Turkey
Eight security officials killed in PKK attacks in Turkey's southeast
Eight security officers, including six soldiers and two policemen, have been killed in attacks by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in three provinces across Turkey's southeast amid ongoing security operations.
Greek government braces for refugee violence in wake of implementing relocation deal
Migration spokesperson for the leftist SYRIZA led government Giorgos Kyristis said the country was bracing itself for riots by refugees ahead of the implementation of the agreement to deport illegal migrants back to Turkey. Speaking to British newspaper ‘Observer’, Kyritsis said: ‘We are expecting violence. People in despair tend to be violent.
US embassy posts security warning for several Turkish cities
The U.S. Embassy in Ankara posted a travel restriction on its website on April 1 over security concerns in several cities, including ?zmir and Mu?la by the Aegean Sea, along with others in the east and southeast.
Austria Demands EU Civilian-Military Mission at External Borders
Austria's Defense Minister Hans-Peter Doskozil has said his country now stands ready to send military officers to protect its borders, amidst a possible surge in the number of migrants from the Middle East this spring.
As part of a set of measures to bolster border security, the country will also step up security at Brenner, a municipality lying next to the Austria-Italy border.
U2's Bono sings with Syrian refugee kids in Turkish refugee camp
Bono, the frontman of the Irish rock band U2, and a group of U.S. senators, paid a visit to a refugee camp in the southeastern Turkish province of Gaziantep
Bono, the frontman of the Irish rock band U2, and a group of U.S. senators, paid a visit to a refugee camp in the southeastern Turkish province of Gaziantep.
Suspect of PKK bomb attack that killed 7 policemen arrested
A suspect of an outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) car bomb attack in the southeastern Turkish province of Diyarbak?r, which killed seven police officers and wounded more than 27, has been arrested in Kocaköy, a Diyarbak?r village.
Obama raises press freedom concerns against Erdo?an
U.S. President Barack Obama raised April 1 criticism over press freedom in Turkey, saying that he had expressed these sentiments directly to President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an.
"It's no secret that there are some trends within Turkey that I have been troubled with," Obama said, when asked whether he considers the Turkish leader an authoritarian.
Zarrab declines to seek bail, will be transferred to New York
Reza Zarrab, the controversial Turkish-Iranian businessman who was arrested in the U.S. last month on charges that he and others conspired to conduct hundreds of millions of dollars in financial transactions for the Iranian government or other entities to evade U.S. sanctions, waived a right to a bond hearing in Miami, Florida.
Islam rejects terrorism, head of Turkish Religious Affairs tells American Muslims
American Muslims should not apologize for terrorists who claim affiliation with Islam, Turkey's head of Religious Affairs, Mehmet Görmez said March 1 at a sermon in the newly built Diyanet Center of America in Maryland, some 21 kilometers from Washington D.C.
Ousted Leader of Bulgaria's DPS Meets Turkish PM in Ankara
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has received Lyutvi Mestan, who was expelled as head of Bulgaria's third-largest DPS party.
At the government residency in the Cankaya district in Ankara, the two have discussed Bulgarian politics, members of Mestan's future party DOST have said in a press statement.