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US Senate committee approves proposal to ban gun sale to Erdoğan’s security detail

A US Senate committee has approved an endorsement to an appropriations bill that would block the US government from selling firearms to Turkish President...

Alleged Turkish spy goes on trial in Germany for monitoring Kurds

Mehmet Fatih Sayan, who is believed to have been working for Turkey's National Intelligence Organization (MİT), is going on trial on Thursday in Hamburg...

Erdoğan calls Merkel’s anti-Turkey remarks ‘Nazism’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday blasted German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her Social Democratic rival Martin Schulz for their remarks against Turkey’s...

US Senate committee chairman asks if Turkey has become too dangerous for foreigners to visit

Republican Senator Bob Corker, chairman of the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, on Wednesday questioned whether or not it’s safe for foreigners to...

Erdoğan says Turkey has sent 1,000 tons of aid to Rohingya

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said Turkey sent 1,000 tons of aid to Rohingya Muslims, who are facing human rights violations in Myanmar. Addressing...

Amnesty secretary-general poses outside Turkish prison where AI’s Eser is jailed

Amnesty International (AI) Secretary-General Salil Shetty posed for a picture on Tuesday outside İstanbul's Silivri Prison where AI Turkey Director İdil Eser is being...

Germany warns citizens vacationing in Turkey of arbitrary arrests

The German foreign ministry has updated a travel warning for citizens currently holidaying or planning to vacation in Turkey, saying they could be arbitrarily...

EU following ‘worrying’ reports of uniforms for coup suspects in Turkey

A European Union spokesperson on Tuesday said reports of a plan for suspects standing trial on coup charges in Turkey to wear identical uniforms...

President Erdoğan talks on phone with Myanmar leader Suu Kyi

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has spoken on the phone with Myanmar’s state councilor and de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and referred...

Merkel to push EU partners to review Turkey’s accession to EU

German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned on Tuesday that Turkey is backsliding on the rule of law and vowed to urge other EU member countries...

Turkish FM says Turkey wants to become EU member

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said Turkey wants to become a member of the EU following remarks from German leaders who voiced their...

Turkish EU minister: Talk of ending Turkey’s EU accession undermines Europe

Turkey’s European Union Affairs Minister Ömer Çelik said on Monday that any talk of ending his country’s negotiations for EU accession amounts to an...

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