Erdoğan’s friendly chat with mob boss at wedding sparks outrage
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaks to alleged mob boss Sedat Peker (L) at a wedding ceremony. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was seen conversing with one of Turkey most notorious mafia...
View ArticleNumber of Syrian refugees nears 4 million
TELL ABYAD, Syria, June 15 (UPI) — Thousands attempted to flee Syria through its border with Turkey as the total number of refugees since the start of the country’s civil war nears 4 million. Read...
View ArticleSyrians flee battle for Tal Abyad
Thousands of Syrians pour into Turkey as coalition jets and Kurdish units drive out ISIL fighters from strategic town. […] Read More: Syrians flee battle for Tal Abyad
View ArticleEgypt faces condemnation over Morsi death sentence
US calls deposed president’s sentence “deeply troubling” while Turkey‘s leader condemns a “massacre of basic rights”. […] Read More: Egypt faces condemnation over Morsi death sentence
View Article200 Syrian refugees return from Turkey to Tel Abyad
The first group of Syrian refugees has returned from Turkey to their homes in the border town of Tal Abyad, which was recently retaken from the ISIL Takfiri terrorists. […] Read More: 200 Syrian...
View ArticleFormer Turkish President Suleyman Demirel dies at 90
ANKARA, Turkey, June 17 (UPI) — Former Turkish President and Prime Minister Suleyman Demirel, who was key to the nation’s socioeconomic transformation of the 1960s and ’70s, died Wednesday at age 90....
View ArticleTurkey needs ISIL Takfiris to fight Kurds, Syria: Pundit
Press TV has interviewed Ken O’Keefe, former US marine in London, and Jihad Mouracadeh, political commentator from Beirut, to discuss the ties between Turkey and the ISIL Takfiri militants. […] Read...
View ArticleTurkey summons Israeli envoy over deporting 7 Turkish nationals
Turkey has summoned Israel’s chargé d’affaires in Ankara for a reprimand meeting after Tel Aviv refused entry to seven Turkish nationals. […] Read More: Turkey summons Israeli envoy over deporting 7...
View ArticleTurkish police use water cannons, rubber bullets to disperse gay-pride parade
ISTANBUL, Turkey, June 28 (UPI) — Turkish police fired water cannons and rubber bullets to disperse Istanbul’s gay-pride parade, considered the largest such event in the Muslim world. Read More:...
View ArticleTurkey scrambles tanks to create ‘buffer zone’ on Syria border
Amid talk of a potential Turkish military intervention in Syria, the Turkish military is deploying tanks to the common border to create a “military buffer zone” there. […] Read More: Turkey scrambles...
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