ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Two prominent Turkish journalists from a leading opposition newspaper have been freed in the early hours of Friday after Turkey’s top court ruled that their detentions had violated their rights. The arrest of Can Dundar, editor-in-chief of
The editors of the Turkish magazine Nokta are facing up to 12 years in prison for two magazine covers the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has deemed to be “spreading terrorist propaganda” and insulting the president, both federal crimes.
BERLIN, Feb 25 (Reuters) – Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban has said the European Union’s promise of money and other concessions for Turkey in return for preventing more people leaving its shores for Europe is an “illusion”. “We are begging
BRUSSELS, Feb 25 (Reuters) – NATO allies have agreed to a plan for their ships in the Aegean Sea to help Turkey and Greece counter criminal networks smuggling refugees into Europe, NATO’s chief said on Thursday, overcoming territorial sensitivities between
Democratic Party (HDP) has accused the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of acting as “an extension of ISIS” (Islamic State) in an emotional defense of Syrian Kurdish militias that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared terrorist groups tied to the Marxist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
A Turkish man has sued his wife for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has called parliamentary elections in April, a decision both expected and believed to have little effect on Assad himself. Nonetheless, Russian and Iranian media are applauding Assad following an agreement between Russia and the United States to a ceasefire end to hostilities in Syria on February 27.
The Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet reported Monday that a prosecutor’s investigation had uncovered phone conversations between Turkish military officers and a senior Islamic State jihadist that indicate the military was aiding passage of ISIS jihadists into the Syrian war theater. The Cumhuriyet report,
NATO forces launched a mission earlier this month to patrol the Aegean sea between Greece and Turkey to look for boats used to smuggle migrants onto Greek islands earlier this month. While the NATO ships have successfully rescued many migrants off
Turkey has refused entreaties from the U.S., France, and Russia to halt its shelling of Kurdish positions in Syria. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan defended the artillery strikes as self-defense against a terrorist threat, continuing his effort to link the Syrian Kurdish militia to Kurdish separatists in Turkey and blame them for the Ankara bombing.
The Jerusalem Post reports: The United States and Russia have agreed on a plan to pause the fighting in Syria’s civil war at the stroke of midnight on Saturday, February 27, marking the first serious effort to broker a cease-fire
A Bulgarian man who lives close to the Turkish border has been hailed a “superhero” by national media after he started using his spare time to patrol the border on his quad-bike (ATV), looking for illegal migrants. Dinko Valev came
The Jerusalem Post reports: As the cold winter wind lashes makeshift tents and families struggle through the deep muddy paths, the IsraAID professional response team met refugees desperate for aid and support. Refugees in the region of Northern France arrived after
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan intensified his denunciation of the Syrian Kurdish militia as “terrorists” responsible for this week’s Ankara bombing, and called on the U.S. to renounce support for the Kurds. The U.S. government refused these demands and said it would continue supporting Kurdish forces against the Islamic State in Syria.
The Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (TAK), a separatist terrorist group that primarily operates in northern Iraq and southeastern Turkey, said it carried out the successful car bomb attack on the Turkish capital, Ankara, that killed 28 people Wednesday.
Contents: Six Turkish soldiers killed in explosion a day after Ankara attack; New terrorist attacks cause further splits in US-Turkey relationship; Russia’s attacks on civilian hospitals in Aleppo follow the ‘Grozny model’
Syrian Kurds responded to accusations from Turkey on Thursday, saying that Russia will use its air power to bomb any Turkish troops who cross the border to fight them, and promising an incursion would lead to a “big war” across the region.
As the United States looks to bolster ties among anti-ISIS allies, it should heed the call of the Turkish government to extradite Fethullah Gulen, the leader of what some describe as an Islamist cult run out of a million-dollar estate in the Poconos.
The EU and Turkey will hold a special summit in early March to push forward a deal to stem the migration crisis, European Council President Donald Tusk said Friday. EU leaders meeting in Brussels also unanimously opposed “unilateral actions” by
Turkey launched airstrikes against Kurds in northern Iraq overnight, as Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu claimed the terrorist who carried out Wednesday’s deadly bomb attack in Ankara was linked to the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia, a vital U.S. ally in the war against the Islamic State.
Middle Eastern sectarian conflicts were once again being played out on European streets yesterday, as a bomb ripped through a Turkish cultural centre in Sweden days after a man was shot at a pro-Kurdish demonstration in the same district. No
Contents: Car bomb attack on military in Ankara Turkey kills 28; Erdogan slams US, UN policy, renews demand by Syria ‘safe zone’
Italian prosecutors are investigating the son of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for money laundering amid accusations he smuggled large amounts of cash into the country, a judicial source told AFP on Thursday. A probe was launched into Bilal Erdogan
CNN offers a man-on-the-street view of the Syrian civil war, showing residents of the mostly Shiite town of Nubl, close to the Turkish border, celebrating the ejection of rebel forces by dictator Bashar Assad’s troops. Citizens displayed photos and banners of Assad, as well as photos of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei of Iran.
TEL AVIV – Contacted by Breitbart Jerusalem, a spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces had no comment on a report claiming Israeli rockets hit Syrian army positions near Damascus on Wednesday. The IDF has a longstanding policy of declining to
What appears to be a bomb aimed at shuttles full of military personnel in Ankara, Turkey, has killed five people and injured ten others.
European football’s governing body is set to penalise a Lokomotiv Moscow football player after he revealed a t-shirt depicting Vladimir Putin during a match in Turkey. Dmitri Tarasov caused considerable anger in Turkey after revealing the t-shirt, which shows a
Bulgarian authorities have charged three Syrians, who had been awarded refugee status in Germany, with attempting to join the Islamic State (IS) terror group after they were caught attempting to cross into Turkey. Bulgarian border police detained the Syrian men
In a sign of escalating tensions, Russia and Turkey have begun accusing each other of supporting “terrorist” organizations in Syria.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said that relations between Russia and the West have evolved into a “new Cold War.”
The volatile situation in Syria took a dangerous turn over the weekend, as Turkey began shelling Kurdish YPG militia forces in Syria, the same militia America has been relying upon as frontline ground forces against the Islamic State. Turkey is also a U.S. ally and a member of NATO.
Contents: Turkey doubles down on shelling Kurds in Syria; Qatar says it will join Saudi Arabia, UAE sending troops to Syria; John Kerry suggests that al-Assad and the Russians are delusional
A 21-year-old Syrian man who smuggles migrants across the Mediterranean from Turkey to Greece at $580 a head says that he is a humanitarian who only wants to help people. “I am doing God’s work,” he says, while collecting cash
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — So where should the next impenetrable razor-wire border fence in Europe be built? Hungary’s right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban thinks he knows the best place — on Macedonia’s and Bulgaria’s borders with Greece — smack along
Contents: Turkey’s military strikes Kurdish positions in Syria, north of Aleppo; Saudi Arabia and Turkey plan joint ground troop incursion into Syria; The death of Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say they have arrested two heavily armed suspects near the border with Turkey. A high-ranking security official, speaking to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to comment on
Istanbul (AFP) – Turkey’s military hit Kurdish and Syrian regime targets Saturday in the northern province of Aleppo, a state-run news agency reported, as Ankara mulled joint ground assault with Saudi troops. Anatolia, quoting a military source, said the armed
Ynetnews reports: Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that his country and Saudi Arabia may launch ground operations against the Islamic State group in Syria, Turkish media reported on Saturday. After taking part at a security conference in Munich, Cavusoglu
Ynetnews reports: An emergency campaign to save the last remnants of the Jewish community of Aleppo in war-torn northern Syria is being carried out by Moti Kahana, President of the Amaliah humanitarian organization. Kahana and his organization are engaged in
Contents: Increasingly desperate European Union threatens Greece over refugee crisis; European Union in chaos over the refugee crisis; Nato deploys warships to Aegean sea to deter people smugglers
