A Prayer For the Victims of Turkey
God in heaven, I pray for the hundreds of thousands of Kurds, Alevis, Hizmet movement participants and minority Christians languishing in Turkish prisons for no justifiable reason. I also pray for...
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Turkey Seeks Arrest of NBA Star Kanter
Turkey issued an arrest warrant on Friday for Turkish NBA star Enes Kanter, accusing him of being a member of a "terror group", a pro-government newspaper reported. A judge issued the arrest warrant...
Myanmar To Deport Turkish Family Amid Crackdown Fears
Myanmar authorities have detained a Turkish family and are trying to deport them to Turkey, where activists fear they will face persecution for alleged links to a preacher accused of trying to...
Kanter Reveals Death Threats, To Seek US Passport
Oklahoma City Thunder's Turkish star Enes Kanter said Monday he plans to seek US citizenship and has been receiving death threats as a result of his outspoken criticism of his homeland's president....
Turkey Summons US Envoy Over ‘security Lapses’ In Erdogan Visit
Turkey summoned the US ambassador on Monday to protest "aggressive behaviour" by American security personnel and "security lapses" during Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit to Washington...
Oklahoma City Thunder’s Kanter Back In USA After Passport Issue
Oklahoma City Thunder center Enes Kanter arrived in the United States on Sunday, a day after being stopped from entering Romania over a passport issue the Turkish NBA star blamed on his political...
Erdogan Elected Leader of Turkey’s Ruling Party
Erdogan, founded the AKP in 2001 and led it to victory in an election a year later President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged to fight Turkey's enemies at home and abroad on Sunday as he was re-elected...
Turkey Canceled My Passport Over My Political Views
Turkish NBA player Enes Kanter said he was stopped at an airport in Romania on Saturday after his travel documents were canceled by his government. The Oklahoma City Thunder center tweeted a video...
Oklahoma City Thunder’s Kanter Says Detained ‘for Anti-Erdogan’ Views
Oklahoma City Thunder center Enes Kanter was detained and released Saturday at a Romanian airport after being told his passport was canceled, a move the Turkish star said was because of his political...
Turkey Wants US Envoy To Leave
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has accused a senior US diplomat of backing Kurdish militants and said he should be sent home. He said Brett McGurk, the US envoy to the coalition against...
Turkey Says Will ‘not Beg’ Germany To Stay At NATO Base
Turkey on Thursday hit back at German threats to pull its troops out of a key NATO base on its soil, saying it would "not beg" them to stay. Ankara and Berlin are locked in another spat over Turkey's...
US Capital Slams
The city of Washington on Wednesday condemned a "brutal attack on peaceful protesters" after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's bodyguards clashed with pro-Kurdish demonstrators. Two people were...
Germany Slams Turkey’s Refusal To Let MPs Visit NATO Base
Germany on Monday slammed Turkey's refusal to allow its lawmakers to visit a NATO base near Syria and warned it could move its troops elsewhere. Berlin described as "unacceptable" Ankara's latest ban...
Malaysia Deports Turks Wanted Over Alleged Gulen Links
Malaysia has deported three Turkish nationals wanted by Ankara for alleged links to a US-based preacher accused of being behind a failed coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. National police...
Wife Seeks Release of Turkish Businessman Held In Malaysia
The wife of a Turkish businessman detained in Malaysia for alleged terrorism offences made a tearful appeal to the government Monday to release him, saying he is innocent. "I am begging the Malaysian...
Third Turk Arrested In Malaysia For Security Reasons
A third Turkish national has been arrested in Malaysia, his lawyer said Friday, after two others were taken into custody this week on suspicion of funding the Islamic State group. Turkish academic...
Erdogan Says De-Escalation Plan Would ‘half Solve’ Syria Conflict
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said a Moscow-backed plan to set up so-called de-escalation zones inside Syria would "50 percent" solve the six-year conflict, in comments published Thursday....
Malaysia Police Arrest Turks Over ‘security Threat’
Two Turkish nationals who went missing in Malaysia have been arrested as a security threat, the police chief announced on Wednesday, but a rights group raised concerns of possible pressure from...
Erdogan Seeks To Send Trump Stern Message On Syrian Kurds
By launching air strikes against Syrian Kurdish fighters and threatening more action, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is seeking to send a tough message to Donald Trump in the hope of bringing...
Turkey Sacks 4,000 More Officials In Coup-Bid Crackdown
The Turkish government has sacked almost 4,000 more public officials in what appears to be the latest purge related to a failed coup last July. They include more than 1,000 justice ministry workers,...