the State Department that includes a section giving the...
Two British citizens charged in Turkey over their alleged PYD ties
Two British citizens have been sued for allegedly making terror propaganda from their social media accounts while they have been in Turkey. Turkish media...
‘My father left to die of liver cancer under arrest,’ says son of Turkey’s...
“My father has been diagnosed with liver cancer and needs immediate treatment. He is now being kept at the detention ward of İzmir Training...
Sudan arrests Gülen-linked businessman at request of Turkey’s Erdoğan regime
Sudanese law enforcement detained Turkish businessman Memduh Çıkmaz at Turkey’s request as part of Turkish government's post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting alleged members of...
Turkey issues detention warrants for 69 military students, gives life sentences for 9 military...
Detention warrants were issued by Ankara Chief Prosecutors' Office on Friday for 69 military students who were allegedly assigned duties during a controversial coup...
Turkish university student detained for wearing ‘hero’ T-shirt, stripped while under police custody
A 24-year-old university student, identified with his initials B.Ö., was taken into police custody where he was stripped half naked, for wearing “hero” T-shirt...
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