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The United States is planning to impose on Turkey fresh sanctions should Turkish authorities not release the detained American Pastor that President Donald Trump qualified as a “great patriot hostage”. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in a meeting with President Trump Read more
President Tayyip Erdogan and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli, his ally in the opposition, agreed Wednesday to lift the state of emergency in place since July 2016 following the failed military coup. Erdogan met with Bahceli after his Read more
The head of Amnesty International (AI) office in Turkey will remain in jail following a court decision Thursday, the right group has announced blasting the decision that it described as a travesty of justice. Taner Kilic will remain in prison Read more
Tension is mounting between Turkey and Iraq as the two countries’ leaders are exchanging jabs about the presence of Turkish troops in Iraq ahead of a planned operation to retake the city of Mosul. The verbal exchange climaxed Tuesday, with Read more
Egyptian lawmakers Monday urged Cairo to grant political asylum to US-based Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen accused of plotting the failed military coup against Turkish President Erdogan, in a move that would further strain relations between the two countries, reports say. Read more
Prime Minister Binali Yildirim is pursuing his approach of Turkey needing to “increase its friends and decrease its enemies” since coming to office in May and his latest statement called for the renewal of ties with Syria. “It is our Read more
Turkish authorities are ready to warm ties with Russia even if it requires paying compensation for the downing of the Russian war jet last year near Syrian border, Turkish Premier told local media on Monday. “We have said that if Read more
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to the United States has been marred with controversies as the Turkish president, known for his outspokenness, alleged that Muslims are facing Islamophobia in Western countries and that none of these countries have experienced Read more
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on Western allies, mainly the United States, to review their policy towards the Kurds that Washington is supporting in Syria in the fight against the Islamic State group. President Erdogan who is participating in Read more
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Wednesday said Belgium ignored Turkish authorities’ warnings that one of the suspected suicide bombers at the Brussels airport was a IS-linked “foreign fighter” after they deported him to the Netherlands. Erdogan speaking at a joint Read more