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Erdoğan says he will go to Afrin if necessary

Addressing a local Justice and Development Party (AKP) congress ahead of the 2019 elections, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday said he would...

Turkish military and FSA take control of strategic peak in Afrin

Turkish military and Free Syrian Army (FSA) forces on Sunday took control of the strategic Bursaya Mountain in the Afrin region of Syria, the...

Kurds protesting Turkey’s Syrian offensive dispersed by Cologne police

German police halted a demonstration in Cologne on Saturday after some 15,000 Kurds took to the streets to protest Turkey's incursion into the northern...

Erdoğan’s foundation pushes further to replace Gülen schools in Africa

A Turkish state-run educational foundation has signed memorandums of understanding with 26 countries in Africa to take control of schools belonging to people from...

Turkey calls for US pullback from Manbij

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Saturday called on the United States to withdraw personnel from the Kurdish-held town of Manbij in northern Syria,...

OSCE’s Désir calls on Turkey to release detained journalists

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir on Wednesday called on Turkish authorities to drop...

Erdoğan slams US, says Manbij next target

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday reacted to calls from the US to wrap up an operation in the Afrin region of Syria,...

US stands behind White House statement on Erdoğan-Trump phone call

Despite denials from Ankara, the US State Department on Thursday stood behind a readout released by the White House on Wednesday of a phone...

US urges Turkey to end state of emergency, respect freedom of expression

The US on Thursday expressed "serious concern" about the widespread arrest and pretrial detention of journalists critical of the Turkish government. "We urge Turkey to...

Int’l bar association calls on Turkey to stop persecution of legal professionals

The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) has called on the government of Turkey to halt the persecution of human rights defenders and...

Turkish FM: US account of Trump-Erdoğan call ‘does not fully reflect the truth’

The White House readout of a Wednesday phone conversation between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and US President Donald Trump differs from what the...

CHP leader asks gov’t to release Trump-Erdoğan phone call recording

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has called on the government to release the full content of a phone call between...

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