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Turkish justice minister sees US extradition of Gülen as unlikely

Turkish Justice Minister Bekir BozdaÄŸ has that the impression is growing in Turkey that the US will ultimately not extradite US-based Islamic scholar Fethullah...

HRW: Turkish gov’t making use of emergency rule to silence critical media

  Fears that the Turkish government would capitalize on a state of emergency to silence critics who have nothing to do with a July 15...

German press: 3 Turkish diplomats apply for asylum in Germany

Three Turkish diplomats and a military attaché have applied for asylum in Germany, German media reported on Friday. A joint report by the Süddeutsche daily,...

Turkey returns envoy to Berlin with improvement in diplomatic relations

Turkey returned its ambassador to Germany, Hüseyin Avni Karslıoğlu, to Berlin on Friday after a four-month absence from the embassy, a move that signals...

Council of Europe calls for end to emergency rule in Turkey as soon as possible

Human Rights Commissioner at the Council of Europe Nils Muiznieks has called on Turkish authorities to end in the shortest time possible a state...

Ankara: Shiite militias should not participate in Mosul operation

Turkey has said an operation against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Mosul should be carried out by local forces...

Award-winning author Murat Özyaşar released after 1 week in detention

Murat Özyaşar, an award-winning author and teacher who was detained by Turkish counterterrorism police on Oct. 1, was released on Friday, his wife Sibel...

Baghdad seeks Security Council session over Turkish military presence in Iraq

Iraq has requested an emergency UN Security Council session over the presence of Turkish troops at the Bashiqa army base north of Mosul in...

Minority Rights Group: Turkey’s closure of TV stations violates freedom of expression

The closure of IMC TV and other independent and minority media channels by the Turkish government is a grave violation of the right to...

Turkey bans math textbooks due to questions including Gülen’s initials

Turkey’s paranoia over the Gülen movement has reached new heights with the government banning mathematics textbooks due to questions involving the initials of Islamic...

Motorcycle bomb attack near Ä°stanbul police station injures 5

A violent explosion caused by a motorcycle loaded with explosives took place near a police station in İstanbul’s Yenibosna neighborhood in the afternoon hours...

Special commission to hear complaints from dismissed public servants

President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan has given green light to the establishment of a commission that will deal with complaints from public servants who have...

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