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Former AKP deputy arrested over alleged Gülen links

Former ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy Hasan Hami Yıldırım was arrested in Turkey on Friday. Yıldırım, who was elected deputy from Burdur province...

Turkey’s arrested journalists ask for indictment, trial without detention

A number of Turkish journalists, most of whom were jailed in the wake of a failed coup attempt on July 15, have asked for...

Erdoğan threatens to open border gates for refugees after EP vote

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has threatened to the open border gates to Europe for millions of Syrian refugees as he lambasted the European...

PM Yıldırım holds Gülen movement responsible for weakening Turkish economy

At a time when the Turkish government has been waging an all-out war on the faith-based Gülen movement, the country's prime minister, Binali Yıldırım,...

Turkish airstrikes kill at least 9 PKK terrorists in SE Turkey

At least nine militants from the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) were killed by Turkish airstrikes in the southeastern Turkish provinces of Şırnak and...

Austria votes to restrict weapons sales to Turkey

Austria's National Council unanimously voted on Thursday in favor of a motion restricting arms sales to Turkey. All six parties in the lower house of...

Turkey’s economy minister: I want no more states of emergency

Turkish Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekçi said on Thursday that he does not want another extension of a state of emergency that was declared following...

Israel thanks Turkey for helping to fight wildfires

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked Turkey for sending specialized aircraft to help extinguish wildfires that ravaged the central and northern parts of Israel...

Turkish PM threatens EU: Cutting off talks would bring ‘flood’ of migrants to Europe

In the wake of a European Parliament vote to freeze accession talks with Turkey, Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım on Thursday threatened Europe, saying that...

Turkish PM: Shanghai Five should not be considered alternative to EU

In contrast with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s efforts to promote membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), also known as Shanghai Five, Prime Minister...

AKP coup commission members refuse to hear putschist general’s testimony

The parliamentary Coup Investigation Commission on Thursday declined to hear the testimony of putschist general Mehmet Dişli, the brother of a senior ruling party...

Lira hits new record low as EP votes to freeze Turkey talks

  The Turkish lira fell to another historic low against the US dollar, declining from around 3.36 to 3.4533 after European parliamentarians overwhelmingly voted to...

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