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Monitoring group says clashes violated Syria cease-fire soon after it started

The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said clashes between rebels and Syrian government forces took place less than two hours after...

Syria cease-fire brokered by Turkey, Russia takes effect

A nationwide cease-fire in Syria, brokered by Russia and Turkey, took effect at midnight on Thursday local time. The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights...

Turkey and Russia: Syrian cease-fire will exclude terrorist groups

Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed in a telephone conversation on Thursday that a cease-fire between the regime and opposition...

[OPINION] Turkey’s crackdown on lawyers takes a toll

by Abdullah Bozkurt The unprecedented crackdown on lawyers who defend critics, dissidents and opponents of the authoritarian regime of Turkey’s strongman, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, paint...

Pro-Erdoğan paper likens US ambassador to ‘Jihadi John’

Following a strong statement by the US Embassy in Ankara on Wednesday denying accusations in the media that the United States supports terrorist groups,...

Author Aslı Erdoğan, linguist Necmiye Alpay released

Author Aslı Erdoğan and linguist Necmiye Alpay have been released from prison after appearing in court today in a trial involving the pro-Kurdish Özgür...

[UPDATE] Journalist Ahmet Şık detained over ‘terrorist propaganda’

Cumhuriyet daily reporter and journalist Ahmet Şık was detained by police in İstanbul early Thursday over alleged "terrorist propaganda." Şık was not notified of the...

Foreign minister: Turkey aiming for nationwide cease-fire in Syria before new year

While Russia has yet to confirm, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Thursday that Turkey aims to put into effect a nationwide cease-fire in...

8 more Kurdish politicians arrested on terrorism charges

Deputy co-chair of the Democratic Regions Party (DBP) Seydi Fırat was arrested on Thursday along with seven other Kurdish politicians on charges of serving...

Erdoğan insists US supports terrorist organizations despite American denial

Despite unequivocal denials from US authorities, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan renewed his claim on Thursday that the United States supports terrorist organizations in the...

Another Turkish soldier wounded in ISIL attacks in Syria’s al-Bab dies of injuries

The number of Turkish soldiers who have died as a result of an Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) attack in Syria’s al-Bab...

Banner suggesting Muslims avoid Christmas, New Year’s celebrations draws ire on Twitter

  A banner believed to have been hung on a street in İstanbul's İkitelli district that shows a man with a Muslim cap and beard...

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