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1 soldier, 2 PKK terrorists killed in SE

One Turkish soldier and two Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorists were killed in clashes in southeastern Turkey on Saturday. One soldier died in a PKK...

BBC Turkish reporter detained in Turkey

Hatice Kamer, a reporter working for the BBC Turkish service, was detained in Turkey’s Siirt province on Saturday at a police checkpoint while on...

Erdoğan to journalist Dündar: Could you flee a country ruled by a dictator?

Targeting the exiled former editor-in-chief of the Cumhuriyet daily, Can Dündar, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called him a "terrorist" on Saturday while criticizing...

Erdoğan to European Union: State of emergency might be extended

During a rant against the European Union on Saturday, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Turkey might extend a state of emergency that has drawn...

Erdoğan on reinstating death penalty: I don’t make decisions based on what foreigners say

In a series of speeches slamming the European Union for its criticism of Turkey over violation of human rights and media freedoms and the...

Prime minister says EP humiliated itself with vote on Turkey

Joining the ranks of many senior-level Turkish politicians who slammed the European Parliament’s vote to freeze EU accession talks with Turkey, Prime Minister Binali...

Juncker: EU has relations with all dictatorships, must refrain from giving lessons to Turkey

After President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan threatened Europe on Friday with opening the border gates to 3 million refugees in Turkey, President of the European...

Australian citizen, top ISIL recruiter, detained in Turkey

Australian government said that one of its citizen believed to be a top recruiter for Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has...

Turkish deputy PM praises EU amid tensions over suspending accession talks

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Şimşek said on Friday that the European Union is not collapsing and that on the contrary, it is a...

[UPDATE] Governor’s office says Turkish jets might have caused Gaziantep ‘blast’

A strong blast that rocked the southeastern Turkish city of Gaziantep late on Friday might have been caused by a sonic boom as Turkish...

Erdoğan, Putin discuss attack on Turkish soldiers in Syria

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, discussed the conflict in Syria and attacks on Turkish troops there in a...

Angela Merkel says EU and Turkey must stick to migrant deal

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday the European Union and Turkey must stick to their commitments to each other on the migrant deal,...

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