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Trump wanted to persuade Justice Dep’t to drop case of Iranian-Turkish gold trader: report

President Donald Trump pressed then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to help persuade the Justice Department to drop a criminal case against an Iranian-Turkish gold trader who...

[UPDATE] 6 killed, 70 injured in YPG attacks on Turkish border towns

Rockets and mortar shells fired by the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) on several Turkish districts in Turkey’s southeastern provinces of Şanlıurfa and Mardin killed six...

European Union calls on Turkey to halt military operation in Syria

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Wednesday called on Turkey to show restraint and stop its military operation in northeast Syria, Reuters reported. “Turkey has security concerns...

Turkish military operation in northern Syria has begun, Erdoğan says

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced on Wednesday that Operation Peace Spring, a Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) military operation east of the Euphrates River in northern Syria,...

Twitter apologizes for letting ‘Die Trump’ hashtag trend in Turkey

Twitter apologized on Monday for letting a phrase that roughly translates as “Die Trump” to briefly trend in Turkey, The Washington Times reported. “Mahvolursun Trump” started trending...

Parents who lost 2 children in boat tragedy recount horror at sea

The parents of two children who died in a boat accident in the Aegean Sea while trying to flee Turkey to avoid an ongoing government crackdown...

Egypt, Cyprus, Greece condemn gas exploration by Turkey: report

Egypt, Cyprus, and Greece on Tuesday condemned an “unlawful and unacceptable” bid by Turkey to drill inside waters where Cyprus has exclusive economic rights, The Associated Press...

Syrian refugees in Turkey highlight racism after suicide of 9-year-old boy: report

Syrians in Turkey are highlighting widespread racism against refugees after the death by suicide of a 9-year-old boy in Kocaeli province on Friday, BBC reported. Wael al-Saud...

Turkey summons US diplomat over embassy ‘like’ on Twitter: report

The Turkish foreign ministry says it has summoned the US chargé d’affaires after the embassy’s Twitter account “liked” a tweet about a nationalist politician who was...

Turkish national in Montenegro detained on extradition request from Ankara

Harun Ayvaz, a 35-year-old Turkish national, has been detained in Montenegro upon an extradition request from Turkey on allegations of membership in the faith-based Gülen movement. According...

US President Trump gives green light to Turkey for military operation against Syrian Kurds

The United States began pulling troops back from the northeast Syrian border on Monday, opening the way for a Turkish strike on Kurdish-led forces long allied...

Turkey’s state-owned Halkbank deemed weakest on Fitch stress test

Fitch Ratings on Thursday said Turkey’s three major state-owned banks are less equipped to deal with a potential deterioration in asset quality than their privately owned peers,...

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