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32 Turks have died overseas due to coronavirus, foreign minister says

Thirty-two Turkish citizens have so far died from the novel coronavirus while out of the country, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Wednesday. “Unfortunately, our 32 citizens,...

Turkey indicts 20 Saudi officials over Khashoggi killing: report

Turkish prosecutors have charged 20 suspects including two former top aides to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the 2018 murder of Riyadh critic Jamal...

EP rapporteur calls on Turkey to release journalists, lawyers, activists with coronavirus bill

The European Parliament’s Turkey rapporteur, Nacho Sanchez Amor, has called on the Turkish government to release hundreds of imprisoned journalists, lawyers, activists and human rights defenders...

Saudi Arabia says 72 Turkish nationals under coronavirus quarantine in Mecca

As Saudi Arabia reported a jump of almost a quarter in coronavirus cases on Sunday to more than 500, Health Ministry Spokesman Mohammed Abdelali said 72...

German neo-Nazi group sends pig’s head, hate messages to TRT Berlin branch

A German neo-Nazi group has sent a pig’s head to the Berlin branch of Turkish public broadcaster TRT, according to the Ahval news website. TRT Deutsch‘s editor-in-chief...

EU-Turkey refugee deal still intact, Merkel says

European nations remain committed to the 2016 European Union-Turkey refugee deal, German Chancellor Angela Merkel insisted on Tuesday, following a four-way videoconference with her Turkish, French...

Greek border police fire tear gas at migrants attempting to enter from Turkey: report

Clashes broke out on Greece’s border with Turkey before dawn on Wednesday after about 500 migrants attempted to break down a border fence and enter Greece,...

2 Turkish nationals in Austria, UK die due to coronavirus: report

Two Turkish nationals living in the UK and Austria have died from the novel coronavirus, according to the Hürriyet Daily News. Speaking to the state-run Anadolu...

Erdoğan teleconferences with leaders of France, Germany, UK on Syria, migrants: report

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday discussed the migrant crisis as well as the situation in Syria's last rebel enclave of Idlib with the leaders of...

Turkey closes land borders with Greece, Bulgaria, amid coronavirus outbreak

Turkey’s land borders with Greece and Bulgaria have been closed for exit and entry as a measure against the coronavirus outbreak, state broadcaster TRT said on...

Pompeo blames Russia for killing of Turkish soldiers in Syria: report

The United States for the first time Tuesday held Russia responsible for the death of dozens of Turkish troops in Syria as it vowed accountability, AFP...

Turkish-backed Syrian rebels hold sit-ins demanding Ankara pay their salaries: monitor

Fighters from the Syrian National Army, a Turkish-backed rebel group in northern Syria, have been holding sit-in demonstrations for two days, demanding that Ankara pay their...

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