Qatar Airways plane makes emergency landing at Istanbul airport
A Qatar Airways aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing at Istanbul’s Ataturk airport on Thursday after one of its engines caught fire shortly…
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Russian Foreign Minister to visit Turkey by end of 2016, envoy says
Russia’s foreign minister will visit Turkey by the end of 2016, a senior diplomat has told Anadolu Agency. Speaking on Wednesday, Russian ambassador Andrey Karlov…
Turkish police raid over 200 addresses in FETO swoops
Turkish police raided over 200 addresses across 18 provinces, including Istanbul, on Thursday as part of a nationwide probe into the financing of the Fetullah Terrorist Organization…
Gülen issue turns already strained Turkey-US relations into crisis
Already strained Turkey-U.S. relations over Washington’s partnership with the Democratic Union Party (PYD), the PKK terror group’s Syria offshoot, have reached new lows thanks to…
3 killed, 73 injured in terror attack in eastern Turkey
A terror attack in eastern Turkey has claimed three lives and injured more than 70 people. Three people, including a police officer, are among the…
Turkey to release 38000 prisoners ‘to make room for coup plotters’
Turkey will grant early release to some 38,000 prisoners who committed crimes before 1 July, Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said on Wednesday, amid reports of…
Mustafa Aydin: “With its struggle the Turkish nation showed that it deserves the Nobel Peace Prize”
President of Board of Trustees of Istanbul Aydın University, President of Eurasian Universities Union Dr. Mustafa Aydin started a campaign for the people of Turkey…
Turkey to judge all terror perpetrators fairly, PM says
Turkey will bring to account all the perpetrators of terror acts “not in revenge but with justice,” Prime Minister Binali Yildirim vowed on Tuesday. “Turkish…
Turkish president endowed with new powers
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been endowed with new powers, the Official Gazette (Resmi Gazete) reported Aug. 17. From now on, Turkey’s president is…
US: No legal action on Gulen until proof found
The U.S. will not take any legal action on Fetullah Terror Organization’s (FETO) leader Fetullah Gulen’s extradition request by Turkey until evidence is found, State…