Turkish warplanes struck Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq and southeastern Turkey overnight on Wednesday, security sources said. The strikes destroyed targets belonging to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), including…
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been pictured dining with Turkish singer and transgender icon Bülent Ersoy, hours after security forces violently dispersed a Trans Pride march in Istanbul. When…
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday condemned Islamists who attacked rock fans at a music store in Istanbul, but also said it was “wrong” for fans to have consumed…
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Turkey has launched a third indigenously manufactured naval corvette under its MILGEM program. The Ada-class vessel, TCG Burgazada, took to water late last week during a ceremony attended by Turkish…
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A Turkish court placed two Turkish journalists including a local representative of Reporters Without Borders and an academic in pretrial arrest Monday over charges of disseminating “terrorist propaganda,”. Reporters Without…
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Dissidents in Turkey’s nationalist MHP opposition party took a step closer on Sunday to ousting their veteran leader, a move which could potentially derail President Tayyip Erdoğan’s drive for greater…
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Istanbul riot police fired tear gas and rubber pellets on Sunday to disperse a march for transgender people banned after ultra-nationalists said that “degenerates” could not demonstrate. Hundreds of riot…
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has vowed to reconstruct the historic Taksim military barracks in Istanbul’s Gezi Park, a project that sparked country-wide protests in 2013. “One of the subjects…
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Authorities in the Turkish city of Istanbul have banned an annual gay pride march planned for later this month, citing security and public order fears. The ban, which was angrily…
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Greece wants to dramatically escalate returns of migrants to Turkey in the coming weeks under a European Union deal with Ankara, the migration minister said on Friday, amid criticism…
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Former Turkey football star Hakan Şükür went on trial in his absence Thursday on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on social media. The lawyer of Şükür, one…
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Turkish artillery destroyed at least 17 Islamic State (ISIS) targets in northern Syria on Wednesday while the extremists were preparing to launch missile rockets on the Turkish army. At least…
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