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ISTANBUL — Turkey’s foreign minister is expressing impatience with the United States for not extraditing a cleric whom the Turkish government alleges masterminded a failed 2016 coup.

The Committee to Protect Journalists published its annual report on imprisoned journalists on Thursday, and perennial champion Turkey once again leads the league.

Can Dündar, the former editor-in-chief of Turkey’s last remaining opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet, condemned Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for claiming to defend the free press in the aftermath of the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.

The Pentagon on Wednesday urged Turkey to suspend its planned operation into territory in northeastern Syria controlled by Kurdish militias fighting the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) with the support of the United States.

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan proclaimed that his country would “cover most of Venezuela’s necessities” economically during remarks in the Latin American country Monday.

Turkish President Recep Erdogan praised Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro during a meeting in Caracas on Monday for his support towards the Islamic world and the ongoing battle against “Islamophobia.”

Officials in the Turkish capital of Ankara have renamed the street where the United States embassy will soon be located after the black nationalist leader Malcolm X, in what appears to be another rebuke of the Trump administration. 

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan offered himself as a potential mediator between Russia and Ukraine on Thursday after reportedly discussing tensions between the two countries with President Donald Trump this week.

It is far better to have a leader that recognizes and accepts the world as it is in all its cruelties, and works with allies – even authoritarian ones – against common foes, than to be led by men and women who prefer the posture of morality at the expense of security.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday urged Turkey to release pro-Kurdish opposition party leader Selahattin Demirtas from detention.

Turkey’s Yeni Safak, a newspaper that supports President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, published an editorial on Friday by its most energetic columnist, Ibrahim Karagul, warning that war will erupt across the Middle East if Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) remains in power after allegedly ordering the murder of Jamal Khashoggi

The U.S. State Department and officials in the government of Turkey both rejected reports Thursday suggesting that Ankara is attempting to tie the investigation into the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi to its crusade against Islamic cleric Fethullah Gülen, who has resided in the United States for decades.

The European Union Court of Auditors has slammed inefficient use of the billions of euros sent to Turkey for asylum seekers saying that up to half of the proposed projects have not achieved their expected results.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had absolutely no involvement in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the kingdom’s public prosecutor said Thursday, adding that five Saudi officials face the death penalty if found guilty of the crime.

Istanbul – Luggage carried by a 15-member Saudi team dispatched to Istanbul included scissors, defibrillators and syringes that may have been used against journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in the Saudi consulate, a pro-government Turkish daily said Tuesday.

Turkish police arrested a 21-year-old woman for interrupting a ceremony honoring founding father Mustafa Kemal Atatürk protesting, “Atatürk brought the West’s laws,” local media reported on Monday.

President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan dined together on November 10 and discussed the murder of Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi, according to White House officials.

The United States, in an effort to repair ties with NATO ally Turkey, offered up to $12 million in rewards this week for information on three senior members of the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK) terrorist group, a prime target of the current Turkish administration.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday denounced the United States for holding joint military patrols near the Turkish border in northern Syria with fighters from the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG).

Turkey is “ready” to “trample” U.S.-backed Kurds in northern Syria, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared on Tuesday.

Turkish Ambassador to China Abdulkadir Emin Onen declared Turkey and China share a “common fate” and ‘common future” in an op-ed published by China’s state-run Global Times on Sunday. Last week, Turkey’s Andalou news agency signed a cooperation agreement with China’s Xinhua.

How many “peace conferences” and “peace plans” have there been since 2011, when Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad launched his genocidal war against his historic Sunni enemies?

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat said Saturday that the global outcry and media focus on the killing of a Saudi journalist earlier this month has become “hysterical” as he urged the public to wait for the results of an investigation before ascribing blame to the kingdom’s top leadership.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan has held plenty of grand opening ceremonies in his 15 years at Turkey’s helm. On Monday he will unveil one of his prized jewels — Istanbul New Airport — a megaproject that has been dogged by concerns about labor rights, environmental issues and Turkey’s weakening economy.

Turkish President Recept Tayyip Erdogan reportedly issued a “final warning” on Friday to U.S.-backed fighters to pull out of areas in northern Syria east of the Euphrates river.

Turkish media outlets reported on Friday that Istanbul police are receiving a not-insignificant number of calls from “clairvoyants” around the world claiming they have information about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi presumably provided by Khashoggi’s ghost.

Self-proclaimed Palestinian “protest icon” Ahed Tamimi, a teen who served an eight-month prison sentence after attacking two Israeli soldiers, has urged others to follow her example, saying “We should all be slapping soldiers, not just me.”

The government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is helping the Islamic State (ISIS) rebuild a clandestine terror network inside Iraq that poses an ongoing security threat, according to Iraqi National Police Brigadier General Aref al-Zebari.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan renewed his call Wednesday for reforming the United States Security Council and ending permanent membership, emboldened by his heightened international status following the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Wednesday denounced the murder of critic Jamal Khashoggi as a “heinous crime,” insisting the kingdom was cooperating with Turkish authorities and “justice will prevail.”

CIA Director Gina Haspel is currently in Turkey to investigate the death of Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, but Turkish authorities reportedly refused to let her listen to an audio recording that supposedly captured Khashoggi’s violent death at the hands of Saudi agents.

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman spoke in public about the killing of Jamal Khashoggi on Wednesday, telling an investment conference in Riyadh that Khashoggi’s murder was a “heinous crime” and the perpetrators will be “put before the courts.”

An adviser to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wrote an opinion article Wednesday declaring that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) has “blood on his hands” for the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Reuters reported.

Venezuela’s defense minister visited Turkey on Monday to discuss military cooperation and regional issues, Turkish state media reported.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan both pronounced themselves unsatisfied with the answers Saudi Arabia has given for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi embassy in Istanbul three weeks ago. Both of them said the Saudis must be more forthcoming about who ordered the operation that ended with Khashoggi’s death, followed by crude efforts to create an alibi and dispose of his body.