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Top Russian commander to visit Ankara amid US-Turkey Idlib tension

Amid tensions between the US and Turkey over terrorism support in Syria, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said the chief of the Russian...

Turkey sends diplomatic note to Germany over prime coup suspect

Turkey sent a diplomatic note to Germany on Wednesday asking for confirmation of whether media reports claiming that the prime suspect in Turkey’s last...

US Adana consul’s request to meet officials in SE Turkey rejected

Linda Stuart Specht, the US consul in Adana, has said she wanted to meet with governors, district governors and mayors during visits to various...

[VIDEO] Secretary Tillerson: Turkey continues to limit rights of religious minorities

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday slammed Turkey for continuing to limit the human rights of members of some religious minority groups. Delivering...

Macron calls Erdoğan, expresses concern over arrested French journalist

French President Emmanuel Macron in a phone call on Tuesday with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan expressed concern over French freelance reporter Loup Bureau,...

Iran’s Armed Forces Chief of Staff Baqeri visits Turkey

Maj. Gen. Mohammad Bagheri, the chief of staff of Iran's armed forces, is visiting Turkey on Tuesday together with a high-ranking political-military delegation, the...

Jailed Amnesty director says Turkey holding them hostage to threaten Germany

Director of Amnesty International (AI) Turkey Idil Eser, who has been jailed since her detention on July 5 together with nine other human rights...

Pro-Erdoğan columnist says US planning to attack Turkey

A staunchly pro-government columnist, Yusuf Kaplan, wrote in his Monday column that the US is planning to attack Turkey, which he argued, would divide...

Terror attack kills 20 at Burkina Faso Turkish restaurant

Suspected Islamist extremists on Sunday opened fire at an upscale Turkish restaurant in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, killing 20 people, including a...

Int’l rights organizations call on Turkey to release jailed human rights activists

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organization Against...

Deputy minister: Turkey denying visas to Kyrgyz Gülen school students, families

Kyrgyz nationals who study at schools affiliated with the Gülen movement as well as their families are being denied visas to Turkey, according to...

German firms sell 5.6 million euros worth of arms to Turkey

Despite ongoing tension between Berlin and Ankara over a visit to military bases in Turkey, the detention of several German journalists and a rights...

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