Washington is ‘working on’ Gulen extradition to Ankara, Turkish FM says

The US is considering fulfilling Ankara’s long standing request to extradite Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, the Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said. Turkey accuses Gulen of masterminding the 2016 coup attempt. According to Mevlut Cavusoglu, US President Donald Trump told Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan that Washington was “working on extraditing Gulen and other people.” He […]

DRONE VIDEO reveals deadly aftermath of Turkish train crash

Drone footage published by Ruptly reveals the shocking aftermath of a deadly train crash in Ankara, Turkey. The video shows how one of the wagons of the derailed train crashed into the station platform. A collapsed overpass – as well as evidence of a collision with another train – is also visible, adding to the […]

Trump eager to ‘turn a blind eye' to Khashoggi murder – Turkish FM

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has accused Donald Trump of intending to brush aside the killing of Jamal Khashoggi “no matter what” after the US president showed he’s still reluctant to cast a stone at Riyadh. “He will turn a blind eye no matter what,” Cavusoglu told CNN Turk in an interview published Friday. The […]

Turkish President Erdogan promises to reveal the ‘naked truth’ about Jamal Khashoggi’s death

REUTERS/Umit Bektas Turkish President RecepTayyip Erdogan promised to reveal the “naked truth” regarding journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s death on Tuesday.  “We are looking for justice here and this will be revealed in all its naked truth, not through some ordinary steps but in all its naked truth,” Erdogan added. Several members of Erdogan’s ruling AK Party […]

The Turkish Reporter Sentenced to 22 Years — for a Magazine Cover

Cevheri Güven and his family watched the coup attempt unfold in Turkey on July 15, 2016, from their home near Istanbul’s Bosporus Strait. Acting on a hunch that he might be targeted by the government, Güven went into hiding in a friend’s home as soon as the smoke cleared. Güven had been targeted by the […]

Turkish court lifts house arrest, travel ban of detained US pastor Andrew Brunson

Published time: 12 Oct, 2018 13:42 Edited time: 12 Oct, 2018 13:50 A Turkish court will release imprisoned US pastor Andrew Brunson, who was jailed for alleged terror links following 2016’s failed coup attempt. Brunson’s arrest has soured US-Turkish relations, with Trump pushing for his release. The court passed a 3 years and 1-1/2 month […]

Turkish Airlines Rolls Out New Cabin Crew Uniforms

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Why Argentine orthodoxy has worked no better than Turkish iconoclasm

WHEN an emerging market loses favour with its creditors, how should its government respond? The policy prescriptions do not typically include intimidating the central bank, railing against the “interest-rate lobby”, falling out with allies, eschewing the IMF’s help, pouring scorn on the dollar or appointing the president’s son-in-law as finance minister. Turkey has done all […]