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Former journalist and current lawmaker who interviewed Prime Minister Saad Hariri in November in Riyadh following his surprising resignation has confirmed the Prime Minister was detained in the Saudi capital as she was expressing concern over the fate of missing Read more
The council of Indonesian Islamic Scholars has urged Jakarta and Muslim nations around the world to ban Fethullah Gulen-linked FETO movement, noting the organization is haram (forbidden), Turkish state-run Anadolu agency reports. In an Islamic ruling (Fatwa) issued last week, Read more
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey Sunday said he is closely monitoring investigations into the disappearance of a Saudi dissident journalist. The statement comes after Turkish security sources told Reuters they believed the political commentator who has gone into self-imposed Read more
Turkish U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen’s organization Wednesday said it thwarted an attack by an armed man who tried to sneak inside the organization’s compound in the US. Alliance for Shared Values said its retreat center in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania, received the Read more
Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who fled the country last year after emerging as a critic of the government, has gone missing after he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, for paperwork on Tuesday. Khashoggi, according to his Turkish fiancée Read more
The European Football Association (UEFA) Thursday picked Germany to host the continent’s leading football tournament in 2024, leaving Turkey’s dreams to stage the event for the first time shuttered. For the vote, which took place in Nyon, Switzerland, Germany and Read more
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on Germany to designate the FETO network of his former ally Fethullah Gulen as a terror group, as he prepared to make a state visit to the EU country this Thursday. In an Read more
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan Tuesday said his Government cannot decide over the fate of U.S. pastor Andrew Brunson whose release hinges on court ruling. “This is a judiciary matter. Brunson has been detained on terrorism charges … On Oct 12 Read more
Turkish court of appeal ruled Thursday for the release of a leading opposition lawmaker who has been serving a five-year prison sentence on espionage charges. Enis Berberoglu, a lawmaker from main opposition party Republican People’s Party (CHP), reunited with his Read more
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Thursday welcomed the agreement reached between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey and President Vladimir Putin of Russia earlier this week, to create a demilitarized buffer zone in Idlib. In a statement to journalists Read more