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French journalist detained in SE Turkey on terror propaganda charges

French photojournalist Mathias Depardon was detained on Monday after photographing the local scenery in Turkey's southeastern Batman province. Erol Önderoğlu, the Turkey representative of Reporters...

US to arm Kurds in Syria over Turkey’s objections

In a move sure to anger Turkey, President Donald Trump has approved a plan to provide arms to Kurdish militia in Syria, a key...

Germany grants asylum requests of Turkish military officers

Germany has approved the requests for political asylum of a number of Turkish military officers that were lodged following a coup attempt in Turkey...

Erdoğan congratulates Macron, leaders to meet in Brussels

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday congratulated Emmanuel Macron for his victory against Marine Le Pen in the French presidential elections on Sunday,...

Belgian PM says he won’t allow Turks in Belgium to vote in referendum on reinstating death penalty

Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel said on Saturday that Belgians of Turkish origin will not be allowed to vote in a referendum on the...

Turkey’s DİTİB given Big Brother award for spying on Erdoğan critics

The Cologne-based Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DİTİB) has been ”honored” with the Big Brother Award 2017 in the category of politics for its spying...

Der Spiegel: Around 450 Turkish diplomats, military officers seeking asylum in Germany

At least 450 Turkish diplomats, military personnel, judges and other civil servants have been seeking asylum in Germany in a bid to escape a...

Turkish justice minister says will focus on Gülen, not Zarrab, in US

Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ said a visit to the US that will start on Sunday would focus on the temporary detention of Turkish...

Justice minister: 149,833 investigated, 48,636 arrested since July 15

Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ on Saturday said 149,833 people have been investigated and 48,636 have been jailed as part of an investigation targeting...

UN concerned about detention of 3 Turks in Malaysia

The UN Human Rights Office for South-East Asia on Friday expressed serious concern about the arrest in Malaysia of three Turkish nationals on security-related...

Berlin won’t allow expat vote in Germany on reinstating death penalty in Turkey

Germany said on Friday it would not allow Turks in its territory to vote in any Turkish referendum on the reintroduction of the death...

[VIDEO] Malaysia again detains Turkish academic with UNHCR refugee card

İsmet Özçelik, a Turkish academic with a UNHCR refugee card, was detained again on Thursday in Malaysia amid news that two other Turkish citizens...

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