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Albanian court jails Turkish asylum seeker over fake visa

An Albanian court in Tirana has sentenced Turkish national Selami Şimşek to one year in prison for attempting to cross the Albanian border with a fake...

Turkey repatriates 4 French extremists, Interior Ministry says

Turkey deported four extremists of French nationality to France on Tuesday, the Interior Ministry announced, according to the state-run Anadolu news agency. They were deported as part...

Russia informs Turkey of ceasefire violations in Syria’s Idlib region: report

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in a Monday phone call informed his Turkish counterpart, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, about ceasefire violations committed by extremists from the Idlib de-escalation...

Turkey says will retaliate ‘without hesitation’ for any attack on Syria observation posts

Turkey’s Defense Ministry said on Tuesday that it would retaliate “in the strongest way, without hesitation” against any attack by President Bashar al-Assad’s forces on its...

Trump, Erdoğan discuss Syria, Libya developments in phone call: report

US President Donald Trump discussed developments in Syria and Libya in a phone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday, Reuters reported,...

HRW urges UN to address human rights violations in Turkey

As Turkey will undergo its third Universal Periodic Review (UPR) before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Tuesday, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said...

Hackers acting in Turkey’s interest believed to be behind recent cyberattacks: report

Sweeping cyberattacks targeting governments and other organizations in Europe and the Middle East are believed to be the work of hackers acting in the interests of the...

Erdoğan says Libya conflict cannot be solved by military means: report

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said the Libyan cannot not be solved by military means after talks Sunday with his Algerian counterpart in Algiers, AFP reported. Algeria,...

Despite refugee deal only 189 migrants were returned to Turkey in 2019: report

Despite a 2016 refugee agreement between the European Union and Turkey, only 189 irregular migrants who crossed the Aegean Sea to Greece were returned to Turkey...

European Parliament’s Turkey rapporteur criticizes Ankara’s anti-terror approach

The European Parliament’s Turkey Rapporteur Nacho Sanchez Amor has criticized Ankara’s excessive use of terrorist labeling, saying that calling everyone a terrorist undermines real counterterrorism efforts. “If we...

Merkel discusses freedom of expression and media with Turkish NGOs

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday met with representatives of Turkey’s leading nongovernmental organizations during a visit to the country, Deutsche Welle Turkish service reported. Lawyer Veysel Ok, the...

EU rejects Ankara’s accusations of failing to honor 2016 refugee deal: report

EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson has rejected Turkey’s accusations that Brussels has failed to honor its side of a refugee deal signed between the two...

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