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Sweden deal crowns Erdoğan’s post-election shift West

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has performed one of his trademark policy U-turns on Sweden's accession to NATO that culminates a gradual pro-Western tilt...

Turkey’s alleged ISIL leader released from prison pending retrial

Halis Bayancuk, who is accused of being the Turkey leader of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), was released from prison...

15 Kurdish journalists finally appear in court after 13-month pretrial detention

Eighteen Kurdish journalists, 15 of whom have been in pretrial detention since June 2022 on terrorism-related charges, appeared in court for the first hearing...

Turkey ordered to pay damages to journalist Baransu due to his long pretrial detention

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ordered Turkey to pay 9,800 euros to journalist Mehmet Baransu, a former correspondent for the now-defunct...

The state of Sweden’s NATO bid after Turkey’s approval

After months of deadlock, Turkey's president has approved Sweden's NATO membership, paving the way for the Nordic country to follow its neighbor Finland into...

Turkey’s defense minister discusses modernization of Turkish military with US counterpart

Turkish Defense Minister Yaşar Güler had a phone call with his US counterpart, Lloyd Austin, on Monday during which they discussed the modernization of...

Senator Menendez says he is talking with Biden administration on F-16 sales to Turkey: report

US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez on Monday said there was a temporary "lull" in Turkey's "aggression against its neighbors" and said...

Turkey leads the world in legal harassment of women journalists

Turkey has the highest rate of legal harassment of women journalists in the world and ranks second in the number of women journalists imprisoned,...

President Erdoğan increases own salary by 39 pct

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has increased his own salary by 39 percent, raising it from TL 100,000 ($3,829) to TL 140,000 ($5,360), local...

NATO agreement with Turkey ‘a good day for Sweden’: Swedish PM

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on Monday said he was "very happy" that Sweden reached an agreement with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to...

Turkey drops veto, agrees to back Sweden’s NATO bid

Turkey agreed Monday to allow Sweden to join the NATO alliance, setting the stage for the allies to showcase their unity at a summit...

Use of ByLock by justice minister’s brother went unpunished: report

Unlike thousands of people in Turkey, Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç's brother Yahya did not face any punishment for using the ByLock smartphone application, benefitting...

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