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Turkish gov’t doubts ISIL ‘deliberately’ targets Kilis, advises locals not to go out

A senior government official has recommended residents of the Turkish border province of Kilis, where 17 people have been killed by rockets fired from...

Merkel, top EU officials visit Turkish border province to promote refugee deal

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and senior European Union officials landed in Turkish province of Gaziantep near the country’s border with Syria in a bid...

German journalist denied entry to Turkey at İstanbul airport

Turkish officials at İstanbul airport detained and denied entry on Tuesday to a German public television journalist who arrived from Cairo and planned to...

Turkish troops return fire after ISIL strikes Turkish tank in northern Iraq

Militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) targeted a Turkish tank with an anti-tank missile in Turkey’s Bashiqa military camp...

Turkish-Swedish minister resigns over controversial links

Sweden’s Housing Minister Mehmet Kaplan has stepped down after a week of mounting criticisms over his links to Turkish ultranationalist groups in addition to...

One killed, another injured as more rockets from Syria hit Turkish border province

Turkish border province of Kilis was hit by more rockets fired from areas held by the terrorist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant...

Germany advises citizens not to make public statements against Turkish government

The German Foreign Ministry has recommended tourists going to Turkey not to publicly criticize the Turkish government amid an ongoing controversy over a German...

Rouhani calls for closer economic cooperation with Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani agreed to improve countries economic cooperation, highlighting the possibility that Turkish banks could invest in...

Israeli minister says reconciliation deal with Turkey is 90 percent done

An Israeli minister who is close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said a majority of the issues in a reconciliation agreement between Israel...

Merkel accepts Turkish request for prosecution of comedian over Erdoğan poem

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has accepted a request from Turkey to seek the prosecution of comedian for reading out an offensive poem about Turkish...

Turkey blocks access to Russian state news agency Sputnik’s website

In the latest example of ongoing crackdown on the freedom of the press in Turkey, Turkish authorities on Thursday blocked access to website of...

HRW calls on Turkey to open borders to Syrians fleeing ISIL

US-based rights group, the Human Rights Watch (HRW), has called on Turkey to stop shooting at Syrian civilians fleeing fighting and immediately allow them...

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