Amedspor Player Gets Excluded from 12 Games Saying ‘Long Live Freedom’ Bianet :: English Amedspor player Deniz Naki has been sentenced to exclusion from 12 official games and 6,000 euro punitive fine due to his posting on Facebook following his team’s victory against Bursaspor on Turkey Cup. Turkish player handed 12-match ban for ‘ideological propaganda’ on Facebook … Read more
PYD not a terrorist organization, US repeats The United States has reiterated that it does not perceive the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) as a terrorist organization, while adding that it understands ally Turkey’s concerns regarding the organization Erdogan: US must choose between Turkey and Kurdish forces EurActiv.com Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has denounced a … Read more
Turkish prosecutor of corruption, coup cases flee to Georgia over ‘coup attempt’ arrest warrant A controversial prosecutor who led probes into alleged coup attempts has fled to Georgia with a colleague after an arrest warrant has been issued on both judiciary figures for attempting to overthrow the Turkish government with the corruption investigations of 2013. Turkish … Read more
Turkish PM promises to bring ‘Ottoman order, justice’ Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has vowed to bring the “order and justice” of the Ottoman Empire to today’s world. HDP has inorganic link to PKK: Erdoğan President Erdoğan has toughened his position against the People’s Democratic Party (HDP) by implying that it has ties with the outlawed Kurdistan … Read more
China warns citizens travelling to Turkey over anti-China protests China has warned its citizens traveling in Turkey to be careful of anti-Beijing protests, in the wake of several attacks on tourists and restaurants mistaken for being Chinese in Istanbul. Beijing warns citizens in Turkey of anti-China protests AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH) Foreign ministry says Chinese tourists … Read more
Turkey, Russia to seek new ways to deepen economic ties despite disagreements in Syria, Ukraine Moscow and Ankara will likely focus on finding new ways to enhance their already-tight relationship during Russian president’s high-level Ankara visit Turkey, Russia building new investment platform for joint projects across Russia’s regions The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and Renaissance Holding … Read more
ECHR Convicts Turkey Under 3 Different Charges Bianet :: English In 3 different cases, the European Court of Human Rights convicted Turkey of torture, ill-treatment and long term imprisonment, ordering the Turkish state to pay a sum of 30,900 euros as damages. Euro court fines Turkey 58,000 euros in five separate cases The European Court of Human … Read more
US Vice President Joe Biden to visit Turkey next month US Vice President Joe Biden next month visits Ukraine as well as Turkey, where fighting across the border in the Syrian town of Kobane has sparked tensions with Washington Iraq Kurd fighters leave base for Syria deployment: report More than 150 Kurdish peshmerga fighters left a … Read more