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US senators enlist NBA’s Kanter to push bill condemning rights abuse in Turkey

Turkish NBA player Enes Kanter, a vocal critic of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, teamed up with two Democratic US senators on Tuesday as they introduced...

House members urge Trump to rescind invitation to Erdoğan

US Representative Eliot L. Engel, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, on Monday led House members in pressing President Donald Trump to rescind his invitation to...

Erdoğan says will tell Trump US failed to fulfill Syria deal: report

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Tuesday he would tell President Donald Trump that the United States has not fulfilled its agreement last month to...

Turkey needs EU economically, German lawmaker says in response to Erdoğan’s ISIL threat

German deputy Norbert Röttgen on Tuesday said Turkey is in need of Europe’s support to sustain its economy, in an apparent reaction to President Recep Tayyip...

Erdoğan threatens to send ISIL fighters to Europe: report

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has issued a thinly veiled threat that Turkey could release jailed Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters and send...

Germany says man deported by Turkey not ISIL member

The German government has announced that a German citizen who was deported by Turkey for alleged membership in the Islamic State in Iraq and...

Turkey vows to continue Cyprus drilling activities despite EU sanctions

In the wake of a decision from European Union foreign ministers on Monday who agreed on economic sanctions due to Turkey’s drilling off the coast of...

ISIL fighter deported by Turkey gets stuck at Turkish-Greek border

A man with alleged links to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was stranded on Monday in the middle of a Turkish-Greek border...

Hanover makes history in mayor’s race by electing son of Turkish immigrants

Belit Onay, a German Green party lawmaker with Turkish roots, won a runoff election on Sunday to become mayor of the city of Hanover, Deutsche Welle...

White Helmets founder dies in apparent suicide in İstanbul: report

The British founder of an organization that trained the Syrian White Helmets emergency response group died in İstanbul on Monday, the Middle East Eye (MEE) news...

EU agrees to sanction Turkey over Cyprus drilling activities: report

European Union foreign ministers on Monday agreed on economic sanctions over Turkey’s drilling off the coast of Cyprus, setting up the legal framework for travel bans...

White House official says Turkey should ‘get rid’ of Russian missiles or face US sanctions

The United States is very upset about Turkey’s purchase of a Russian missile defense system and could impose sanctions on Ankara if it does not “get...

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