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Turkish parliament passes motion allowing military deployment to Libya

Turkey's parliament has authorized sending troops to Libya to help the UN-supported government in Tripoli battle forces loyal to a rival government, The Associated Press reported....

Davutoğlu opens TikTok account to engage with Turkey’s youth

Former Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, who recently established a new political party, opened an account on TikTok, a video-sharing social networking service that has millions of...

AKP loses 1.5 points of support in one month: poll

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) lost 1.5 percent of its electoral support in one month, according to an opinion poll conducted in December 2019...

Greece, Israel, Cyprus to sign deal for pipeline carrying gas from SE Med to Europe

The leaders of Greece, Israel and Cyprus were set to meet in Athens on Thursday to sign a deal for an undersea pipeline that would carry...

Former intelligence officer testifies he was held hostage for 16 months, tortured

Mesut Geçer, a former official at Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) who was purged from his job due to his alleged links to the Gülen movement,...

Turkey detains 7 in probe into ex-Nissan chairman’s flight to Lebanon via İstanbul

Turkish authorities have detained seven people as part of an investigation into how former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn, who skipped bail in Japan, was able to...

Up to 250,000 fleeing Syria’s Idlib towards Turkish border: Erdoğan

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Thursday that up to 250,000 people were fleeing from the northwestern Syrian region of Idlib towards Turkey, adding that Ankara...

Turkey decides to close 5 thermal power stations: report

Turkey has decided to close five thermal power stations that have not completed necessary installations of filters, Environment Minister Murat Kurum was quoted as...

119 people in Turkey died due to crackdown on Gülen movement in 2019

At least 119 people lost their lives in Turkey due to an ongoing government-led crackdown on the Gülen movement, which is accused by the Turkish government...

Former Minister Babacan breaks silence on Twitter, vows to fight for democracy in 2020

Former Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan has for the first time since 2015 become active on his Twitter account and posted a series of messages...

Cancer-stricken businessman jailed after coup in solitary confinement for 3.5 years

Hacı Boydak, one of the executives of the Kayseri-based Boydak Holding who was jailed following a failed coup in Turkey in July 2016 due to this...

[UPDATE] Albania deports Gülen follower at Turkey’s request despite court rejection of extradition

Albanian authorities on Wednesday deported Harun Çelik, a Turkish teacher at a school affiliated with the faith-based Gülen movement in Albania, to Turkey despite...

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