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Turkey arrested 2,782 ISIL members this year, state-run media claims

Turkey’s security forces have killed a total of 289 terrorists and arrested 2,782 others in operations conducted against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant...

Washington law firm provided information to Turkish gov’t profiling critics in US: report

Turkey’s government used a Washington-based law firm to gather information about its critics, including residents of the US, who it believed were allied with a political...

Court imposes travel ban on widow of White Helmets founder found dead in İstanbul

A Turkish court has imposed a travel ban on the widow of James Gustaf Edward Le Mesurier, the founder of a Syrian civil defense agency who...

Turkey’s industrial production increase indicates signs of recovery: report

Turkish industrial production expanded 3.4 percent year-on-year in September after contracting for 12 months, government data indicated on Thursday, as the economy shows signs of recovery...

US senator blocks Armenian genocide resolution after Turkish president’s visit

Following a visit by the Turkish president to the White House, US Senator Lindsey Graham blocked a resolution on Wednesday that would have formally recognized the...

Turkey deports American citizen to US after 3 days in Turkish-Greek border zone

An American man suspected of being a member of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group is being repatriated to the United States...

Erdoğan: US position on S-400 purchase an infringement of Turkey’s sovereign rights

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Washington was not right to propose that Ankara get rid of the Russian S-400 missile defense system it purchased, calling it...

Greece illegally deported 60,000 migrants to Turkey in 2017-2018: report

Greece illegally deported about 60,000 migrants to Turkey between 2017 and 2018, according to a report on the online site of weekly German magazine Spiegel, according...

Trump hosts Erdoğan at White House, says ceasefire in Syria ‘holding very well’: report

US President Donald Trump described Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as “a very good friend” and said the tentative ceasefire in northeastern Syria was “holding very...

EU says journalist Altan’s re-arrest further damages credibility of Turkish judiciary

The European Union, which Turkey aspires to join, has condemned the Tuesday re-arrest of well-known Turkish journalist and writer Ahmet Altan, 69, one week after his...

US journalist branded as terrorist by pro-government Turkish daily

An editorial published by Turkey’s pro-government Daily Sabah labeled New York-based journalist Adam Klasfeld as an agent for the Gülen movement, which the Turkish government considers to...

Turkey says Germany, Netherlands agree to take back ISIL militants

Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said on Wednesday that Germany and the Netherlands had agreed to take back German and Dutch Islamic State in Iraq and...

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