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Erdoğan’s campaign for Turkey’s al-Qaeda: Case of Mullah Muhammed

Abdullah Bozkurt The mindset of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is not so different than that of al-Qaeda when it comes to defending distorted Islamic...

[VIDEO] RTÜK fines TV channel due to smoker, alcoholic cat character

The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) has fined the Kanal D television channel for airing a Turkish animation movie “Şerafettin the Bad Cat,”...

Turkish military: 46 PKK militants neutralized in one week

The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) have announced that a total of 46 outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorists have been neutralized across Turkey over...

[OPINION] Is ISIL setting its sights on Sweden as a place to settle?

Abdullah Bozkurt In what is seen as a deliberate and systematic pattern, Turkey’s Islamist government continues to fail in cracking down on jihadist networks...

German company wins Turkish wind project tender

Siemens of Germany has submitted the winning bid in the Turkish Energy Ministry’s $1 billion wind power project amid tension between Berlin and Ankara...

Erdoğan cleric implies headscarved women who smoke are involved in immorality

Hayrettin Karaman, a leading theologian and issuer of fatwas, or religious edicts, for ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) circles and Turkish President Recep...

Family minister appoints her brother’s assistant as undersecretary

Turkish Family and Social Policies Minister Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya has appointed Aysel Kandemir, the assistant of her brother Ömer Fatih Sayan, who is...

US-bound THY flight returns to İstanbul after unattended phone found on board

Turkish Airlines (THY) flight A333, flying to Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, turned back to İstanbul Atatürk Airport while in Romanian airspace after the flight...

Romania’s Lucescu to coach Turkish national football team

The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) announced on Wednesday that Romanian football coach Mircea Lucescu would be the Turkish national football team's new coach. According to...

PEW report: 72 percent of Turks see US as security threat

Seventy-two percent of Turkish citizens see the United States as a threat to Turkey's national security, a recent report by the Washington-based Pew Research...

3 local journalists detained after interview with businessman jailed for Gülen links

Three local journalists in Turkey’s Gaziantep province were detained by police after releasing an interview with jailed businessman Ahmet Selim Ener, who was imprisoned...

[UPDATE] HDP deputy Lezgin Botan released after brief detention

Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Van deputy Lezgin Botan was released on Wednesday after being briefly detained on charges of insulting Turkish President Tayyip...

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