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Rouhani calls for closer economic cooperation with Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani agreed to improve countries economic cooperation, highlighting the possibility that Turkish banks could invest in...

Israeli minister says reconciliation deal with Turkey is 90 percent done

An Israeli minister who is close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said a majority of the issues in a reconciliation agreement between Israel...

Merkel accepts Turkish request for prosecution of comedian over Erdoğan poem

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has accepted a request from Turkey to seek the prosecution of comedian for reading out an offensive poem about Turkish...

Turkey blocks access to Russian state news agency Sputnik’s website

In the latest example of ongoing crackdown on the freedom of the press in Turkey, Turkish authorities on Thursday blocked access to website of...

HRW calls on Turkey to open borders to Syrians fleeing ISIL

US-based rights group, the Human Rights Watch (HRW), has called on Turkey to stop shooting at Syrian civilians fleeing fighting and immediately allow them...

AI launches signature campaign demanding release of jailed academics

Prominent human rights group Amnesty International (AI) has launched a signature campaign calling for the release of four academics who are currently in pre-trial...

Turkey rejects EP report, declares it ‘null and void’

Turkey said on Thursday that it rejects a European Parliament report which accused Ankara of "backsliding" on democracy with recent regression on fundemental rights...

Erdoğan thanks Egypt as OIC term presidency handed over to Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan thanked Egypt for Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) presidency as the rotating term presidency was handed over to Turkey...

Putin says Turkey is a friend, but has trouble with some politicians

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he sees Turkey as a friendly nation, but has some trouble with its politicians. Putin, who was speaking in...

Turkey says killed 362 ISIL militants in retaliation for border attacks in 3 months

The Turkish defense minister has said the military killed 362 members of the terrorist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) since January...

CPJ calls on Turkey to catch ISIL killers of Syrian journalist

A US-based leading media advocacy group on Wednesday called on Turkey to protect journalists after a Syrian reporter was gunned down in broad daylight...

Turkey’s Kilis hit by rocket fire for 3rd day in a row

Three more rockets fired from areas held by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Syria landed in the city center...

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