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EU-Turkey Refugee Deal: Angela Merkel and EU Delegates to Visit Syrian Border

Top EU delegates and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are due to visit the Turkish-Syrian border to promote a controversial month-old…

9 years ago

Erdogan Insult: British Magazine Holds Contest

UK’s magazine The Spectator has offered a prize to the author of the most offensive poem about Turkish President Recep…

9 years ago

Recep Tayyip Erdogan Insult: Angela Merkel Approves Inquiry Into Jan Boehmermann

German comedian Jan Boehmermann could be prosecuted for insulting Recep Tayyip Erdogan after the Turkish president filed a complaint. Jan…

9 years ago

Turkey: Cumhuriyet Journalists Can Dundar and Erdem Gul to Go on Trial

Prominent Turkish journalists Can Dundar and Erdem Gul, from the newspaper Cumhuriyet, are due to go on trial charged with…

9 years ago

Ankara Attack: Turkey Begins Security Operations Against PKK

Turkish authorities have begun security operations against the PKK members in south-eastern Turkey and in Iraq. The moves come as…

9 years ago

Emine Erdogan Praises Ottoman Harem

Turkey's First Lady Emine Erdogan has described the harem of the Ottoman era as an "educational establishment that prepared women…

9 years ago

Refugee Crisis: Turkey and EU Emergency Summit Held in Brussels

Leaders from Turkey and EU have gathered in Brussels for an emergency summit on tackling Europe's worst refugee crisis since…

9 years ago

Ankara Bombing: At Least 28 Killed by Car Bomb Targeting Military Personnel

At least 28 people have been killed and scores injured in a rush-hour car bombing targeting military personnel in Ankara,…

9 years ago

Recep Tayyip Erdogan Condemns Selahattin Demirtas’ Call for Kurdish Autonomy

Selahattin Demirtas’ call for Kurdish autonomy has been condemned by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as “treason”. Recep Tayip Erdogan…

9 years ago

Recep Tayyip Erdogan Stops Man from Committing Suicide off Bosphorus Bridge

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reportedly stopped a man from committing suicide. According to his office, the president talked…

9 years ago

Recep Tayyip Erdogan Dismisses Russia ISIS Oil Claim as Slander

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has dismissed Russian claims he is benefiting from the oil trade with ISIS as "slander".…

9 years ago

SU-24 Crash: Turkey Asks Russia to Prove ISIS Oil Trade Claim

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has asked Russia to prove its claim that Ankara shot down a Russian fighter jet…

9 years ago

SU-24 Crash: Recep Tayyip Erdogan Saddened by Russian Warplane Downing

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he is "saddened" by the downing of a Russian warplane by Turkish forces…

9 years ago

SU-24 Crash: Turkey Warns Russia over Retaliatory Measures

In a TV address, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned Russian President Vladimir Putin not to "play with fire"…

9 years ago

Turkey: 35 Fethullah Gulen Supporters Arrested following Elections

Thirty five people have been arrested in Turkey on suspicion of links to exiled cleric Fethullah Gulen accused by the…

9 years ago

Turkey Elections 2015: AKP Wins Majority

Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has won Turkey's parliamentary election, regaining the majority it lost in…

9 years ago

Turkey Elections 2015: Security Is Key Issue after Weeks of Violence

Turkish voters are going to the polls in parliamentary elections for the second time in five months. President Recep Tayyip…

9 years ago

Turkey Elections 2015: Recep Tayyip Erdogan Urges Parties to Form New Government

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has urged political parties to "leave egos aside" and form a government as soon as…

9 years ago

Turkey Elections 2015: AKP Faces Challenge to Form New Government

Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party AKP faces a challenge to form a new government after losing its majority at Turkey’s…

9 years ago

Turkey Elections 2015: Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s AKP Loses Majority

Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party AKP appears on course to lose its parliamentary majority after today’s general elections in Turkey,…

9 years ago

Turkey Elections 2015: Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s AKP Challenged by Pro-Kurdish HTP

Turkey is voting in a general election which will determine whether President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party, AKP, can change…

9 years ago

Turkish state television bans opposition party’s election ad

Turkish state television TRT has banned the main opposition party's election campaign advertisement because it directly targets the government. The…

10 years ago

Mehmet Selim Kiraz: Turkish prosecutor investigating Berkin Elvan’s death taken hostage

Turkish prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz, who is heading the inquiry into the death of teenager Berkin Elvan during anti-government protests…

10 years ago

Chapel Hill shooting: Barack Obama denounces Muslim murders as “brutal and outrageous”

President Barack Obama has denounced the murders of three Muslim students in Chapel Hill, North Carolina as "brutal and outrageous".…

10 years ago

Chapel Hill shooting: Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticizes Barack Obama’s silence on Muslim murders

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has criticized President Barack Obama for his silence over the murder of three Muslim students…

10 years ago