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Council of Europe calls for end to emergency rule in Turkey as soon as possible

Human Rights Commissioner at the Council of Europe Nils Muiznieks has called on Turkish authorities to end in the shortest time possible a state...

Ankara: Shiite militias should not participate in Mosul operation

Turkey has said an operation against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Mosul should be carried out by local forces...

Baghdad seeks Security Council session over Turkish military presence in Iraq

Iraq has requested an emergency UN Security Council session over the presence of Turkish troops at the Bashiqa army base north of Mosul in...

Turkey deports 5 Yemeni students for studying at Gülen-linked university

Turkish authorities have deported five Yemeni students at universities that authorities have recently shut down over links to US-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, who...

Nigeria gives Turkey 7-day ultimatum for release of its 50 students

The Nigerian House of Representatives has given the Turkish government a seven-day ultimatum to release 50 Nigerian students who were recently detained in Turkey...

Bomb attack kills at least 20 in Atma refugee camp

At least 20 people were killed and many were injured on Thursday in a suicide attack by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant...

US State Department: Turkey must respect Iraq’s sovereignty and territorial integrity

US State Department Deputy Spokesman Mark Toner on Wednesday urged Turkey to respect Iraq's sovereignty and territorial integrity soon after the Iraqi prime minister...

Turkey mulling attack on US-based cleric: Report

According to a report published on Oct. 5 in The Huffington Post, Turkey could be planning an attack on US-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen,...

Putin, Erdoğan discuss Syria on phone

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, discussed the Syrian conflict in a phone conversation on Tuesday, the Turkish media...

German MPs visit troops at İncirlik base

A group of German lawmakers on Wednesday finally visited German air force personnel at İncirlik Air Base in the southern province of Adana after...

Iraq warns of regional war, demands pullout of Turkish troops

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has warned Turkey that it may cause a regional war by maintaining a military presence in Iraq, calling for...

23 ISIL members, 1 Turkish soldier killed in clashes in northern Syria

Twenty-three Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorists and one Turkish soldier were killed during clashes in the Ziyara region of northern...

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