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Netherlands working to secure return of dual nationals unable to leave Turkey

Dutch officials are engaged in efforts to secure the return to the Netherlands of between 10 and 100 Dutch nationals of Turkish descent who...

Turkish gov’t welcomes US missile strikes on Syria

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş has said his government views US missile strikes on a Syrian air base positively and that the international...

Report: Dutch citizens critical of Erdoğan prevented from leaving Turkey

Up to 100 Dutch nationals of Turkish descent are being barred from leaving Turkey, according to Dutch public broadcaster NOS. Citing sources familiar with the...

US House hearing slams Turkey for suppression of free speech, slide towards authoritarianism

In scathing critique of the current situation in Turkey, the chairman of the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia and...

Erdoğan: Europe is the center of Nazism today

Continuing to attack European Union countries during his nonstop “yes” campaign ahead of an April 16 referendum on a switch to an executive presidency,...

20 Turks face investigation on spying charges in Germany

A total of 20 Turkish citizens are facing an investigation on charges of spying on followers of the faith-based Gülen movement, according to a...

Pro-Erdoğan journalist to UK ambassador: You are sons of *itches!

Pro-Erdoğan TV presenter Ertem Şener on Wednesday attacked Richard Moore, British ambassador to Turkey, on social media, using offensive language that included expletives. "Boss of...

International bar organization condemns gov’t repression of lawyers in Turkey

The International Observatory for Lawyers at Risk (OIAD) on Tuesday issued a statement expressing alarm over the intensification of repression carried out by Turkish...

Zarrab’s new lawyers seek to resolve case with Trump administration, Erdoğan

Two prominent lawyers added last week to the legal team of Reza Zarrab, a Turkish-Iranian businessman who is awaiting trial on charges of violating...

Report: Imams spied on Gülen sympathizers in Romania

A report published by The Black Sea news website on Saturday revealed that imams from Turkey's Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet) spied on people sympathetic...

Erdoğan demands response to ‘crusader’ EU on April 16

Describing the European Union as "the alliance of crusaders," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday called on people to respond to the EU...

PM Yıldırım says Gülen movement was behind arrest of Halkbank’s Atilla in US

Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım on Saturday said the faith-based Gülen movement was responsible for the detention of Halkbank Deputy General Manager Mehmet Hakan Atilla...

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