Turkey replaces land, air and navy commanders
Turkey decided on Wednesday to replace the heads of the army, air force and navy, local media reported, in the latest shake-up of the armed...
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Turkey opens trial of nearly 500 defendants over failed coup
Nearly 500 suspects including army generals and pilots went on trial in Turkey on Tuesday, many of them accused of commanding last year’s failed coup...
Turkey says detains more than 1,000 in latest anti-terror raids
Turkish authorities detained 1,098 people over the last week for suspected links to militant groups or last year’s failed coup attempt, the interior ministry said...
Turkey opposition stages sit-in protest
Turkey‘s main opposition staged a sit-in on Thursday to protest against proposed changes to parliamentary procedure that it says will restrict lawmakers’ ability to challenge...
Erdogan says Israel damaging Jerusalem’s ‘Islamic character’
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused Israel on Wednesday of inflicting damage on Jerusalem’s “Islamic character”, in comments likely to further inflame regional tensions in a dispute over...
EU to Turkey: respect for rights “imperative” to join bloc
By Robin Emmott The European Union on Tuesday delivered its most public criticism yet of Turkey’s security crackdown since last year’s failed coup, saying there...
Migrant deal with Turkey working well, says EU official
An EU deal with Turkey to stem the westward flow of migrants is working well, and day-to-day bilateral ties are better than rhetoric might suggest,...
Turkish journalists go on trial accused of waging ‘asymmetric war’
Seventeen employees of a Turkish opposition newspaper went on trial on Monday accused of supporting a terrorist group, a case seen by government critics as...
Erdogan gambling with centuries-old ties to Germany: Schaeuble
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan is putting at risk his country’s centuries-old ties to Germany, Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said in a newspaper interview, as tensions...
Top Merkel aide says Turkey’s conduct “unacceptable”
By Michelle Martin Turkey’s behaviour is “unacceptable” and Germany has a duty to protect its citizens and companies but also wants to maintain strong...
‘You belong here,’ Germany tells Turks as row with Ankara rages
Germany sought on Saturday to reassure the country’s three million people of Turkish descent it would stand by them as a political row with Ankara...
Turkey seeks to cool Germany row, Berlin reviews arms requests (Update)
Turkey’s economy minister sought to calm rising tensions with Germany on Friday as Berlin said it was reviewing all applications for arms projects from Ankara. Tensions between...
Strong quake off Greece kills two, injures dozens (Update 4)
A powerful earthquake killed two people on the Greek holiday island of Kos in the early hours of Friday, sending tourists fleeing into the streets,...
Turkey is ‘acting like former Communist East Germany’
Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble was quoted on Friday as comparing Turkey with the former communist East German state and saying Berlin might have to tell...
Germany targets Turkish tourism as rights row escalates (Update 2)
Germany warned its citizens to exercise caution if travelling to Turkey and threatened measures that could hinder German investment there in a sign of growing impatience...
Turkey PM warns Cyprus on ‘dangerous’ energy moves (Update)
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim on Thursday warned Cyprus its moves to explore for energy around the eastern Mediterranean were “untimely and dangerous”, adding that...
Germany: EU aid to Turkey could be halted over arrests (Update)
Germany raised the possibility on Wednesday of suspending European Union aid payments to Turkey after summoning Ankara’s ambassador to Berlin to protest over the arrest of...
Germany’s Merkel blasts Turkey’s arrest of rights activists
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday blasted Turkey’s detention of six human rights activists including a German, and pledged to work for his release. One...
Turkish government seeks three-month extension to emergency rule
The Turkish government sent a request to parliament on Monday to extend the period of emergency rule imposed after last July’s failed coup attempt, a...
Bomb blast ‘hits military vehicle, wounds 17’ in Turkey
Explosives planted by Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants ripped through a Turkish military vehicle travelling through southeast Turkey on Monday, wounding 17 soldiers, the military...
