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Turkish officials, Tillerson discuss ISIL, Gülen extradition in Ankara

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Turkish officials on Thursday discussed ways to coordinate the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and...

CoE congress urges strengthening of local democracy in Turkey

The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe (CoE) on Wednesday adopted a recommendation and resolution on the situation of...

Turkey ends Operation Euphrates Shield in Syria

Turkey announced on Wednesday that it had terminated Operation Euphrates Shield, which was launched last August against Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant...

US lifts restrictions for diplomatic dependents at İstanbul consulate, reiterates previous warnings

The US State Department updated a travel warning to its citizens on Tuesday that terminated an October decision which directed family members of employees...

Ex-Pentagon advisor says Turkey is heading towards civil conflict, if not civil war

Michael Rubin, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and a former Pentagon advisor, said on Wednesday that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's plans...

FM Çavuşoğlu accuses Gülen movement of detention of Halkbank executive in US

Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has held the faith-based Gülen movement responsible for the detention of Halkbank Deputy General Manager Mehmet Hakan Atilla in...

Radio Sweden exposes how Turkish gov’t is tracking down critics in Sweden

Sweden’s official radio station, Radio Sweden, has documented that Turkey’s government is trying to identify and track down supporters of the Gülen movement in...

Berlin launches probe into Turkish intelligence spying on Gülen followers in Germany

The German Interior Ministry has launched an investigation into whether Turkey's National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has been spying on suspected supporters of the Gülen...

Report: Reason for EU-Turkey row is Erdoğan’s imams spying on Gülen followers

US-based news magazine Foreign Policy claimed in a Monday report that the latest row between Turkey and the European Union over the cancellation of...

Turkish PM warns EU on referendum: Mind your own business

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said on Tuesday that Europe should not interfere in a referendum on April 16 that will expand President Recep...

Germany informs Gülen sympathizers about MİT surveillance

German authorities have informed Turks linked with the Gülen movement about Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MİT) surveillance in Germany, German media reported on Monday. According...

PYD chief says Raqqa to be part of Syria’s ‘Kurdish Federation’

Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) Co-chair Salih Muslim said on Monday that the northern Syrian city of Raqqa is expected to join a...

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