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UN concerned over Greece’s alleged deportation of Turkish asylum seekers

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said in a statement on Thursday that the agency is deeply concerned by continued reports about...

Tillerson to travel to Turkey in July to attend 22nd World Petroleum Congress

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will travel to İstanbul in July to attend the 22nd World Petroleum Congress (WPC), according to a statement...

Court releases former deputy PM’s son-in-law arrested over Gülen links

Ekrem Yeter, the son-in-law of former Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç, who was arrested by a court after his detention in Ankara on June...

Qatar FM: Turkish troops are coming for security of Gulf region

Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said on Thursday that the deployment of Turkish troops to the embattled Gulf country would serve the...

EU expresses concern about detention of Amnesty’s Kılıç

The European Union on Thursday expressed concern about the recent detention of Taner Kılıç, the chair of Amnesty International Turkey, as part of a...

HDP Co-chair Yüksekdağ sentenced to one year in prison on insult charges

Co-Chairperson of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Figen Yüksekdağ has been handed down a prison sentence of one year for "publicly insulting the...

20 former public bank employees detained over ByLock use

Detention warrants were issued on Thursday for 20 people who used to work at public banks but were suspended or expelled from their posts...

Comey written testimony: Trump asked me to let Flynn investigation go

James Comey, the former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation who was fired last month by President Donald Trump, will say in testimony...

6th century statue stolen from museum lawn in Aegean town

A sixth century statue of a priest was stolen from a museum garden in Isparta's Yalvaç district, located in Turkey’s western Aegean region, the...

Ankara, Moscow agree on supply of Russian S-400 defense systems to Turkey

Ankara and Moscow have agreed on all technical aspects of a contract to supply Turkey with long-range Russian S-400 Triumph defense systems, Russian officials...

Iranian FM in Ankara amid Qatar row

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived in Ankara on Wednesday at a time when a dispute between Gulf powers and Qatar is escalating. Zarif...

CoE Commissioner urges Greece not to send Turkish asylum seekers back

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muiznieks on Wednesday expressed concern about reported collective expulsions from Greece of asylum-seeking Turkish nationals, urging...

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