Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan believes that those who do not believe in a military solution in Syria should withdraw their troops there. This he said after Russia and the United States have stated that there is no military solution possible in Syria.
Deniz Yücel, the German-Turkish journalist arrested in Ankara since February, accuses Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan of subjecting his country to 'a regime of fear.' Turkey slides down to fascism, he says.
Five people were killed by a blast in a Turkish textile factory. Sixteen people were injured, said Minister Jülide Sarıeroğlu (Labor). These include people who were in the vicinity of the building.
Eleven human rights activists are in Istanbul on Wednesday after charges of terrorism. Among them is the director of the Turkish department of Amnesty International, a number of Turks, a German and a Swede. They can get custody for fifteen years for support and membership of a terrorist organization. The case has led to much criticism and concern from the West.
A Turkish teacher who has been in hunger strike for months has been allowed to wait for the rest of his trial. Primary school teacher Semih Özakca (28) has been released according to lawyers. He must provisionally carry an ankle from the court in Ankara.
Turkey has protested against the use of dogs at border checks at Schwechat Airport in Vienna. Ankara responded to videos that show how Austrian detectives put their nose in the luggage of Turkish air travelers.
EU leaders want the European Commission to 'look critically' for the financial support that Turkey receives in preparation for EU membership. That money might go better to civil society organizations dealing with human rights issues instead of the Turkish government, Prime Minister Mark Rutte said after the first day of the EU summit in Brussels.
Due to an accident in a coal mine in Turkey, four people died on Tuesday. The mine was partly destroyed by unknown cause.
Turkey has killed eight people in northern Iraq. According to the Turkish army, it is the warriors of the Kurdish movement PKK.
The Iraqi forces said several positions had been handed around the town of Kirkuk. According to the army, it is an air force base, a power plant and an industrial district.
The Turkish authorities ordered the arrest of another hundred former police officers on Saturday. According to the press agency Anadolu, that again related to the failed coup more than a year ago. There are already 63 officers who have been scattered throughout the country.
Turkish soldiers set up observation posts in the Syrian province of Idlib. This happens according to the armed forces because of the agreements made with Russia and Iran, among other things, about setting up the so-called escalation zones.
Turkish President Erdogan returned to the US on Thursday again. He accused America of hiding a suspect suspected of Turkey in his consulate in Istanbul. He again blamed a diplomatic relegation between the countries at the US ambassador.
Turkish president Erdogan has further increased the arguments with the US. During a visit to Belgrade, he blamed the divorced American ambassador to Ankara for the diplomatic crisis between the two countries. He said John Bass was no longer considered to be Washington's envoy.
The diplomatic representation of the United States in Turkey has suspended visa issuance for non-immigrants. The US has taken this decision for the 'reassessment' of Turkey's security commitments for its staff.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei abuses the idea of an independent Kurdistan. The highest spiritual leader in Iran said Wednesday, following a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, that Tehran and Ankara should take measures to prevent Kurdish divisions.
Turkish university student Nuriye Gülmen was transferred from a prison clinic to a state hospital in Ankara on Monday on Tuesday. She has been weakened by a hunger strike of more than six months and can hardly get into bed, according to Onur Naci Karahanci from the doctor's room in the Turkish capital.
Turkey seizes military forces in northern Iraq if the Iraqi-Turkish minority is threatened. Here, the Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevult Cavusoglu, threatened Monday.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan believes that the international community must provide a larger financial contribution to the reception of Syrian refugees in his country. Especially the EU is failing, he said at the United Nations General Assembly.
The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on the German ambassador on Saturday. According to Anadolu, Anadolu had to explain why he had a cultural meeting of Kurds in Cologne. Ankara accuses the German authorities of having granted 'terrorist propaganda'.
Turkey leaves the French student journalism Loup Bureau. He will be extinguished. That released CNN Türk Friday.
Russia, Iran and Turkey have made agreements on a fourth so-called de-escalation zone in Syria. Observers from the three countries, according to Ankara, make sure that government forces and armed opposition leave each other in the area in the Idlib region.
The Turkish police scattered demonstrators at a court in Ankara on Thursday. There was the first session of the case against two teachers who had been in hunger strike to get back their jobs.
The Turkish police arrested 25 alleged Islamic state warriors in Istanbul. It is believed in three cases that 'high-ranking members' of the terrorist organization, state government agency Anadolu. The vast majority of the suspects would have a foreign nationality.
According to information from the German government, Turkey has again held a German couple. 'There are concrete indications that a German couple of Turkish origin in Istanbul have been arrested by the police,' said a spokesman for the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Turkish security forces have killed 99 warriors from the Kurdish Labor Party (PKK) in the southeastern Turkey in the last two weeks. One of them belonged to the 'higher grades', according to a communication Saturday of the Turkish armed forces.
The EU countries do not agree whether the talks with Turkey about accession to the EU should be broken down. This was shown Thursday at a meeting of EU foreign ministers in the Estonian capital of Tallinn.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has angry with the US authorities. He called it a 'scandal' that Turkish security officers are being prosecuted for a nod party in May when they went to Washington with a protest during a visit by the Turkish leader.
Turkish President Recep Tayip Erdogan called on the approximately 3 million voting Turks living in Germany not to vote on the CDU, the party of Chancellor Merkel and some other parties. The Germans will go to the polls on September 24 to choose a new Bond Day.
The Turkish police arrested a Turkish Dutchman during the Turkish Supercup match Besiktas-Konyaspor last week.
