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Turkish deputy PM says final operation to take over Syria’s al-Bab under way

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş said on Monday that preparations for a final operation by Turkish-backed rebels to take over the Islamic State...

[VIDEO] Helsinki Commission focuses on post-coup human rights violations in Turkey

The Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), which is also known as the US Helsinki Commission, on Nov. 9 held a briefing...

[VIDEO] Protestors call consuls general visiting scene of terror attacks ‘murderers’

Unidentified individuals protested 30 consuls general serving in İstanbul after they laid wreaths in memory of 44 victims killed in twin blasts near Beşiktaş...

Consuls general visit scene of terror attacks

Thirty representatives of foreign missions on Monday visited the site of twin bomb blasts that killed 44 in Beşiktaş on Saturday night. Consuls general serving...

Former consul held captive by ISIL says Ankara ignored his calls for help

The former consul general of the Turkish consulate in Mosul, Iraq, Öztürk Yılmaz, who was held hostage by the Islamist State in Iraq and...

Foreign journalists become targets after İstanbul attacks

Foreign journalists were targeted by pro-Erdoğan trolls and media for their tweets reporting on twin bomb attacks in İstanbul immediately after they occurred on...

Piri to Bozdağ: Remarks not worthy of a minister of justice

As tension escalates between Turkey and the European Union, Kati Piri, the European Parliament's rapporteur on Turkey, on Saturday reacted to remarks by Turkish...

Danish PM expresses concern over media freedoms during Turkey visit

  While speaking at a press conference in Ankara on Saturday, Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said he had expressed concerns to his Turkish...

Italian judge refuses to drop money-laundering investigation into Erdoğan’s son

A Bologna judge has denied a request from prosecutors to terminate a money laundering investigation into Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s son Bilal, with...

Families outraged as Turkish court dismisses Mavi Marmara case against Israel

The families of victims of the Mavi Marmara aid flotilla were outraged after İstanbul's 7th High Criminal Court on Friday dismissed a case against...

Prosecutor: Turkey relinquished sovereign rights in Mavi Marmara case

In the latest hearing of a trial involving an incident on the Mavi Marmara aid ship in which nine Turkish citizens were killed by...

[VIDEO] UETD head calls journalist Dündar a ‘traitor’

Turkish journalist-in-exile Can Dündar was verbally attacked by the head of the Union of European Turkish Democrats (UETD) during a program in Zurich on...

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