The Turkish authorities have arrested two men because of the bombardment of the American embassy in Ankara. A vehicle and a firearm were also seized. The arrested people in their thirties have a criminal record and made a confession after their arrest, the authorities in the Turkish capital report.
Unknown people have attacked the embassy of the United States in the Turkish capital Ankara with gunshots. This reported several Turkish media. The shots were fired from a moving car.
The Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants to expand the Turkish army's cross-border operations in Iraq and Syria. He will 'be the source of the threat \u0026 quot; to drain his land. Erdogan said that Saturday at the party conference of his Islamist conservative AK party in Ankara.
A Turkish judge ordered the release of the chairman of Amnesty International (AI) in Turkey, Taner Kilic. Kilic has been in detention in the West-Turkish city of Izmir for more than a year.
Turks are currently doing everything to get out of military service. The government decided at the end of July to make it possible for a certain group to buy it off. The amendment to the law that came into effect on 3 August gives men born before 1 January 1994 the opportunity to stay out of the army against payment of 15,000 lira (more than 2,500 euros). However, they must follow a basic training of three weeks.
'Get your gold from under your pillow and exchange it for Turkish lira.' With that call, also for euro banknotes, President Recep Tayyip asked Erdogan Turks to use their property as 'resistance against the whole world'.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has frozen assets from the US Ministers of Justice and Security in Turkey. With this measure Erdogan reacts to the sanctions that Washington imposed last week on the Turkish ministers Abdulhamit Gül (Justice) and Süleyman Soylu (Home Affairs).
The Mongolian authorities seem to have put a stop to an attempt to bring an alleged Gülenist to Turkey by plane. The Turkish aircraft was not allowed to take off and eventually left without the kidnapped school director, reports local media.
The American preacher Andrew Brunson, who is on trial in Turkey for suspicion of terrorism, has been placed under house arrest after more than one and a half years of detention. CNN Türk reported this on Wednesday. Last week, the judge decided, after having heard the story of Brunson, that he had to stay in prison.
The Turkish parliament has given its approval to all parts of a new security law. It must be a new tool in the fight against terrorism after the state of emergency has been lifted in the country last week after two years.
Now that the state of emergency in Turkey has finally been lifted yesterday after two years, there is relief from the Turkish opposition and from the EU. Yet both the opposition and the EU remain critical. They fear that due to the already existing laws and other measures that may soon come, the situation for freedom of expression and press freedom remains extremely critical.
A court in Turkey sentenced 72 people to life for their role in riots that arose in Istanbul during the failed coup attempt in July 2016. They would have killed civilians who, after President Erdogan's call, rifled the perpetrators of the coup.
The Turkish television preacher Adnan Oktar and more than two hundred of his supporters have been arrested. The Public Prosecution Service in Istanbul has charged Oktar and his followers with participation in a criminal organization, fraud and sexual abuse.
The death toll due to the train accident in Turkey rose to 24. At least 73 people were injured, reports Turkish media.
A train accident in northwestern Turkey has claimed at least ten lives according to Turkish media. According to a spokesperson for the Turkish Ministry of the Interior, 73 people were injured.
Turkish prosecutors have ordered 271 soldiers to be arrested. They are suspected of having ties to the organization of Fethullah Gülen, who is held responsible by Turkey for the failed coup in 2016.
The Turkish authorities have ordered the arrest of dozens of army officers. According to state press agency Anadolu, they are suspected of having ties with the organization of Fethullah Gülen, who is held responsible by Turkey for the failed coup in 2016.
The election victory of incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gives him the power and grip on Turkey that he has been striving for for so long. Until 2023 he remains the most powerful man of the 81 million Turks.
The Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his AK party are favorite for the victory after counting the first votes in the Sunday election. According to state media, he has already made a big hole early in the evening.
The Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan expects a high turnout in the presidential and parliamentary elections in his country Sunday. 'The participation looks good,' he said immediately after he had his own vote in Istanbul.
Turkey has released a German businesswoman who was arrested in Istanbul on Wednesday. The Turkish authorities spoke of an 'error in the system.'
The Turkish opposition wants more than 600,000 observers to be deployed during the national elections next Sunday. The largest opposition party, CHP, wants two observers at each of the more than 180,000 polling stations. In addition to those more than 360,000 observers, various political parties want more observers from their party.
A Turkish judge has ruled that Taner Kiliç, the president of Amnesty in Turkey, must remain in prison. The human rights organization has announced this via Twitter on Thursday. Kiliç will certainly be locked until November 7. Only then will the next hearing be on the program.
Kurdish Syrians from the YPG militia will start from July 4 with the departure from Manbij in the north of Syria. The Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu declared Thursday. The withdrawal takes place according to a plan that Turkey and the US have made.
The famous Taksim Square in the heart of Istanbul has changed enormously.
The power of the Turkish president Erdogan, who has been ruling since 2002, appears to be eroded. The Turkish opposition finally hopes to end its long period. The tension in Turkey is increasing for the crucial parliamentary and presidential elections. Polls contradict each other.
The pro-Kurdish presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtas, who has been in custody for more than a year and a half, has warned from the prison for the supremacy his rival Recep Tayyip Erdogan has in mind. Demirtas turned Sunday to the Turkish people during the ten minutes that were legally permitted. His election speech was broadcast by the state channel TRT.
The Turkish resort of Samsun on the Black Sea has devised a very special way to advertise for itself. The town has invited a bunch of stunning young Russian female bloggers who have millions of followers on social media.
Nine refugees were killed after a speedboat on which they sat sank off the Turkish province of Antalya. A person is missing.
Turkish president Erdogan is trying to show his aversion to Israel after the 62 deaths in Gaza early this week. He held a mega demonstration against Israel in Istanbul yesterday, after many others have been around Turkey.
