European Union (EU) has lately warned Turkey for its crackdown on media as well as political opponents saying the moves are against the values of the bloc. EU’s Executive Commission Jean-Claude Juncker said, “I note with bitterness, I who am a friend of Turkey, that Turkey is distancing itself from […]

In latest crackdown Turkey has sacked more 10,000 civil servants and has shut down fifteen more media outlets suspecting those have links with terrorist organizations and also with the US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen. Earlier Ankara dismissed or suspended over 100,000 people and arrested 37,000 following a failed coup earlier this […]

The strip of land bordering Turkey and Syria has been cleared of ISIS militants, said Turkish Prime Minister Beinali Yildirim in a televised speech on Sunday. The prime minister added the 91 kilometer borderline from Azaz to Jarablus with Syria is now free from the control of Islamic State militants […]

The Kurds attacked a civilian airport Diyarbakir in southeast Turkey launching a rocket-propelled grenade. No injuries have been reported and damage to the infrastructure is reported to be of minor level like the windows at the VIP passenger entrance. Local news media report writes the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) targeted […]

At least thirty people have been killed and tons other injured Saturday night when an explosion targeted a wedding in southeastern Turkey, in the city of Gaziantep, about 95 kilometers away of Syrian city of Aleppo. According to Regional Governor Ali Yerlikaya, the explosion at wedding celebration occurred on a […]

At least three people have been killed and forth others wounded in eastern Turkey city of Van and Elazig Wednesday after two car bombs exploded. Van’s deputy governor Mehmet Parlak said two police officers and 38 civilians have been injured in the attack. Turkish state news agency Anadolu reports the […]