The Istanbul Seventh Court of Peace rejected an appeal for the release of two journalists from the Turkish daily Cumhuriyet, who face charges of espionage and supporting terrorism. According to the court, there is new [ More … ]
The Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet DavutoÄŸlu presented the new reforms plan of his government for more freedom and rights in the country. The new reforms will provide the legal status to the Alevi worship [ More … ]
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut ÇavuÅŸoÄŸlu said that his country is training the Mosul National Guards to destroy IS in Iraq. ÇavuÅŸoÄŸlu insisted that the Iraqi parliament had accepted the training and that the new Iraqi [ More … ]
According to Turkey’s Information and Communications Technologies Authority (BTK), the social network  Twitter has been fined $51,000 for refusing to remove illegal contents about “terrorist propaganda, encouraging public acts of violence and hatred,”. Turkish courts [ More … ]
A Kurdish-Arab coalition fighting the Islamic State (IS) has announced the creation of a new political wing after a two-day conference in al-Malikiyah, in northeast Syria. The formation of the Syrian Democratic Council was approved [ More … ]
The Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian military to take “extremely tough” action against any threat to its forces in Syria. He told defence officials in a television speech that such targets must [ More … ]
Hundreds of Syrians, including rebels, leave last opposition-held area of Homs under ceasefire deal with the regime. Hundreds of Syrians, including rebel fighters, have left the last rebel-held area of Homs as part of a [ More … ]
The President of the Iraq’s Kurdish region, Massoud Barzani, paid an official visit to Ankara to discuss the fight against terrorism. Barzani’s visit came amid a diplomatic row with Baghdad over Turkish troops based near [ More … ]
According to Erdem Basci, the head of the Turkish Central Bank, the country’s inflation will stand at 6.5 percent at the end of 2016. He confirmed that the bank would maintain its tight monetary policy [ More … ]
The Turkish Presidential Spokesman Ä°brahim Kalın claimed that only 9 percent of Russian strikes in Syria targeted the Islamic State while the rest of the strikes hit Syrian moderate opposition groups. The spokesman confirmed [ More … ]
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet DavutoÄŸlu called for a multidimensional fight to end violence against women, describing the issue as a global problem. The call took place during the UN summit in Istanbul entitled ‘Ending Violence against [ More … ]
Some news claimed that the construction of the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant in Turkey was stopped following the downing of a Russian military jet by the Turkish air forces. But Turkish Energy And Natural Resources [ More … ]
French police have identified a thrid Bataclan attacker, Prime Minister Manuel Valls says without naming the suspect. Valls didn’t, however, dispute reports naming the man as French national Foued Mohamed-Aggad, 23, from Strasbourg. All three [ More … ]
Local Community Council Trying to help 1.000 homeless families in Syria after IS attacks As IS organisation continues spreading its evil tentacles, and as the air strikes against IS continue, the civilian suffering gets worse. [ More … ]
As the winter weather gets wilder, refugees are still trying to cross the Aegean Sea heading to Europe. At least six Afghan children, including a baby, have died after an inflatable boat carrying refugees sank in [ More … ]
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