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“We have made it clear time and time again that we take care of European values more than many EU countries, but we could not see concrete support from Western friends … None of the promises were kept,” President Erdogan Read more
Turkey has issued arrest warrants for Kurdish fighters in Iraq and Syria alleging that they took part in planning and executing a car bomb explosion that killed around 29 people in Ankara at the beginning of the year. The arrest Read more
Claims that Egyptian parliament will vote on a resolution condemning the Armenian genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire in 1915 have resurfaced again and the head of the Armenian National Committee of Egypt said a draft could be presented in Read more
Twelve deputies, including two co-leaders, Selahattin Demirtas and Figen Yuksekdag, of the People’s Democratic Party (HDP) were arrested and detained by Turkish authorities in the early hours of Friday in the cities of Diyarbakir, Van and Bingol among others. The Read more
Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi warned Turkey that “if they enter” Iraqi territory with their convoy of 30 tanks and other heavy artillery recently deployed to the Turkish border town of Silopi, Iraq would be “ready to face them” and defiantly Read more
Turkey’s crackdown on the alleged members of the July 15 coup d’état continues with the Chief Public Prosecutor in Konya issuing an arrest warrant for 73 pilots, two colonels and 71 lieutenants. The arrest operation began on Thursday morning across Read more
The Syrian military has warned that it would not hesitate to shoot down Turkish military jets violating its airspace after a “naked aggression” on several Syrian settlements in the northern part of the country. The Defense ministry stressed that penetrating Read more
Turkish citizens could be heading to the polls sooner than they expected to decide on whether they want to maintain their current system of government or switch to a presidential system. Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said “if the parliament puts 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
Turkey and Russia are mending their relations that were significantly affected by the downing of a Russian warplane in November 2015, as highlighted by the signing Monday of a major gas pipeline deal at the ongoing World Energy Congress held Read more