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Turkish Central Bank’s forex reserves shrink again, losing $1 billion

The Turkish Central Bank’s international net reserves suffered a further decrease of $1 billion last week, according to the T24 news website, falling to...

SCF calls for Erdoğan to stop jailing journalists in New York Times ad

The Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF), a Swedish-based rights advocacy organization, on Thursday ran an advertisement in The New York Times US edition to mark UN...

Number of migrants entering Europe via Turkey dropped by 17.6 percent in Q1

The number of irregular migrants crossing into Europe by land and sea from Turkey fell by 17.6 percent to 6,864 in the first four months of...

Turkish officials sound optimistic over Syria safe zone after meeting US delegation

Turkish officials sounded optimistic about establishing a safe zone near its southern border after a delegation from Washington visited Ankara this week to discuss issues regarding...

Turkey struggling to diversify oil imports after US cancels Iran oil waiver: minister

Turkey is not easily able to diversify its oil imports, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Thursday, after US waivers for sanctions on oil purchases from...

Ankara denies 2 Turks detained in Libya are spies: report

Turkey has denied that two Turkish restaurant workers detained in Libya by the forces of eastern military commander Khalifa Haftar are spies, Reuters reported, citing a...

Pro-gov’t Turkish media claims Trump will visit Turkey in July

The pro-government A Haber TV station has claimed that US President Donald Trump will visit Turkey in July. The relationship between Turkey and US has been strained...

Turkey slams US State Dept. report criticizing Ankara’s crackdown on Gülen movement

The Turkish Foreign Ministry on Wednesday slammed the “2019 International Religious Freedom Report” published by the US State Department due to its criticism of Ankara’s crackdown...

Turkey’s Erdoğan condemns ‘coup attempt’ in Venezuela

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday condemned a "coup attempt" in Venezuela after self-proclaimed opposition leader Juan Guaidó said he had the support of troops...

Turkey criticizes US move to designate Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group

The spokesman for Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) said on Tuesday that if the United States designates the Muslim Brotherhood a foreign terrorist organization,...

UAE high court upholds Turkish national’s life sentence for terrorism

The United Arab Emirates' Supreme Federal Court has upheld the life sentence of a Turkish citizen accused of fundraising for Syrian groups the al-Nusra Front and...

Gülen-linked schools still active in 75 countries: Turkish minister

Schools affiliated with the faith-based Gülen movement, a group that was outlawed by the Turkish government, are still active in 75 countries, Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlüt...

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