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JWF: Int’l community should urge Turkey to repeal abusive counterterrorism laws

The New York-based Journalists and Writers Foundation (JWF) has called on the international community to urge the Turkish government to repeal the country’s current...

Erdoğan assured Trump Kurds in Syria would be protected, Pompeo says

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan assured President Donald Trump that the Syrian Kurds who assisted...

German NGO seeks help from foreign minister for persecuted academics in Turkey

A group of academics in Germany on Monday asked German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas to support a number of academics in Turkey who are...

Turkey to investigate whether Google violated competition law: report

Turkey’s competition authority said on Monday it had launched an investigation into whether Internet search engine Google violated the competition law with algorithms it...

Over a thousand well-educated Turks moved to the Netherlands last year

According to data provided by the Dutch Immigration and Naturalization Service (IND), 1,020 academics and other well-educated people from Turkey applied for jobs in...

James Jeffrey named US envoy for global coalition to defeat ISIS

Ambassador James Jeffrey, the current special representative for Syria engagement, will take on the additional role of special envoy for the US-led Global Coalition...

European Commission presidential candidate says would end Turkey’s EU accession bid

Germany’s Christian Social Union (CSU) deputy Manfred Weber on Saturday said he would completely terminate Turkey’s accession negotiations with the European Union if he...

Ukrainian Orthodox Church severs ties with Russia at signing ceremony in Turkey

An independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church was created at a signing ceremony in Turkey on Saturday, formalizing a split with the Russian church it had...

Trump adviser says Turkey must agree to protect Kurds after US withdrawal

White House national security adviser John Bolton added a new condition on Sunday to the US withdrawal from Syria, saying Turkey must agree to...

Turkish NBA star Kanter to skip London trip, fearing Erdoğan reprisal

New York center Enes Kanter will not travel to London for the Knicks’ upcoming international game because he believes he could be assassinated for...

Turkish broadcast watchdog fines Qatari-owned beIN for airing ‘Modern Family’

Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has fined Qatari-owned TV network beIN for airing the US television series “Modern Family,”...

Turkey rebuffs US Pompeo’s ‘slaughter of Kurds’ remark

Turkey on Friday rebuffed a “slaughter of Kurds” remark made by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. "We reject...

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