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EP’s Schulz : Turkey could face economic sanctions

European Parliament (EP) President Martin Schulz said economic sanctions on Turkey are being considered as tension between the European Union and Ankara is increasing...

Turkey issues travel warning for US

The Turkish Foreign Ministry on Saturday issued a citizens travel warning for the United States. Due to violent protests in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Miami,...

After Germany and Belgium, Turks protest France for ‘supporting terrorism’

A group of protesters gathered in front of the French Embassy in Ankara on Saturday in reaction to alleged Western support for terrorist groups...

Trump’s top military aide lobbies for Dutch company linked to Turkey’s Erdoğan

An intelligence consulting firm founded by retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, Donald Trump’s top military adviser, was recently hired as a lobbyist by an...

Erdoğan inaugurates mosque with Belarusian counterpart in Minsk

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan opened a mosque with his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, in Minsk on Friday. The head of Turkey's Religious Affairs Directorate,...

Erdoğan: If 3 million refugees march to Europe, the EU will not know what to do

In yet another veiled threat to the European Union, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that Turkey currently hosts 3 million refugees and that if...

Germany approves extension of anti-ISIL mission from Turkey’s İncirlik base

The German Bundestag on Thursday passed an extension of its armed forces anti-ISIL (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant) mission from Turkey's İncirlik...

German FM to visit Turkey for more engagement with civil society

Announcing a visit to Turkey next Tuesday, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier underlined the importance of engagement with civil society in Turkey amid growing...

European United Left/Nordic Green Left calls for freezing talks with Turkey

The European United Left/Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) group from the European Parliament on Thursday called for the freezing of membership accession talks with Turkey...

CoE’s Jagland meets Turkey’s PM, FM amid hundreds of purge complaints to ECtHR

Council of Europe Secretary-General Thorbjørn Jagland met with Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and the president of the Constitutional Court on...

Ties strained as Turkish FM admits keeping German counterpart waiting on phone

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has admitted that he twice refused to take a call from German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Nov. 8....

EU report expresses concern about purge against Gülen movement

The progress report on Turkey that was issued on Wednesday by the European Commission expressed concern over the Turkish government's purge against Gülen movement...

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