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Turkish minister says cutting of EU financial assistance ‘meaningless’ for Turkey

Turkey’s Minister for EU Affairs Ömer Çelik said on Wednesday that the European Union’s intention to remove pre-accession financial assistance to Turkey “means nothing”...

Iraqi PM al-Abadi visits Ankara in wake of Kurdish independence referendum

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi visited Ankara for talks with Turkish officials, including President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, as the Baghdad administration stepped in and...

Turkish Justice Ministry cancels visit to US over diplomatic row

Turkey’s Justice Ministry announced on Tuesday that it had canceled a planned visit by ministry officials to the US due to an ongoing diplomatic...

Chief of Turkish general staff raises Ankara’s concerns over YPG during US visit

Turkey’s Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar expressed Ankara’s concerns about Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) militia in Syria during bilateral meetings on...

EP urges immediate release of prominent Turkish rights activist/businessman

Turkey Rapporteur for the European Parliament (EP) Kati Piri shared on Twitter a cross-party letter signed by members of the EP primarily involved in...

Turkish FM says doesn’t want Greece to become ‘safe haven’ for coup plotters

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Tuesday that Turkey does not want Greece to be a “safe haven” for plotters of last year’s...

US officials to visit Turkish-American NASA researcher jailed in Turkey

US consular officials were given permission to visit Turkish-American dual citizen and NASA researcher Serkan Gölge, who has been held for 15 months in...

Erdoğan threatens US over Zarrab, saying will set the world on fire

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday strongly criticized the US administration for allegedly trying to force jailed Turkish-Iranian businessman Reza Zarrab to give them...

Erdoğan says Idlib complete, Afrin to be next

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday said Turkey has to a great extent completed its operation in the Syrian province of Idlib, saying Afrin...

Erdoğan calls detained Kavala a criminal and the Turkish Soros

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday said detained human rights activist and prominent businessman Osman Kavala was behind the Gezi protests of 2013, calling...

Report: Kavala, US Consulate’s Topuz accused of Gezi, corruption, coup attempt

The Sabah daily reported on Tuesday that detained human rights activist and prominent businessman Osman Kavala and arrested US Consulate employee Metin Topuz are...

Report: Warrant to be issued for yet another US Consulate employee in Turkey

A detention warrant is to be issued for yet another employee of the US Consulate General in Istanbul, Washington-based reporter İlhan Tanır claimed on...

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