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Turkey: Saudi Suspects Tried in Absentia for Khashoggi Death

A Turkish court on Friday opened the trial in absentia of two former aides of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and 18 other Saudi nationals over the 2018 killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. Turkish prosecutors have indicted the 20 Saudi nationals over Khashoggi’s grisly killing at the ...

July 3, 2020

Middle East

Turkey Sends Special Forces into Iraq ‘Against PKK Militants’ Despite Baghdad’s Outrage

Turkey says it has deployed special forces — backed by aerial and artillery support — to a northern Iraqi region in what it calls an operation against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group, despite Baghdad’s outrage over Ankara’s increased military activities on Iraqi soil. “Operation Claw-Tiger has begun. Our ...

June 17, 2020

Middle East

Erdogan to Visit Iran after Pandemic: Cavusoglu

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that President Recep Tayyeb Erdogan will travel to Iran after the pandemic is over. In a press conference on Monday, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu met and held talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Istanbul and noted that Turkish President Erdoğan ...

June 15, 2020

Middle East

Turkish Fighter Jets Attack PKK Sites in Northern Iraq

Turkish warplanes struck Kurdish targets in various regions of northern Iraq on Sunday night in response to an increase in attacks on Turkish army bases, the defense ministry said. “The Claw-Eagle Operation has started. Our planes are bringing the caves down on the terrorists’ heads,” the Turkish defense ministry said ...

June 15, 2020

Middle East

Turkey Slams US Criticism over Convicted Consulate Staffer

Turkey called Friday on the United States to respect its judicial independence after Washington criticized the conviction of a Turkish US consulate employee on terror-related charges. An Istanbul court on Thursday sentenced Metin Topuz, a liaison officer for the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) at the consulate, to eight years ...

June 12, 2020

Middle East

Turkish Court Sentences US Consulate Employee to Jail

A Turkish court has sentenced US Consulate employee Metin Topuz to 8 years and 9 months in prison on charges of espionage and aiding a ‘terrorist group’, Anadolu News Agency reports. Topuz, who was working as a liaison officer for the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), is accused of contacting ...

June 11, 2020

Middle East

Turkey to Open Iran, Iraq Border Gates This Week to Boost Trade

Turkey will open its Gürbulak border gate with Iran and the Habur border gate with Iraq this week in order to help boost trade as coronavirus containment measures are eased, Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan said on Wednesday. In an interview with state broadcaster TRT Haber, Pekcan said the worst was ...

June 4, 2020

Middle East

Ankara Warns of ‘Serious Consequences’ If Haftar’s Air Force Strikes Turkish Units

Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Hami Aksoy has warned that there would be serious consequences for Gen. Khalifa Haftar’s forces if the Libyan National Army attacked Turkish troops operating in Libya. “We emphasize once again that in the case of striking our interest in Libya – doing so would lead to ...

May 21, 2020

Middle East

Turkey Delays S-400 Deployment Due to Coronavirus Pandemic

In April, Turkey was unable to deploy the S-400 air defence systems it obtained from Russia last year, as planned due to the ongoing pandemic, but will ultimately do so at a later date, Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin stated during an online conference with members of the Atlantic Council. ...

May 1, 2020

Middle East

Coronavirus: Turkey Medics Blame Government for Health Worker Deaths

Turkey’s top medical association on Wednesday accused the government of failing to protect health workers after 24 died of the coronavirus this month. Close to 3,500 medical professionals have also been infected with the virus in Turkey, or about 3.6 percent of the country’s total cases. The Turkish Medical Association ...

April 22, 2020