Turkish FM: We’ll take steps in refugee deal if visa liberalization not realized

Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Tuesday that the government could take steps against a readmission agreement, or refugee deal, between...

Interior Minister Soylu targets pro-Kurdish HDP, signals new operations

Turkey’s Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has targeted members of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and signaled new operations against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’...

Int’l human rights bodies warn ECJ ruling over headscarf ban ‘panders to prejudice’

International human rights organizations have warned that a ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) that EU companies can ban employees from wearing religious...

Turkish FM Çavuşoğlu’s attacks and humiliation targeting EU persist

Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said on Tuesday that the European Union (EU) is falling apart. He said the EU was founded in an...

German state Saarland seeks to ban Turkish political rallies

The governor of German state Saarland says that she wants to prevent Turkish government officials from holding political rallies there before Turkey’s constitutional referendum. Governor...

Turkish hackers organize cyberattacks on Dutch websites

Turkish hacker groups targeted a large number of Dutch websites after the political fallout between the Netherlands and Turkey over the weekend, reported by...

Rutte reacts harshly, says Erdoğan’s tone becoming more and more hysterical

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has reacted harshly to Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan fresh wave of verbal attacks at the Netherlands on...

Court says Demirtaş inclined by personality to commit crimes

An Ağrı court that handed down a prison sentence of five months to pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş on insult charges...

Austria’s Chancellor Kern says Turkish ministers promote ‘abolishing democracy’

Austria will try to prevent visiting Turkish ministers from campaigning for a constitutional referendum on the grounds of public safety and because they promote...

Minister Kaya says dared to die in Netherlands, returned upon Erdoğan’s call

Turkish Minister of Family and Social Policy Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya who was expelled from the Netherlands on Saturday night after she insisted on...

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