Syria
Turkey sets up new military post amid escalating tensions in Idlib
World
October 16, 2020
Turkey sets up new military post amid escalating tensions in Idlib
Turkey has set up a new military post in the village of Qoqfin, situated in a disputed area of northwestern…
Turkish Cypriot leader claims operatives of Turkish president threatened him and his family
World
October 10, 2020
Turkish Cypriot leader claims operatives of Turkish president threatened him and his family
Mustafa Akıncı, president of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (KKTC), a breakaway state recognized only by Turkey, claimed on…
Majority-Kurdish town denied Internet access for a year for ‘security reasons’
Turkey
October 9, 2020
Majority-Kurdish town denied Internet access for a year for ‘security reasons’
Nusaybin, a predominantly Kurdish town in Turkey’s southeastern province of Mardin, has been suffering from restricted Internet access since a…
Ankara court arrests pro-Kurdish co-mayor, 16 pro-Kurdish politicians
Turkey
October 2, 2020
Ankara court arrests pro-Kurdish co-mayor, 16 pro-Kurdish politicians
An Ankara court on Friday arrested 17 politicians from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), including the co-mayor of the…
U.S. senator probes Trump- Erdoğan relationship
World
September 24, 2020
U.S. senator probes Trump- Erdoğan relationship
A senior member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee has sought to investigate ties between President Donald Trump and…
Turkey’s war on PKK uprooted residents of 504 villages in northern Iraq: report
World
September 5, 2020
Turkey’s war on PKK uprooted residents of 504 villages in northern Iraq: report
Turkey’s military incursions into northern Iraq since 1992 have displaced the residents of more than 500 Kurdish villages, a select…
Syrian refugee shot dead by drunk, xenophobic Turk
Turkey
August 19, 2020
Syrian refugee shot dead by drunk, xenophobic Turk
Abdulkadir Davud, 21, a Syrian refugee living in Turkey, was shot dead over the weekend in İstanbul by a drunk…
Erdoğan’s office condemns US presidential contender Biden’s resurfaced comments
World
August 16, 2020
Erdoğan’s office condemns US presidential contender Biden’s resurfaced comments
Turkey on Saturday condemned as “interventionist” comments that US Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden had made in December when he…
Russia, Turkey halt joint patrols in Syria’s Idlib after militants attacks
World
August 14, 2020
Russia, Turkey halt joint patrols in Syria’s Idlib after militants attacks
Russia and Turkey have suspended joint military patrols carried out along the M4 highway in Syria’s northwestern region of Idlib…
Greece sees fewer migrant arrivals from Turkey, partly due to pandemic, minister says: report
World
August 5, 2020
Greece sees fewer migrant arrivals from Turkey, partly due to pandemic, minister says: report
Greece has seen fewer migrants and refugees arriving from Turkey, numbering in the hundreds in the last four months, mainly…