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Council of Europe commissioner urges Turkey to stop curfews

In a statement released on Friday, Council of Europe (CoE) Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muižnieks called on Turkey to stop imposing curfews in...

Turkey says ‘a good part’ of Syrian Kurdish YPG has left Manbij

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş said on Thursday that “a good part” of the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) have withdrawn from...

Dutch gov’t asks EU to pressure Turkey over post-coup crackdown

The Dutch government has asked other member countries of the European Union to formally warn the Turkish government that a crackdown on dissent following...

Erdoğan, Merkel discuss refugee crisis on phone

According to Turkish presidential sources, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke on the phone on Thursday evening to discuss the...

Atambayev says Turkish schools will not be closed

In an open challenge to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev said on Thursday he does not know Fethullah Gülen, a...

Erdoğan corrects himself: Turkey’s only target in Syria is terrorism

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday corrected a previous statement on Syria, saying the Turkish military operation in Syria targets no one but...

Lavrov: Neither Russia nor Syria staged deadly airstrike on Turkish soldiers

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday that Russia had nothing to do with an air attack on Turkish soldiers in Syria on...

Erdoğan clarifies Syria remarks to Putin

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan clarified his remarks that Turkish troops were in Syria to end the rule of President Bashar Al Assad, during a...

Israeli ambassador arrives in Ankara after 6 years

Eitan Naeh, Israel's new ambassador to Turkey, arrived in Ankara on Thursday after six years of strained relations between the two countries. "I have a...

President-elect Donald Trump’s son goes hunting in Turkey

President-elect Donald Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., visited Turkey's southern province of Antalya for hunting this week, Turkish media reported. According to a story...

Arab League’s secretary-general blames Turkey for ISIL’s growth

Ahmed Aboul Gheit, the secretary-general of the Arab League and a former Egyptian foreign minister, said on Wednesday that Ankara is responsible for the...

[UPDATE] President-elect Trump asks Manhattan US Attorney Bharara to stay on the job

Preet Bharara, the US attorney for the southern district of New York who indicted a Turkish-Iranian gold trader on charges of violation of US...

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