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CPJ calls on Merkel to bring up media freedoms during Turkey visit

A leading press freedom advocacy group, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), has sent a letter to German Chancellor Angela Merkel urging her to...

[OPINION] Turkey uses consular services as a weapon of persecution

Abdullah Bozkurt The pattern of increasing cases of arbitrary refusal of consular services to critics and dissidents abroad by Turkey’s embassies and consulates is yet...

PM Yıldırım asks May to end Hizmet movement in UK

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has said he asked British Prime Minister Theresa May to halt the UK activities of the Gülen movement, which...

Eyeing increased trade with Turkey, British PM meets with Erdoğan

In her first visit to Ankara as head of government and following a meeting with US President Donald Trump, British Prime Minister Theresa May...

Reports: 40 Turkish military members seeking asylum in Germany

German media reported on Saturday that 40 members of the Turkish military who served at NATO posts until a failed coup on July 15...

British PM’s Turkey visit to focus on trade, security amid post-coup human rights violations

British Prime Minister Theresa May started a one-day visit to Turkey on Saturday focusing on trade and security issues despite a crackdown by Turkey's...

Greece says courts independent as Turkey angered by refusal to extradite soldiers

After Turkey expressed anger over a verdict from the Greek Supreme Court on Thursday denying the extradition of eight servicemen who were allegedly involved...

FM says Turkey could cancel readmission agreement after Greek decision on putschists

Following a verdict handed down by the Greek Supreme Court on Thursday against extraditing eight Turkish soldiers who were allegedly involved in a coup...

Turkish, Israeli diplomats to meet in Ankara on Feb. 1 on normalization process

Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hüseyin Müftüoğlu said on Thursday that the Foreign Ministry undersecretary and his Israeli counterpart would meet on Feb. 1 in...

Trump administration mulls designating Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group

The administrative team of Donald Trump is debating whether or not the United States should declare the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization and thus...

French top court rules Armenian genocide denial is not a crime

France's Constitutional Council ruled on Thursday that parts of an Armenian genocide denial act is an “unnecessary and disproportionate attack against freedom of speech”...

Turkey calls German justice minister’s invitation to Dündar a ‘provocation’

Turkish Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hüseyin Müftüoğlu said on Thursday that German Justice Minister Heiko Maas's invitation to Turkish journalist and former Cumhuriyet daily Editor-in-Chief Can...

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