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Report: Turkey abusing Interpol system to persecute critics

The Turkish government’s blatant abuse of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) to persecute, harass and intimidate critics and opponents is much worse than...

US reacts negatively to Erdoğan’s call to swap US pastor for Gülen

The US administration has reacted negatively to a suggestion by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan that US authorities extradite Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen...

State Department warns US citizens of persistent terror threat in Turkey

The US Department of State on Thursday updated a travel warning for US citizens in or traveling to Turkey due to the persistent threat...

US senator slams Erdoğan’s suggestion to swap US pastor for Gülen

United States Senator for Oklahoma James Lankford has denounced a suggestion by Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan that US authorities extradite Turkish Islamic scholar...

Turkey urges citizens to leave northern Iraq before flight ban becomes effective

  Turkey's Foreign Ministry on Thursday issued a travel warning urging citizens to leave northern Iraq before a flight ban goes into effect on Friday...

Putin arrives in Turkey for talks on weapons deal, Syria

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday arrived in Ankara to meet with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan, for talks on Syria and a...

SAR calls on states, civil society to respond to pressure on Turkish academia

The Free to Think 2017 report from the New York-based Scholars at Risk (SAR) has called on responsible states, higher education leaders and civil...

Erdoğan calls on US to extradite Gülen in return for US pastor

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called on the US to extradite Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen in return for releasing American pastor Andrew...

Pakistani rights group calls for immediate release of abducted Turkish principal, family

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called for the immediate release of Mesut Kaçmaz, the former principal of a Turkish school in...

Turkish, int’l carriers to halt flights to northern Iraq at Baghdad’s request

Several Turkish airlines, including Turkish Airlines (THY), AtlasGlobal and Pegasus, in addition to Lebanese and Egyptian carriers announced on Wednesday that they would halt...

Iraqi Kurdistan PM says probable Turkish sanctions will affect people on both sides

Nechirvan Barzani, the prime minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq, said on Wednesday that people in both northern Iraq and...

Former director of Turkish school in Pakistan and his family kidnapped

Former director of a Pak-Turk school in Pakistan Mesut Kaçmaz and his family were reportedly kidnapped in Lahore on Wednesday, the Daily Pakistan reported. According...

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