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German foreign minister receives cold welcome in Ankara

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who paid an official visit to Turkey on Tuesday, was not welcomed in accordance with diplomatic protocol, apparently because...

German FM meets with HDP delegation amid crackdown on party

Germany's Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier met with a delegation from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in the Turkish Parliament on Tuesday in the...

Pakistan orders teachers at Gülen-linked schools to leave country by Nov. 20

Ahead of a visit by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to Pakistan, the Pakistani government has asked teachers who work at 23 schools affiliated...

Israel names Eitan Naeh as new ambassador to Turkey

Senior diplomat Eitan Naeh was named on Tuesday to be Israel's first ambassador to Ankara since a reconciliation agreement with Turkey was concluded, israelnationalnews.com...

German foreign minister expresses concern over freedom of expression in Ankara

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier expressed concern about pressure on freedom of expression and a wave of arrests that have become part of daily...

UN’s special rapporteur Kaye to visit Turkey to assess situation of freedom of expression

David Kaye, a clinical professor of law at the University of California, Irvine, designated a special rapporteur by the United Nations Human Rights Council,...

Rubin says Gülen’s extradition would convince Erdoğan that blackmail works

Michael Rubin, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and a former Pentagon official, has said the extradition of Fethullah Gülen, a self-exiled...

EESC president calls on Turkey to respect fundamental rights

The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), a consultative body of the European Union, expressed very serious concern for the current situation in Turkey...

‘My detention nothing compared to what dissidents face in Turkey’

French journalist Olivier Bertrand, who was deported by Turkey on Sunday after three days in detention, has said his time in custody was nothing...

Turkey-US Business Council head says Trump can learn about Islam from Erdoğan

Ekim Alptekin, the chairman of the Turkish American Business Council and a close ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said US President-elect Donald Trump's...

Turkey may take EU bid to referendum, President Erdoğan says

Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan hinted on Sunday that Turkey might put the question of its joining the European Union to a referendum. Answering questions from...

Ankara challenges talk of EU economic sanctions: Do whatever you can

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu lambasted European Parliament (EP) President Martin Schulz on Sunday over his remarks that economic sanctions on Turkey are being...

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