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Israel issues travel warning for possible ISIL attacks in Turkey, Jordan, Egypt

The Israeli National Security Council's Counterterrorism Bureau has issued a number of travel warnings for citizens planning to travel to Turkey, Jordan or Egypt...

OSCE, UN media freedom watchdogs call on Turkey to release jailed journalists

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and United Nations officials for media freedom on Tuesday called on Turkey to release six...

Life sentence demanded for NSU member accused of murdering 8 Turks

Federal prosecutors demanded a life sentence for Beate Zschäpe, a member of the right-wing neo-Nazi extremist group National Socialist Underground (NSU), accusing her of...

Erdoğan says Turkey has signed deal to buy Russian S-400 missile system

Amid tension between Turkey and the US, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday said Ankara has signed a deal with Russia to buy a...

German FM says Berlin has halted arms exports to Turkey

German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Monday that Germany has halted major arms sales to Turkey due to the worsening human rights situation...

Turkish Deputy PM says US judiciary has become tool of Gülen movement plan

Referring to an arrest warrant from the US District Court for the Southern District of New York for former Turkish Economy Minister Mehmet Zafer...

UN human rights commissioner urges Turkey to end state of emergency

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, in an opening statement for the 36th session of the Human Rights Council, expressed...

German foreign ministry: German couple detained in Turkey

A German foreign ministry spokesman said that a German couple of Turkish origin were detained in İstanbul on Sunday, Deutsche Welle reported. According to the...

615 Turkish civil servants have applied for asylum in Germany

German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere on Monday said 615 Turkish civil servants have asked for political asylum in Germany since a failed coup...

Turkish minister: Jailed reporter an agent hidden in German consulate for days

Turkey’s Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said on Sunday that Turkish-German journalist Deniz Yücel, who has been in a Turkish jail since February, is an...

Merkel ridicules Turkey’s travel warning: No journalists arrested in Germany

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday mocked a travel warning issued by the Turkish Foreign Ministry for citizens visiting Germany, bringing to mind the...

995 Turks have requested asylum in Greece amid post-coup crackdown

At least 995 Turkish citizens have applied for refugee protection in Greece after fleeing a post-coup crackdown at home, according to local reports. The Kathimerini...

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