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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...

Turkish FM tells KDP representative not to come to Turkey

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said he called the representative of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), which is the party of Kurdistan Regional...

Turkish, Iraqi forces start joint drill amid referendum crisis

A day after an independence referendum held by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Turkish and Iraqi armed forces launched a joint military exercise on...

Erdoğan to Barzani: Israeli flags will not save you

Referring to a controversial independence referendum held by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) on Monday, Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan has warned KRG President Massoud...

Erdoğan says Germany will fail to form a government

Amid tension between Berlin and Ankara, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Tuesday that Germany will fail to form a government following the...

93.2 percent said ‘yes’ for independent Kurdistan

The results of a referendum in northern Iraq for independence show that 93.29 percent of 282,017 people voted in favor of separation from Baghdad...

Turkish military says Baghdad to join drill on Turkey’s northern Iraq border

The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) issued a press release on Monday saying that the Iraqi Armed Forces will join in drills in the Silopi/Habur...

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