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Turkey repatriates 12 ISIS detainees to Finland
Turkey
June 1, 2020
Turkey repatriates 12 ISIS detainees to Finland
Turkey’s Interior Ministry said on Sunday that 12 Finnish Islamic State (ISIS) detainees, what it calls foreign terrorist fighters, have…
Turkey lifts COVID-19 intercity travel restrictions
Turkey
June 1, 2020
Turkey lifts COVID-19 intercity travel restrictions
Turkish Interior Ministry said in a circular sent to the country’s governorates that intercity travel restrictions brought in to contain…
Turkey, Greece exchange accusations on migrants and border: report
World
May 29, 2020
Turkey, Greece exchange accusations on migrants and border: report
Turkey’s foreign ministry has accused Greece of violating the fundamental rights of refugees and migrants and also of increasing tension…
Turkish women’s rights movement fights back as COVID-19 spurs violence
Turkey
May 28, 2020
Turkish women’s rights movement fights back as COVID-19 spurs violence
Just after dawn in the Turkish city of Muğla on Sunday, 26-year-old Selim Ahmet Kemaloğlu, a boxer with aspirations to…
Turkish soldier killed in Syria’s Idlib after explosion along M4 highway – ministry
Turkey
May 28, 2020
Turkish soldier killed in Syria’s Idlib after explosion along M4 highway – ministry
A Turkish soldier was killed in the northwestern Syrian region of Idlib on Wednesday after an explosion along the M4…
Boy, who battled Turkish state to be with parents, dies from cancer
Turkey
May 12, 2020
Boy, who battled Turkish state to be with parents, dies from cancer
A 9-year-old cancer-stricken Turkish boy, who was in a months-long campaign against the state to be reunited with his parents,…
Turkey arrests popular Twitter users for spreading ‘terrorist propaganda’
Turkey
April 8, 2020
Turkey arrests popular Twitter users for spreading ‘terrorist propaganda’
Turkish authorities on Friday arrested two of the three well-known anonymous Twitter users who were detained on Wednesday and Thursday.…
US ready to help Turkey against Syria if Ankara removes S-400 missiles: report
World
April 3, 2020
US ready to help Turkey against Syria if Ankara removes S-400 missiles: report
The US is ready to help Turkey against the Syrian army if Ankara removes the S-400 air defense system purchased…
State-run bank blocked $135,000 in donations for coronavirus relief: İmamoğlu
Turkey
April 2, 2020
State-run bank blocked $135,000 in donations for coronavirus relief: İmamoğlu
İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu on Thursday revealed that state-run Vakıfbank has blocked TL 900,000 ($135,000) that his municipality had raised…
Stay-at-home order possible in Turkey if coronavirus outbreak worsens: report
Turkey
March 28, 2020
Stay-at-home order possible in Turkey if coronavirus outbreak worsens: report
Turkey could order the public to stay at home if coronavirus infections continue to spread, the government said on Thursday…