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1 Turkish soldier killed in ISIL attack in Syria

One Turkish soldier was killed and two others were wounded in an Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) attack in Syria on...

Despite postponed trip, EP president favors dialogue with Turkey

  Although the European Parliament (EP) on Wednesday postponed a visit to Ankara by two of its members due to a disagreement with the Turkish...

[OPINION] Time to play hardball with Turkey’s Erdoğan

Abdullah Bozkurt An engagement with Turkey as long as its autocratic president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan remains in full control of all the levers of power...

UN official calls on Turkey to release jailed journalists

United Nations Special Rapporteur David Kaye has called on the Turkish government to release all journalists currently in jail, warning Ankara that the need...

S&D says EU talks with Turkey must be frozen if Ankara keeps undermining democracy  

Gianni Pittella, president of the Socialists & Democrats (S&D) Group in the European Parliament, has called for freezing accession talks with Turkey if Ankara...

Flynn’s Turkey lobbying ties raise questions over eligibility to receive intelligence briefings

The position of retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, who has been offered the role of national security adviser in Donald Trump’s White House, in...

Number of Turks seeking asylum in Germany rises since coup attempt in Turkey

A German newspaper group report said on Friday that the number of Turks seeking asylum in Germany is sharply up this year and has...

[VIDEO] Pakistan court tells Turkish teachers to approach ministry amid parents’ outrage

Pakistan's Islamabad High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition filed by the Pak-Turk international schools administration against the expulsion of its Turkish staff by...

[VIDEO] Turkey’s Erdoğan says West supports ISIL, al-Qaeda, PKK

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Thursday that terrorist groups such as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and al-Qaeda...

[VIDEO] Erdoğan says in Pakistan dialogue between Islam and other faiths not possible

In an address to the Pakistani parliament on Thursday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said interfaith dialogue is not possible, in an effort to...

EP deputies to query Timmermans’ links to lobbyist over Turkish gov’t support

According to Vocal Europe, a Brussels-based online magazine, a number of European Parliament (EP) deputies are reportedly inquiring about the alleged ties of European...

Erdoğan visits Pakistan as Turkish teachers at Pak-Turk schools ordered to leave country

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan arrived in Pakistan on Wednesday evening for a two-day visit, a day after the Pakistani government asked teachers who...

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