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Turkey warns Libya’s Haftar of military escalation: report

The Turkish government on Sunday warned Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar against attacking diplomatic missions after positions near the Turkish and Italian embassies were hit earlier this week,...

Turkey’s military spending has increased by 86 percent in last decade: report

Turkey's military expenditure climbed by 86 percent over the last decade to hit $20.4 billion in 2019, according to an international survey, the pro-government...

Turkish gov’t continued crackdown on dissidents in 2019: Amnesty annual report

Government's crackdown on dissidents in Turkey continued in 2019 despite the end of a two-year-long state of emergency in July 2018, Amnesty International (AI)...

Amnesty, 26 NGOs call on Turkish gov’t to release political prisoners amid coronavirus crisis

Amnesty International and 26 other rights groups and civil society organizations from Turkey and around the world on Monday released a joint statement calling for the release...

Turkish gov’t refuses to provide aid to earthquake victim due to jailed husband

The Turkish government has refused to provide aid to a woman whose apartment was hit by a strong earthquake on Jan. 24 due to her husband’s...

Ankara wants Berlin to repatriate 20 German ISIL terrorists held in Turkey

Turkey has demanded that 20 captured German members of Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) be repatriated, according to Deutsche Welle English service, citing...

Turkish rappers release 2 songs criticizing social injustice, human rights abuses

Turkish rappers on Friday released two new songs criticizing the Turkish government and urging the public, especially young people, to raise their voices against political and...

Turkey keeps up budget spending splurge before Ä°stanbul election: report

Turkey ran a budget shortfall in May compared with a surplus in the same month last year, a sign authorities kept their stimulus in place to...

Öcalan calls on gov’t, PKK to find new ways to resolve ‘Kurdish question’

Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), has called on the PKK and the Turkish government to find new methods to overcome...

Turkey secretly investigated spouses, children of lawyers: report

The Turkish government secretly investigated family members of lawyers perceived to be critical of it, including their spouses and children, Nordic Monitor revealed on Tuesday. According to documents reviewed...

Flynn’s business partner charged with conspiracy for attempting to have Gülen extradited from US

A former business partner of Michael Flynn is being charged with acting as an agent of a foreign government and conspiracy for attempting to...

Romanian NGO runs full-page ad to show solidarity with journalist sought by Turkey

Declic, a nongovernmental organization in Romania, on Thursday ran a full-page ad in the country’s most highly circulated newspaper to show solidarity with Turkish...

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