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Venice Commission: Emergency decree laws are obstructing local democracy in Turkey

The Council of Europe’s (COE) expert body on legal and constitutional affairs, the Venice Commission, on Friday said Turkey’s emergency decree laws, which were...

Iraqi envoy in Ankara says military force may be used to take border gate from KRG

Iraq’s ambassador to Turkey, Hisham Ali Akbar Ibrahim Al-Alawi, said on Friday that Baghdad and Ankara might use military force to take control of...

Swedish-Turkish journalist wanted by Turkey returns to Sweden

Swedish-Turkish journalist and writer Hamza Yalçın, arrested in Spain in August at the request of Turkey, has returned home to Sweden after Spain decided...

US ambassador: Some in Turkish gov’t want vengeance rather than justice

John Bass, the departing US ambassador to Turkey, on Friday said some in the Turkish government are motivated by “vengeance rather than justice,” voicing...

PM Yıldırım to visit Baghdad amid KRG referendum crisis

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said on Friday he has received an invitation from Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and that he will visit...

Kalın says Turkey would not hesitate to carry out a military operation in Afrin

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s spokesman, İbrahim Kalın, said on Thursday that Turkey would not hesitate to carry out a military operation in Syria’s...

PACE commission rejects Turkey’s ‘insufficient’ judge nominees for ECtHR

A commission in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for selecting judges for the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has...

Erdoğan to Barzani: Airspace, borders to be closed soon, where will you go

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday said Turkey, Iraq and Iran would soon close airspace and borders with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)...

Erdoğan: Putin must be joking, higher oil prices would be good for him

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has reacted to a statement made by Russian President Vladimir Putin on a decision to be made by neighboring...

US government ‘deeply disturbed’ by arrest of staff member in İstanbul

The US Embassy in Turkey issued an official statement on Twitter on Thursday concerning the arrest of a locally employed staff member in İstanbul...

Turkish Cypriot FM: Autonomous N. Cyprus dependent on Turkey an option

An autonomous northern Cyprus dependent on Turkey is an option, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (KKTC) Foreign Minister Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu said on Tuesday, the...

Minister: Turkey will not only ‘warn’ if US arms transfers to YPG continue

Turkish Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli said on Tuesday that Turkey has warned the United States about continuing to provide arms to the Kurdish People's...

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