Turkish Teacher in Mongolia Seeks Asylum After Suspected Kidnapping Attempt
A Turkish teacher in Mongolia who was the victim of a suspected kidnapping attempt has asked a United Nations agency to arrange asylum.
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Turkish MHP Leader: US Seeks to Save Its Coup Partners by Instigating Crisis
Devlet Bahceli, Turkish Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) chair, said the crisis in the US-Turkey relaltions is caused by Washington's alleged role in the failed 2016 coup d’état.
Turkish School in Central African Republic Fights Ankara’s Shutdown Bid
Turkey is ramping up pressure worldwide to shut down schools close to a network that it accuses of terrorism.
Turkey Flies 2 Suspected Gulenists Back from Azerbaijan, Ukraine
The Turkish intelligence agency has detained and flown back to Turkey from Azerbaijan and Ukraine two suspected members of the movement blamed for the 2016 failed coup.
Opposition Candidate Vows to Shut Down Incirlik If US Fails to Extradite Gulen
Main opposition Republican People's Party's (CHP) presidential candidate said if he is elected on June 24 elections, he would shut down Incirlik Air Base and send the U.S. soldiers back home…
Detained US Pastor Brunson to Go on Trial in Turkey April 16
An American pastor held in Turkey for one and a half years in a case that further strained relations between Ankara and Washington will go on trial on April 16 on terror-related charges, a…
Turkey Demands Life Sentence for Jailed American Pastor
Turkish prosecutors have demanded a life sentence for an American pastor accused of being a member of the group blamed for the 2016 failed coup, a case that has raised tensions with…
25 Turkish Journalists Were Sentenced to Prison in Mass Media Trial
An Istanbul court on Thursday sentenced 25 journalists to prison terms of up to seven and a half years over links to the group blamed by Turkey for the 2016 failed coup, in a mass trial of…
Former CIA Officer Fuller Says Doubts Gulen Ordered Turkey Coup
Graham Fuller, a former CIA officer, has refuted Turkish charges that he took part in last year's abortive putsch and expressed doubt about the official Turkish narrative that U.S.-based…
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Says Preet Bharara is ‘Very Close’ to…
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has claimed that former Manhattan attorney Preet Bharara is close to a U.S.-based Turkish cleric wanted by Ankara, and dismissed an investigation he…