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[UPDATED] YPG will be disarmed as part of roadmap, Turkish FM Çavuşoğlu says

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Tuesday said the People’s Protection Units (YPG), a Kurdish militant group in northern Syria, would be disarmed as...

US, Turkey endorse roadmap for Manbij, reaffirm ‘allied partnership’

Turkey and the United States on Monday endorsed a roadmap for the northern Syrian city of Manbij and underlined their mutual commitment to its...

Greece frees all Turkish soldiers seeking asylum after coup attempt, lawyer says

Omiros Zelios, a lawyer representing eight former Turkish soldiers who fled to Greece seeking asylum on the night of a 2016 coup attempt in...

Turkish FM: Erdoğan is the sole hope for Muslims

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Monday said President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is the only hope for Muslims, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. "I...

Turkey condemns Israel’s new settlement decision

Turkey on Friday strongly condemned an Israeli decision to build 2,000 additional units in its settlements in the West Bank, including in East Jerusalem. "We...

Report calls Turkey’s jailing of Western nationals ‘hostage diplomacy’

A Washington think tank has warned that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is holding a number of Western nationals in jail to use them...

US documents violations of religious freedom in Turkey in 2017 report

The US State Department has highlighted violations of religious freedom committed by the Turkish government in its annual International Religious Freedom Report for 2017, released on...

Çavuşoğlu says YPG will withdraw from Manbij according to Turkey-US roadmap

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has claimed Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) militants in northern Syria will withdraw from the Syrian city of Manbij...

Deputy PM on Le Point remarks: Turkish people are smarter than Macron

Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdağ on Wednesday accused French President Emmanuel Macron of trying to discredit Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, saying Turks...

German, Turkish officials condemn xenophobia at Solingen commemoration

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu jointly condemned xenophobia at the 25th anniversary commemoration of...

Turkey’s interior minister accuses former US ambassador of perpetuating Afghan refugee flow

Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu accused former US Ambassador to Turkey John Bass of perpetuating a recent migrant flow from Afghanistan during a Monday...

ECtHR fines Turkey 70,000 euros in two separate cases

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday fined Turkey a total of 70,000 euros in two cases that were brought to the...

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