Turkey
German peace groups call on EU to end cooperation with Turkey
World
June 7, 2019
German peace groups call on EU to end cooperation with Turkey
Germany’s leading peace institutes have called on the European Union to put an end to its cooperation with authoritarian regimes…
US stops accepting Turkish pilots for F-35 training: report
World
June 7, 2019
US stops accepting Turkish pilots for F-35 training: report
The United States has decided to stop accepting any additional Turkish pilots who planned to come to the US to…
Turkey determined to protect Turkish Cypriots’ rights to gas deposits in east Mediterranean: Erdoğan
World
June 7, 2019
Turkey determined to protect Turkish Cypriots’ rights to gas deposits in east Mediterranean: Erdoğan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says his country is determined to protect Turkish Cypriots’ rights to gas deposits in the…
Turkey’s S-400 purchase creates unacceptable risks, says US defense official
Turkey
June 7, 2019
Turkey’s S-400 purchase creates unacceptable risks, says US defense official
Turkey’s purchase of Russia’s S-400 missile defense system creates “unacceptable risks” for the US, a Department of Defense official said…
Turkish presidency enacted quadruple the legislation passed by parliament over last year: report
Turkey
June 7, 2019
Turkish presidency enacted quadruple the legislation passed by parliament over last year: report
The Turkish Presidency in the last year issued 37 executive decrees containing 1,880 articles of legislation, while the parliament only…
Öcalan calls on gov’t, PKK to find new ways to resolve ‘Kurdish question’
Turkey
June 7, 2019
Öcalan calls on gov’t, PKK to find new ways to resolve ‘Kurdish question’
Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), has called on the PKK and the Turkish government…
Inflation to drop to single digits, interest rates to be decreased: Albayrak
Business
June 7, 2019
Inflation to drop to single digits, interest rates to be decreased: Albayrak
Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak on Thursday claimed that Turkey’s inflation would drop to single digits in three months’…
U.N decision opens doors for release of victims of decree-law in Turkey
Adem Yavuz Arslan
June 7, 2019
U.N decision opens doors for release of victims of decree-law in Turkey
On the day the “Judicial Reform Package” was announced, which was ordered by Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey to be…
Turkey detains some 27,000 irregular migrants in May: report
Turkey
June 6, 2019
Turkey detains some 27,000 irregular migrants in May: report
A total of 27,536 undocumented migrants and 561 human smuggling suspects were detained across Turkey in May, the country’s deputy…
Some 15 percent of Turkish population subjected to prosecution in 2018
Turkey
June 6, 2019
Some 15 percent of Turkish population subjected to prosecution in 2018
Over 13 million Turkish citizens, roughly 15 percent of the entire population, were the subjects of prosecution in 2018, amounting…