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Kremlin says ambassador’s killing blow to Turkey’s prestige

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said the murder of Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov by a gunman in Ankara on Monday evening is...

Group encompassing al-Nusra reportedly claims responsibility for Russian envoy murder

Jaish al-Fatah, an umbrella organization that encompasses the al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front, has reportedly claimed responsibility for the murder of Russian Ambassador Andrey Karlov by...

3 detained at Islamic University of Europe over corruption charges

Three senior administrators at the Islamic University of Europe in Rotterdam have been detained on allegations of forgery, fraud and money laundering. The Fiscal Information...

[UPDATE] 14 Turkish soldiers killed, 33 injured in ISIL attacks in northern Syria

Fourteen Turkish soldiers have been killed and 33 others injured in Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) attacks in Syria’s al-Bab region,...

Iran bans teams joining sporting events in Turkey out of security concerns

The Iranian Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has asked all sports federations in the country not to send any teams or athletes to...

Protestant pastor arrested in Turkey ‘jailed with ISIL fighters’

Andrew Craig Brunson, an American pastor of a Protestant church in İzmir who was arrested on Dec. 9 on charges of links to a...

Turkey opens underwater tunnel linking Europe to Asia

A major underwater tunnel linking İstanbul’s European and Asian sides was opened Tuesday by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım. The Avrasya...

President Erdoğan, parliament speaker express support for death penalty

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Speaker of Parliament İsmail Kahraman on Tuesday expressed support for any government plan to reintroduce capital punishment. “We don’t...

Pro-gov’t media spread false reports linking Russian envoy’s murderer with Gülen movement

Although the possible affiliations of police officer Mert Altıntaş, who assassinated the Russian ambassador to Ankara on Monday night, have not yet been determined,...

Kılıçdaroğlu asks why assassin of Russian envoy was not caught alive

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu questioned the killing of the gunman who assassinated the Russian ambassador to Ankara yesterday, suggesting...

[UPDATE] Turkey detains 7 after Russian ambassador’s assassination

Turkish police have detained seven people over the killing of the Russian ambassador who was shot in the back as he gave a speech...

PKK offshoot TAK claims responsibility for Kayseri bombing

The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK), an offshoot of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), on Tuesday claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack in...

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