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Turkish president condemns UEFA for investigating military salutes at int’l games

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday condemned UEFA, European football's governing body, for launching an investigation into military salutes given by Turkish nationals at international games,...

Erdoğan to raise US ‘lack of fulfillment’ of Syria border pledge with Trump

Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan said on Thursday the United States was not fulfilling its pledge to remove a Kurdish militia from a Syrian border region and...

Female ISIL member from Belgium arrested in Turkey after Syria escape

Fatima Benmezian (24), a Belgian national and member of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), was arrested Friday in Kilis, Turkey, the Kurdistan24...

Turkey apprehended 371,000 irregular migrants this year, interior minister says

Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said Turkey has apprehended 371,000 irregular migrants thus far this year, the Diken news website reported on Wednesday. According to Soylu this year’s figure...

Erdoğan says Turkey captured wife of dead ISIL leader al-Baghdadi

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has announced that Turkish forces captured the wife of former Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) leader Abu Bakr...

Turkey among ‘Not Free’ countries in Internet freedom, says Freedom House

Internet freedom in Turkey remained highly restricted over the past year, which was characterized by increased self-censorship, a growing list of blocked news sites and sweeping arrests...

EU has cut 1.2 bln euros in funds to Turkey since 2017 over human rights record

The EU has reduced funds to Turkey by more than €1.2 billion ($1.33 billion) since 2017 due to its deteriorating record in human rights and fundamental...

French-Italian consortium to change drilling locations in Cyprus: report

The Total-Eni consortium’s drilling activities in Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ) will not begin in Block 7, as had been initially thought, but in...

Russia, Turkey fully implementing Syria deal, says Russian FM

A Russian-Turkish deal to clear Kurdish militia from a planned safe zone in Syria is being fully implemented, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday,...

Turkish FM was recruited by jailed US lobbyist to promote Ukraine gov’t at PACE: report

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu was recruited during his membership in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) by US lobbyist Paul Manafort, as part...

Erdoğan says US troops, Kurdish militia jointly patrolling in planned safe zone in Syria

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said US troops and Kurdish militants are still patrolling a planned safe zone area in northeastern Syria, the state-run Anadolu...

Turkey captures sister of dead ISIL leader al-Baghdadi: report

Turkey captured the sister of dead Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on Monday in the northern Syrian town of...

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