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Kerry speaks to Russian, Turkish counterparts on Aleppo cease-fire

US Secretary of State John Kerry spoke on Wednesday with his Russian and Turkish counterparts by phone over the need for a cease-fire in...

Erdoğan, Putin discuss humanitarian plight in Aleppo on phone

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed during a phone call on Wednesday to push for the evacuation of civilians from...

US says concerned about large-scale detentions of HDP politicians

US State Department Spokesperson John Kirby said at the regular press briefing on Tuesday the United States is certainly concerned by the large-scale detentions...

‘West no longer has common bond of shared values, interests with Turkey’

There is a growing realization both in the US and Europe that a common bond of shared values and interests no longer exists with...

Turkish FM says 2 detained Czech citizens may be linked to PKK

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Tuesday that two Czech citizens who were detained in Turkey while illegally crossing the Turkish border into...

Deputy PM says Turkey to set up tent city for 80,000 refugees fleeing Aleppo

Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Şimşek said on Tuesday that Turkey will set up a tent city with a capacity of up to 80,000...

Turkey asks imams abroad to profile Gülen-linked expatriates

A document dated Sept. 20, 2016 shows that Turkey's Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) asked Turkish missions and religious representatives abroad to profile Gülen...

Turkey seeks civilian evacuation from Aleppo amid protests at home

  Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has been making phone calls to his Qatari and Russian counterparts to provide evacuation for residents of Aleppo, while a...

EU will not open new chapters with Turkey

As several European Union institutions and politicians continue to express concern over an ongoing purge in Turkey following an attempted coup on July 15, ...

Turkish deputy PM says final operation to take over Syria’s al-Bab under way

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş said on Monday that preparations for a final operation by Turkish-backed rebels to take over the Islamic State...

[VIDEO] Helsinki Commission focuses on post-coup human rights violations in Turkey

The Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), which is also known as the US Helsinki Commission, on Nov. 9 held a briefing...

[VIDEO] Protestors call consuls general visiting scene of terror attacks ‘murderers’

Unidentified individuals protested 30 consuls general serving in İstanbul after they laid wreaths in memory of 44 victims killed in twin blasts near Beşiktaş...

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