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Greece has called on Turkey to release two Greek soldiers arrested in Turkey last month as a gesture of good will.

A Turkish court has issued arrest warrants against eight people, including the spiritual Fethullah Gülen. The authorities already held Gülen responsible for the failed coup in 2016, but according to the state press agency Anadolu, they are now also referring to the death of the Russian ambassador Andrej Karlov.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned the actions of Israel in the border with Gaza. He called the shooting of fifteen Palestinian demonstrators by Israeli soldiers a 'killing.'

Five passengers, including four Russians, were killed on Friday as a result of a helicopter accident in Istanbul, reported the Russian news agency TASS. Two people were injured by the crash.

Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj of Kosovo fired the Minister of the Interior and the Chief of the Secret Service on Friday after the arrest and extradition to Turkey of six Turkish citizens.

Turkey continues to pick people up as a result of the failed coup attempt in the summer of 2016. This time, prosecutors gave orders for the arrest of seventy army officers. They would have ties with the spiritual Fethullah Gülen who, according to Ankara, is behind the coup.

A summit meeting between Turkey and the EU on Monday in Bulgaria, intended to defrost the relationship, threatens to miss its target. Ankara is angry because the 28 EU leaders have sharply criticized the country.

Turkey gets a firm blow on the fingers of the 28 EU leaders with 'a sharp condemnation' because of provocations in the territorial waters of Cyprus. At a summit in Brussels, the EU declares 'full solidarity with Cyprus and Greece', according to the draft conclusions.

The substance that the Turkish police confiscated in the capital Ankara does not turn out to be radioactive material. It is a chemical compound that does not radiate radioactivity, concluded the Turkish organization for nuclear energy TAEK.

The Turkish police seized almost one and a half kilos of the radioactive element californium-252 in the capital Ankara. The news channel NTV reported this on Monday. Four people have been arrested. They would have wanted to sell the nuclear material for $ 70 million. Where it comes from and who was interested in it is still unclear.

Turkey continues military operations in Syria. That said the Turkish president Erdogan, who put the 'terrorists \u0026 # x27; \u0026 # x27; want to expel from the areas around Manbij, Kamishli, Kobani and Ras al-Ayn. The Turkish leader did not rule out also to take action against Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq.

At least eleven people were killed when a bomb exploded in the Syrian town of Afrin. It concerns four fighters from the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and seven civilians, said a source in the security services Monday against the Turkish state press agency Anadolu.

A Greek court of appeal has rejected a Turkish request to deliver eight soldiers. Ankara suspects them of involvement in the failed coup, the theft of military equipment and desertion. It was the third time that Turkey asked for the extradition of the military.

For the extension of the refugee deal concluded by the European Union and Turkey, EUR 3 billion is also needed in the next two years. One billion euros is available from the EU budget. The European Commission calls on the Member States to supplement the amount quickly. They have previously agreed in principle to extend the agreements.

The billions of accession aid that the EU has given Turkey to adjust its laws have had only a limited effect. The European Court of Auditors concludes that in a report.

Due to a collision between a passenger bus and a truck, thirteen people were killed in Turkey. At least twenty people were injured, according to Turkish media.

Turkey wants Germany to do more to prevent attacks on mosques in Germany. Ankara had the German ambassador to show him a protest letter, according to German media Tuesday.

The Turkish army and allies have completely surrounded the city of Afrin in the eponymous district in northwestern Syria. The Turkish army announced that on Tuesday.

In the southwest of Iran a Turkish private plane crashed on Sunday. That has been announced by the Iranian state television. The plane was from Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates on its way to Istanbul.

After a week of offensive, Turkish soldiers have reached the outskirts of the city of Afrin in the north of Syria. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the Turks are advancing on the east side of the city.

The leading Turkish investigative journalist Ahmet Sik has come up with serious criticism of Ankara, shortly after his unexpected release from pre-trial detention. Sik spoke of a 'mafia sultanate'. He did that Saturday in a video message that spread his newspaper Cumhuriyet. The journalist was in custody for more than four hundred days.

The judge in Istanbul ordered Friday the release of Ahmet Sik and Murat Sabuncu, respectively investigative journalist and chief editor of the opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet.

Turkey, according to Turkish media, has now also asked Sweden to arrest the Kurdish politician Saleh Muslim. Ankara also recently asked two other EU countries for the extradition of the former Syrian-Kurdish PYD leader.

The American embassy in the Turkish capital Ankara opens again on Wednesday after it closed on Monday because of a 'security threat.' The embassy declared this on Tuesday.

The two Greek soldiers who accidentally crossed the Turkish border remain in pre-trial detention. The judge in the city of Edirne dismissed the protest that their lawyers had filed against the arrest, news agency Anadolu announced on Monday. The reason given was that the couple do not have a place of residence or stay in Turkey and that digital data have to be analyzed.

The Turkish police arrested 12 suspects in an investigation into Islamic State in Ankara. According to the state press agency Anadolu, the arrests came a few hours after the report that the US embassy in the city would remain closed all day because of a 'security threat.'

Turkey has neutralized 2777 fighters of the Kurdish YPG in the region of Afrin in northwestern Syria so far: the fighters have surrendered or are killed. That was reported by Turkish media.

The US embassy in the Turkish capital Ankara is closed on Monday because of a 'security threat.' The embassy has informed American citizens that the office is not accessible to the public and advised them not to 'stand out too much.'

At least 36 pro-Syrian fighters were killed during a series of bombings by the Turkish Air Force in the Syrian Afrin region. That reports the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights Saturday.

Despite sharp criticism from the United States, Turkey does not feel bound by the UN resolution on a truce in Syria. The country plans to continue its offensive against the Kurdish YPG militias in Afrin.