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Turkey’s opposition parties have called on President Abdullah Gül to veto a controversial Internet law, while the international community has also raised concerns over freedoms and rights in the country. ...

Turkey proposes that world powers to establish a peace force or a UN mission in order to control and monitor the implementation of Geneva II. The international community should make ...

Turkish President Abdullah Gul addresses ambassadors within the scope of the 6th annual Turkish Ambassadors' Conference in Turkish capital Ankara. The year 2014 should be a new start for Turkey's ...

Police conducted search on Kilis office and storehouse of IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation without a decent warrant and operated in the absence of lawyers based on dubious justification. Police forces ...

Countries like Germany and Iranare complicating Turkey’s efforts to end a militant Kurdish insurgency at perceived injustice, Deputy Prime Minister Beşir Atalay said at an ambassador’s conference on Jan. 13.  Expressing ...

The government is trying to cover up corruption by describing the recent graft probe as a coup attempt, Turkey’s main opposition leader has said. “There is no coup, nobody plans ...

Turkey’s president took the initiative Jan. 13 to help resolve the country’s row over the judiciary stemming from a damaging corruption scandal, extending separate invitations to the leaders of three ...

A strong democracy is a must in pursuing an active diplomacy, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said at the opening ceremony of the sixth annual ambassadors’ conference in Ankaraon Jan. 13, adding that ...

Jupp Heynckes is FIFA World Coach of the Year for men's football. Real Madrid's Portugese star Christiano Ronaldo was announced as the winner of the FIFA Ballon d'Or 2013 in the largest city of ...

The coffin of Israel's former prime minister will lie in state at the Israeli parliament Knesset for public visiting, prior to the military funeral ceremony. The late ex-prime minister of ...