Turkish Gov’t Seeks to Retain Some Emergency Powers
Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said that the government seeks to retain some of the powers emanating from the state of emergency laws to more effectively combat terrorism when the emergency…
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Opposition’s Electoral Alliance Is Over, Nationalist Party Says
The "Nation Alliance" forged by four opposition parties to skirt the election threshold in order to enter Parliament is no longer in place, the spokesperson for the Nationalist Good (IYI)…
Turkey Pulling Out Troops From Syria’s Afrin, Official Says
The Turkish military is pulling out its forces from Afrin, a northwestern Syrian enclave which was captured by Turkey-allied rebels after a two-month siege earlier this year, spokesman of…
Turkey Discusses Capital Punishment After Death of Missing Girl
Former Ankara Mayor Melih Gokcek threw his full-throated support after the uncle of a four-year-old girl found dead in eastern Turkey demanded the reinstatement of the death penalty as the…
Turkey’s Opposition Candidate Rejects Claims of Kidnapping on Election Night
Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) presidential candidate Muharrem Ince refused claims of being kidnapped or threatened on the election night amid ongoing controversy over his…
Turkish Gov’t Does Not Consider Extending Emergency Rule
The Turkish government does not consider extending the state of emergency, which caused a litany of complaints among the public amid extreme restrains on liberties and social mobility in the…
Turkey Imports Potato From Turkish-Controlled Parts of Syria
Turkey’s Minister of Agriculture confirmed that Ankara imported nearly 4,000 tonnes of potatoes from the areas under Turkish control in Syria, stirring a controversy over the state of the…
EU Faces Balancing Act in Dealing With Turkey After Erdogan’s Win
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s win in presidential election on Sunday would plunge the ties between Ankara and Brussels into an irreversible path, with Turkey’s decades-old aspiration to…
US Senators Visit Erdogan to Request Pastor Brunson’s Release
Two U.S. senators who seek to block the sale of F-35 fighter jets to Turkey visited President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara on Friday in a bid to secure the release of jailed U.S. Pastor…
Turkish FM Says Trump Reassured Turkey Over F-35 Jets
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu claimed that U.S. President Donald J. Trump offered reassurances over the delivery of F-35 fighter jets and even promised to take necessary steps if…