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EU ‘extremely worried’ over Turkey’s offensive in Syria

The European Union's high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, Federica Mogherini, on Monday said she was "extremely worried" by Turkey's offensive against...

Journalist Baysal detained over tweets critical of Turkey’s Afrin operation

Journalist Nurcan Baysal was detained at her home early on Monday morning for posting tweets critical of an ongoing Turkish military operation in the...

Detention warrants issued for 35 over Afrin messages

Turkish public prosecutor’s offices on Sunday issued detention warrants for about 35 people on accusations of disseminating the propaganda of the Kurdish Democratic Union...

US urges ‘restraint’ in Turkish military operations in northwest Syria

US State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert on Sunday issued a press statement regarding the situation in northwest Syria, urging Turkey, which has launched an...

CHP expresses support for Afrin operations

The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) on Sunday expressed full support for Operation Olive Branch, carried out by the Turkish military and targeting...

Erdoğan threatens HDP over Afrin: Whoever opposes us will be crushed

As the Turkish military enters the Kurdish-controlled Afrin region of Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday warned the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP)...

PM: Turkey to establish 30-kilometer-deep secure zone in Syria’s Afrin

As Turkish ground forces started to move into Syria’s Afrin region along with the Free Syrian Army (FSA), Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım on Sunday...

58 including air force cadets sentenced to consecutive life sentences

An İstanbul court handed down aggravated life sentences to 23 military members and life sentences to 35 military personnel for attempting to change the...

6 Turks detained in Israel released on bail

Six Turkish citizens who were arrested by the Jerusalem police at the Al Aqsa Mosque on Jan. 19 were released on bail by an...

[UPDATE] Turkey launches airstrikes on Syria’s Afrin province

Turkish aircraft have launched airstrikes on positions of a US-backed Kurdish militia in northern Syria, in a move likely to heighten tensions with the...

Erdoğan advisor likens Turkey purge to Aborigine, Native American, Armenian cases

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s chief advisor, Mehmet Uçum, has said the Turkish state can apologize to the victims of a post-coup era witch-hunt...

US could seek $37.5 bln over Turkish bank’s violation of Iran sanctions

A demand for as much as $37.5 billion could be the opening move for US authorities seeking to punish Turkey’s state-run Halkbank for violating...

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