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Turkey should stop blackmailing EU on migration, Greek minister says

Giorgos Koumoutsakos, Greece’s alternate minister for migration policy, said Turkey should stop using refugees as a tool of blackmail to secure more financial support from the EU,...

Turkey sentences three men for shooting at US Embassy last year

A Turkish court sentenced three men to prison on Thursday for shooting at the US Embassy in Ankara last year, AFP reported. They were handed...

Turkey arrests lawyer hired by German Embassy in Ankara

Turkey has arrested a Turkish lawyer hired by the German Embassy in Ankara, a diplomat at the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday, a measure that could...

Turkey sends back Dutch woman who joined Syrian extremists

The Dutch government says Turkey has sent a woman back to the Netherlands who is suspected of traveling to Syria to join extremists, The Associated Press...

ISIL capitalized on US Syria withdrawal, Turkish incursion to regroup: report

The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group took advantage of both the US withdrawal from northeastern Syria and the Turkish incursion to regroup...

Turkish police question 2 US consulate staffers over Halloween party video

Turkish police on Wednesday questioned two local staffers from a US consulate in Turkey over a Halloween party video that was claimed to have "denigrated religious...

Russian FM says Turkey told Moscow no new Syria offensive planned: report

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that Ankara had assured Moscow that it did not plan to launch a new military operation in Syria...

Turkey says YPG attacked school in NE Syria, killing civilians: report

Turkey’s Defense Ministry said on Tuesday Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) militia had killed three people and wounded eight in a missile attack on a school...

Some 100,000 Syrians have left İstanbul since July: minister

Turkey’s interior minister said on Wednesday that approximately 100,000 Syrians living without approval in İstanbul had left it since early July, when the government set a...

Germany urges citizens travelling to Turkey to beware of officials monitoring VPNs

The German Foreign Ministry has updated its warnings for citizens travelling to Turkey, underlining that Turkish officials are monitoring Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), Deutsche Welle Turkish...

Erdoğan aide calls on Russia, US to honor their parts of Syria agreements

Turkey reiterated its call on Russia and the United States to fulfill the agreements reached with Ankara in October to eliminate Kurdish militia from northeastern Syria,...

Greek PM accuses Turkey of violating refugee deal with Europe

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in an interview with German daily Handelsblatt published on Monday that Turkey was violating the terms of its agreement with...

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