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Turkish army and intel chiefs fly to Moscow ahead of Afrin operation

Turkish Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar and National Intelligence Organization (MİT) Undersecretary Hakan Fidan on Thursday paid a visit to Russia as...

Tillerson says US needs Ankara’s ‘close cooperation’ in Syria

In a speech at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution on Wednesday US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson indicated that the US takes Turkey’s concerns regarding Syria...

EU has ‘serious concerns’ about rule of law, independent judiciary in Turkey

A spokesperson for the European Union has expressed “serious concerns” over the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary in Turkey, in...

OSCE calls for implementation of high court ruling in Altan, Alpay cases

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir on Wednesday called on Turkish authorities to ensure...

Turkey falls to Not Free in ‘Freedom in the World 2018’ report

Turkey’s freedom status has declined from Partly Free to Not Free in “Freedom in the World 2018: Democracy in Crisis,” the annual report released...

EP president criticizes removal of HDP deputy Zana’s parliamentary status

Antonio Tajani, president of the European Parliament, has released a statement on Twitter criticizing the Friday removal of the parliamentary status of pro-Kurdish Peoples’...

Erdoğan vows to ‘choke’ US-established border force in Syria

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said Turkey will destroy a border security force planned by the US in northern Syria, the state-run Anadolu...

Report: Turkey angered by US-led coalition setting up Syrian border force

The US-led Global Coalition To Defeat ISIS is working with its Syrian militia allies to set up a new border force of 30,000 personnel,...

Der Spiegel Twitter account hacked, posting pro-Turkey message

The Twitter account of Klaus Brinkbäumer, editor-in-chief of the German magazine Der Spiegel, was hacked late on Saturday and used to post a pro-Turkey message, Deutsche...

Turkey hits Afrin following Erdoğan’s Syria remarks

Turkish security forces on Saturday hit several Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) targets in the Afrin area of Syria following remarks made by Turkish...

Int’l NGOs slam lower courts’ failure to free jailed journalists Altan, Alpay

PEN International, ARTICLE 19, the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), Human Rights Watch, the Index on...

EU’s Juncker: No progress on Turkey ties while Turkish journalists jailed

The European Union and Turkey will see no progress in their relations as long as Turkey holds journalists in prison, European Commission President Jean-Claude...

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