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Turkey to repatriate 11 French ISIL fighters: minister

As part of Turkey's policy of repatriating foreign Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) members to their countries of citizenship, 11 French national members...

Turkish FM says Macron sponsors terrorism for support of Kurdish militia: report

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Thursday dismissed French President Emmanuel Macron’s critique of Turkey’s offensive in Syria against the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) militia,...

Migrants ‘tortured and beaten by Greek soldiers’ before being sent back to Turkey

A number of migrants claimed to have been tortured and abused by Greek soldiers before being physically pushed back over the border to Turkey,...

UK technology fuelled Turkey’s rise to global drone power: report

Turkey was able to circumvent a US export ban on killer drones with the help of a missile component first developed in the UK, allowing Ankara...

Turkish jets bomb N. Iraq village, force locals to flee, in fight against PKK

In its fight against a Kurdish terrorist group in northern Iraq, Turkish warplanes bombed a village north of Sulaimani on Tuesday evening, forcing locals to flee...

Turkish-backed militants abused civilians in Syria, says Human Rights Watch

Factions of the Syrian National Army (SNA), a non-state armed group backed by Turkey in northeast Syria, have summarily executed civilians and failed to account for aid...

Merkel says important to keep Turkey in NATO: report

NATO is at least as essential today as it was during the Cold War, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday, renewing a pledge to keep raising Germany’s...

Pompeo says Turkey testing Russian defense system ‘concerning’

Turkey carrying out tests with the Russian defense system it purchased is “concerning,” US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday but added that talks...

Turkey withholding NATO defense plan support for Syria concessions: report

Turkey is refusing to back a NATO defense plan for the Baltics and Poland until the alliance offers Ankara more political support for its fight against...

Car bomb blast kills 17 near Turkish-held Syrian town: report

A car bomb killed 17 people near a Syrian border town seized by Turkish-backed forces last month, Turkey’s Defense Ministry said on Tuesday, in an attack...

Turkey seizes Kurdish politician’s asylum file after arrest of German Embassy lawyer: report

Turkey’s intelligence agency took possession of a Kurdish politician’s German asylum file after a Turkish lawyer working for the German Embassy in Ankara was arrested, the Mezopotamya...

Vice president claims 370,000 refugees relocated to Turkish-held areas in Syria

Some 370,000 Syrian refugees living in Turkey have been relocated to Turkish-held areas in northeastern Syria, Vice President Fuat Oktay claimed on Tuesday, adding that the...

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