Once he needed Soros…

Erdoğan once well connected to George Soros despite recent fall out | Ahval

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan recently said businessman and philanthropist Osman Kavala…

TEN AMBASSADORS SUMMONED: Turkey’s axis is shifting in foreign policy, human rights, says former ambassador

We have interviewed retired Ambassador Yalım Eralp about the Osman Kavala case and Turkey-US relations.
Turkey issues rebuke to 10 Western embassies over Kavala case

Ankara summons envoys over joint call for release of Osman Kavala, who has been jailed without conviction since 2017.
10 embassies made a statement calling for Kavala’s release in the 4th year of his detention. Ministers and AKP politicians have denounced the statement while the AA has reported that the envoys have been summoned to the Foreign Ministry.

Erdoğan: Turkey shouldn’t host ambassadors who called for Kavala’s release

The president has lashed out at the 10 ambassadors that demanded the release of Kavala while stressing that Turkey is

Turkey summons 10 diplomats over call for activist’s release

… accused of attempting to overthrow the Turkish government through the 2013 nationwide demonstrations that started at Istanbul’s Gezi Park.

After critical EU report, Turkey’s bid to join bloc remains at a ‘standstill’

ISTANBUL – With Turkey’s bid to join the EU long frozen, the European Commission (EC) released its annual report Tuesday on the nation’s accession

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