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.
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.
According to the Turkish Foreign Minister, relations between Ankara and Washington have reached a 'very critical point'. 'Or we improve the relationships or our relationships are completely disrupted. There is no alternative, 'Mevlüt Cavusoglu said in Istanbul Monday.
An Algerian jeweler was arrested in Turkey because he tried to smuggle 290 banknotes worth € 144,200 in his gut.
In actions against terrorism, Turkey has arrested 82 people who are members of the Islamic State (IS) terror group. Turkish state media report that 77 suspects are foreigners.
Turkey has reached a population of 80 million. The Turkish statistical office reported that at the end of last year the country officially had 80.8 million inhabitants, nearly one million more than a year earlier.
A court in Turkey has sentenced three Syrians to life for the attack in early 2016 in Istanbul, killing ten German tourists. Several other suspects were acquitted.
The Turkish police have arrested at least 29 people in Ankara who would have links with the Islamic State terror group. Anti-terror units early on Friday morning at several places in the capital, said a source within the police against state press agency Anadolu.
The US embassy in Turkey again provides visa without restrictions. The diplomatic post has announced that Thursday. The provision of visas to non-immigrants was suspended in October after a Turkish employee of the American consulate in Istanbul was arrested.
The Turkish police have arrested 38 people who would have links with terrorist organization Islamic State. Units of the anti-terror police fell into several places in the northwestern province of Bursa.
Turkey must have an embassy in East Jerusalem. Turkish president Erdogan said this Sunday at a meeting of his party for Justice and Development (AK) in the south of the country.
The Turkish authorities have found 60 kilos of explosives in a van in Istanbul. With that they may have prevented an attack. Ten people were arrested because of the discovery in the district of Bahçelievler, reported news agency DHA.
Islamic countries want East Jerusalem to be recognized as the capital of Palestine. That is stated in the final statement of the summit of Islamic countries in Turkish Istanbul, reported Turkish media.
Almost a year after the terrorist attack on the chic nightclub Reina in Istanbul, the trial against the suspected offender started. The New Year night from Uzbekistan opened the fire at the party in the club at night.
A Turkish Airlines aircraft was diverted after discovering a Wi-Fi network with the name 'bomb on board.' The plane flew from Nairobi to Istanbul, but forced a stopover in the Sudanese capital Khartoum.
President Erdogan of Turkey is in favor of severe punishment for men who use violence against women. He calls this violence unacceptable.
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.
The Turkish police arrested the well-known businessman and activist Osman Kavala. His lawyer was told by the department of terrorism that a warrant had been issued in the context of a secret investigation
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.
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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.
The Istanbul police arrested a Belgian who was likely to prepare an attack on behalf of the Islamic State terrorist organization.
In an attack on a restaurant in Burkina Faso, seventeen people were killed. Another eight people were injured. Armed men opened the fire at the Turkish restaurant Aziz Istanbul in the capital Ouagadougou on Sunday.
In Istanbul, a policeman was stabbed on Sunday by allegedly an attacker of Islamic State terrorist organization. According to Turkish state press office Anadolu, the detainee was previously arrested by the police. He was suspected of preparing a bomb attack.
German human rights activist Peter Steudtner is temporarily stuck in Turkey. The court in Istanbul ruled Friday that the suspicions against the activist are serious enough to hold him to his trial. Also, a Swedish and six arrested Turkish human rights activists are not yet at liberty, said lawyers of the suspects.
The pilot who carried out a successful emergency landing at Istanbul airport on Thursday almost won a high degree of honor in his country. Kite Alexander Akopov safely landed a heavily damaged Airbus A320 in the Turkish capital.
