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Erdoğan again suggests joining Shanghai Pact as alternative to EU

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has again suggested joining the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), a Eurasian political, economic and military organization led by China...

[VIDEO] Pak-Turk teachers weep with students after gov’t orders them to leave country

The private PakTurk International Schools and Colleges bade farewell in several branches across Pakistan where students and parents wept over the deportation of Turkish...

[OPINION] Turkey’s Erdoğan eyes gold, oil prospects in Somalia

By Abdullah Bozkurt Thanks to the eye-opening exposé on the leaked personal emails of Turkish Energy Minister Berat Albayrak, we now know that Turkey’s corrupt...

[VIDEO] Turkish pop star Aleyna Tilki concert bombed with homemade explosives

Turkish pop star Aleyna Tilki’s concert in Diyarbakır’s Kayapınar district was 'bombed with handmade explosives' late on Saturday, Turkish media outlets reported. A video footage...

[VIDEO] Illegal immigrants flee after setting fire to İstanbul deportation center

One hundred twenty-three illegal immigrants being held in a deportation center in the Kumkapı district of İstanbul escaped after the building was set on...

1 Turkish soldier killed in ISIL attack in Syria

One Turkish soldier was killed and two others were wounded in an Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) attack in Syria on...

Teacher arrested over Gülen links found hanged in Karabük prison

A middle school teacher who was expelled from his job and subsequently arrested over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement was found hanged...

36 Finance Ministry employees detained in anti-Gülen operation

Turkish police on Saturday detained 36 people working at the country's Finance Ministry after prosecutors issued detention warrants for 60 ministry employees over their...

[UPDATE] Turkey releases 2 Swedish journalists detained in Diyarbakır province

Two Swedish journalists who were detained on Saturday have been released following their interrogation by police, according to DHA. The pair, identified only by their...

Dink’s murderer tells court he won’t testify unless transferred to better prison

Ogün Samast, the convicted murderer of Turkish-Armenian journalist and Agos weekly’s Editor-in-Chief Hrant Dink, said in a petition to a prosecutor that he will...

20 arrested, 11 released in Elazığ operation over links to Gülen movement

A Turkish court on Friday arrested 20 people, including pharmacists and medical staff, in Elazığ, and released 11 others as part of an Elazığ-based...

[VIDEO] Justice minister defends disputed bill, saying would release early marriage offenders, not rapists

Turkey's Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ said on Friday that a bill brought to Parliament late Thursday night by ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP)...

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