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New Zealand politicians attend iftar dinner of Turkish foundation despite embassy’s warning

A number of politicians from New Zealand attended an iftar dinner organized by a foundation of Gülen movement sympathizers in the country, despite Turkish...

Deputy PM slams Pope Francis for “Armenian genocide” remarks

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Nurettin Canikli took a swipe at Pope Francis for the latter’s referring to 1915 mass killing of Armenians by Ottomans...

Pope Francis calls 1915 Armenian killings “genocide” for second time

Pope Francis used the term “genocide” to describe the 1915 mass killing of Armenians by the Ottomans for the second time during his visit...

Court orders to forcibly summon wife of infamous Iranian mogul Zarrab

An İstanbul court on Friday ordered to forcibly summon Turkish celebrity singer Ebru Gündeş, the wife of Iranian billionaire Reza Zarrab, who is in...

Turkey, US-led coalition kill 20 ISIS members in joint effort

Twenty members of the terrorist Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) were killed on Syrian soil in a joint effort by Turkey’s howitzer...

Turkish FM says it is not appropriate for politicians to visit US base in İncirlik

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said in a press conference on Thursday that visits by politicians to the NATO military air base of İncirlik...

Ban Ki-moon expresses hope for release of RSF Turkey representative

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed the hope that Turkey Representative of the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Erol Önderoğlu -- who was...

Turkish FM reiterates support for Hamas in message to Israel

Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu stated that Turkey’s cutting ties with Hamas cannot be set as condition for normalizing relations with Israel, adding that Hamas...

Erdoğan to EU: Al-Nusra also fighting ISIS, why are you calling it terrorist?

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan criticized the European Union (EU) for not designating the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) as “terrorist,” and said...

EU’s Mogherini, Hahn say arrest of Turkish human rights defenders against fundamental rights

Federica Mogherini, the Vice President of the European Union (EU) Commission and the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,...

Council of Europe’s Muiznieks condemns arrest of academic and journalists in Turkey

Nils Muiznieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, wrote on Twitter that he has been “appalled by detention of human rights defenders in...

Martin Schulz: Process of visa-free travel for Turks halted because of Erdoğan

Martin Schulz, the President of the European Parliament (EP), said that the process leading up to introducing visa-free travel for Turkish citizens, which was...

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