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Turkey, US discussed return of jailed Halkbank executive, Turkish FM says

Turkey and the United States have discussed returning a jailed executive from state-owned lender Halkbank to Turkey where he can serve out the remainder...

Erdoğan says ECtHR ruling on Demirtaş amounts to supporting terrorism

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Wednesday that a European Court of Human Rights’ (ECtHR) ruling on the jailed former leader of Turkey’s...

CoE human rights commissioner to intervene in Kavala’s case at ECtHR

Council of Europe (CoE) Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović has announced her decision to intervene in a case against jailed Turkish rights activist...

European court rules Demirtaş’s lengthy pretrial detention unjustified

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday urged Turkey to swiftly process the legal case of the ex-leader of the pro-Kurdish opposition,...

UN says Turkey made no request for inquiry into Khashoggi murder

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu did not request a UN inquiry into the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi when he met with UN...

Turkey did not obtain Khashoggi recording through surveillance: minister

Defense Minister Hulusi Akar on Monday said that Turkey did not obtain an audio recording related to the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at...

Turkey scolds top US general over dinner photos of US solders, YPG militants

Turkey’s defense minister voiced Ankara’s objection to US soldiers celebrating Veterans Day dinner with People’s Protection Units (YPG) militants in Syria, captured in photographs,...

Turkish Armed Forces declare curfew in Syrian city of Afrin

The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) on Sunday declared a curfew in the northern Syrian city of Afrin due to unrest among armed groups in...

Dutch leasing giant sees 48 pct decline in net profits in Turkey due to currency crisis

The sharp depreciation of the Turkish lira forced LeasePlan, a full service leasing giant based in Netherlands, to take a €73 million hit, causing...

Trump says not considering extraditing Erdoğan foe

President Donald Trump on Saturday said he was not considering extraditing a US-based Muslim cleric to Turkey as part of an effort to ease...

Turkish schools in Netherlands seeking Ankara subsidies are unsupervised: minister

Dutch Social Affairs Minister Wouter Koolmees has admitted that Turkish weekend schools in the Netherlands, which are seeking subsidies from Ankara, were virtually devoid...

European Council, TÜSİAD criticize latest detention of academics in Turkey

Secretary General of European Council Thorbjorn Jagland and president of the Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen’s Association (TÜSİAD) Erol Bilecik have criticized the detention of...

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