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EU to hold summit with Turkish leaders in coming months amid strained relations

Donald Tusk, the president of the European Council, said on Thursday that the heads of European Union institutions were given a mandate to plan...

PACE urges dialogue with Turkey, underlines violation of rule of law

Following a fact-finding visit to Turkey in November, Mogens Jensen, the chair of an ad hoc sub-committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council...

Turkey: 20 busloads of people evacuated from Aleppo

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Veysi Kaynak said on Thursday that the first 20 buses allocated for the evacuation of people from Aleppo had left...

Kerry speaks to Russian, Turkish counterparts on Aleppo cease-fire

US Secretary of State John Kerry spoke on Wednesday with his Russian and Turkish counterparts by phone over the need for a cease-fire in...

Erdoğan, Putin discuss humanitarian plight in Aleppo on phone

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed during a phone call on Wednesday to push for the evacuation of civilians from...

US says concerned about large-scale detentions of HDP politicians

US State Department Spokesperson John Kirby said at the regular press briefing on Tuesday the United States is certainly concerned by the large-scale detentions...

‘West no longer has common bond of shared values, interests with Turkey’

There is a growing realization both in the US and Europe that a common bond of shared values and interests no longer exists with...

Turkish FM says 2 detained Czech citizens may be linked to PKK

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Tuesday that two Czech citizens who were detained in Turkey while illegally crossing the Turkish border into...

Deputy PM says Turkey to set up tent city for 80,000 refugees fleeing Aleppo

Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Şimşek said on Tuesday that Turkey will set up a tent city with a capacity of up to 80,000...

Turkey asks imams abroad to profile Gülen-linked expatriates

A document dated Sept. 20, 2016 shows that Turkey's Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) asked Turkish missions and religious representatives abroad to profile Gülen...

Turkey seeks civilian evacuation from Aleppo amid protests at home

  Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has been making phone calls to his Qatari and Russian counterparts to provide evacuation for residents of Aleppo, while a...

EU will not open new chapters with Turkey

As several European Union institutions and politicians continue to express concern over an ongoing purge in Turkey following an attempted coup on July 15, ...

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