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...
Dutch PM says Turkish sanctions against Netherlands ‘not too bad’ but ‘bizarre’
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has said that sanctions imposed on the Netherlands by Turkey following a diplomatic crisis with the country were “not...
CoE’s Venice Commission: Turkey’s constitutional amendments dangerous step backwards
Pointing at “the substance of the proposed constitutional amendments represents a dangerous step backwards in the constitutional democratic tradition of Turkey,” the Council of...
EU voices serious concerns over the constitutional amendments in Turkey
The European Union (EU) High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini and Commissioner Johannes Hahn have expressed serious concerns on the constitutional amendments in Turkey by saying that...
Turkey plays migrant card again amid strained tensions with European countries
Turkish European Affairs Minister Ömer Çelik said on Monday that Turkey should reconsider part of its deal to keep migrants out of the European...
Erdoğan fans burn French flag, attack Norwegian journalist mistaking for ‘Dutch’
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A group of protesters in the Black Sea province of Samsun have burned a French flag as they mistook it for the Dutch flag...
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