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Spain arrests Swedish-Turkish writer at Turkey’s order on terror charges

Swedish-Turkish writer Hamza Yalçın, 59, was arrested on Tuesday while holidaying in Spain, after Ankara accused him having links to terrorist groups. According to the...

Kılıçdaroğlu: No safety guarantee for Germans travelling to Turkey

Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu told German Focus Magazine on Saturday that there is no security guarantee for anyone...

Die Welt group applies to ECtHR in jailed journalist Yücel’s case

The WeltN24 GmbH group, which owns the German Die Welt newspaper, has filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in...

US examining possible secret payments to Flynn by Turkish gov’t

Prosecutors working under special counsel Robert Mueller are currently investigating whether former national security advisor Michael Flynn was secretly paid by the Turkish government...

RSF urges Turkey to free French journalist arrested on terrorism charge

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) called on the Turkish government on Thursday to immediately release French freelance reporter Loup Bureau, who was jailed by a...

PEW report: 72 percent of Turks see US as security threat

Seventy-two percent of Turkish citizens see the United States as a threat to Turkey's national security, a recent report by the Washington-based Pew Research...

Jailed Halkbank executive demands separate trial from Reza Zarrab in US court

  Turkey’s Halkbank Deputy General Manager Mehmet Hakan Atilla, who was arrested in New York City in late March as part of an investigation into...

3 Dutch tourists reportedly missing in southern Turkey since July 8

Three Dutch tourists who were holidaying in Turkey's southern Mersin province have been missing for three weeks, Turkish media reported on Monday. According to a...

Ex-British soldier detained in Turkey for pro-YPG Facebook posts

Joe Robinson, a former British soldier who fought against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) with the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection...

German flight canceled after pilot allegedly refused to fly to Turkey due to political fears

Eurowings flight 4U2904, scheduled to fly last Saturday from Stuttgart to Ankara, was canceled because its pilot was afraid to fly to Turkey, passengers...

US Turkey envoy Bass nominated as ambassador to Afghanistan

US President Donald Trump has nominated John Bass, the US ambassador to Turkey, as the new ambassador to war-torn Afghanistan. In a statement on the...

2,981 killed in two years since truce collapse between Turkey, PKK

A total of 2,981 people were killed in two years during clashes between Turkish forces and outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorists since the...

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