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Netherlands withdraws ambassador to Turkey due to 2017 row

The Dutch Foreign Ministry announced on Monday that it had formally withdrawn its ambassador to Turkey, who has been physically barred from the country...

HRW report: Turkish border guards shooting at, blocking fleeing Syrians

Turkish guards at the border with Syria are indiscriminately shooting at and summarily returning Syrian asylum seekers attempting to cross into Turkey, the New...

Erdoğan says Turkish military getting closer to city of Afrin

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday said Turkish troops are getting closer to the Syrian city of Afrin, the state-run Anadolu news agency...

EU urges Turkey to ensure rule of law

The European Union on Friday expressed concern about recent judicial developments in Turkey, urging Ankara to ensure the rule of law. "The reversal of the...

Turkish FM accuses Europe of hypocrisy over Macron’s Afrin remarks

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has accused European countries of being hypocritical when speaking abouta military operation Turkey launched in northern Syria last month...

Turkey demands Russia extradite suspected terrorist Mihraç Ural

Turkey has demanded that Moscow extradite Mihraç Ural, a suspected terrorist believed to be responsible for deadly attacks in Turkey five years ago who...

Turkey rated among worst in world in WJP 2017-18 Rule of Law Index

Turkey has fallen to 101st place out of 113 countries in the World Justice Project’s 2017-18 Rule of Law Index, a comprehensive measure of adherence...

EP members: Re-arrest of Kılıç a travesty of justice

Rebecca Harms, together with other members of the European Parliament and the EP-Turkey Forum, on Thursday criticized the re-arrest of Taner Kılıç, chairman of...

Turkish Foreign Ministry slams EP’s Piri over PKK remarks

Ankara has harshly criticized Kati Piri, the European Parliament’s rapporteur for Turkey, for remarks made about the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). "The European Parliament’s...

CoE’s Muiznieks condemns detention of Turkish Medical Association members

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muiznieks on Tuesday condemned the detention 11 members of the Turkish Medical Association’s (TTB) central council...

US says will not withdraw troops from Syria’s Manbij

Gen. Joseph Votel, head of the US Central Command, said on Sunday that American troops will not be withdrawn from Manbij, a strategically important...

Turkey blocks Greek minister from landing on Aegean Kardak islets

The Turkish Coast Guard on Sunday blocked Greece’s defense minister from approaching a pair of Turkish islets in the Aegean, according to Turkey’s Interior...

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