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Turkey seeks extradition of 15 Gülen-linked individuals, says North Macedonian president

North Macedonia’s newly elected president, Stevo Pendarovski, has said Turkey asked his country to extradite 15 people over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, the...

38 indicted by Turkish prosecutor for reports, comments critical of Turkey’s economy

A Turkish court accepted an indictment from a prosecutor requesting a jail term of between two and five years for two Bloomberg reporters and 36 other...

Over 60 percent of Turks back Erdoğan’s Russian missile purchase: poll

A total of 62.8 percent of the public backs Turkey’s purchase of a Russian S-400 air defense system even though it has led to a crisis...

Kurdish-Dutch politician forced to stay in Turkey awaiting trial on terrorism charges

Murat Memiş, a Dutch Socialist Party city councilor, has been ordered to remain in Turkey while he awaits trial on charges of terrorism, the NLTimes news...

Turkey won’t bow to ‘ultimatums’ from US over Russian missile deal: minister

Turkey’s foreign minister says his country will not bow to “ultimatums” after the United States warned Turkey it was excluding it from the F-35 fighter jet...

Ankara denies truce in Idlib, vows to respond if assaults continue on its observation posts

Turkey’s foreign minister denied Russian media reports regarding a ceasefire in Syria’s Idlib city, a last stronghold for rebels, adding that a recent attack on its...

Turkey ranked 152nd among 163 countries on Global Peace Index

Turkey has again dropped three places in the Global Peace Index 2019 and was ranked 152nd among 163 countries, according to new data from the Sydney-based...

Erdoğan says Turkey purchased S-400 missile defense system and that’s it

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said Turkey has already bought the Russian S-400 missile defense system and that there is no need to argue over...

Some 30 percent of Qatari investment in Turkey pulled back: report

Qatari investors sold off nearly 30 percent of their holdings on Turkey’s İstanbul Borsa stock exchange in the first five months of 2019, according to the...

Turkey says US letter on S-400 deal, F-35 removal not in spirit of alliance

Turkey on Wednesday criticized a letter from Washington on Ankara’s eventual removal from the F-35 fighter jet program, saying the language used did not suit the...

European rights court fines Moldova for expelling Turkish teachers

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has imposed a fine on Moldova over the expulsion of teachers at the request of the Turkish government, Euronews Turkish...

Number of Turkish students at UK universities increased by 73 pct over 3 years

According to official higher education statistics, during the 2017-2018 academic year 285 Turkish students attended university in the UK, an increase of 73 percent over three years...

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