Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

NEW YORK - Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic is on a visit to the US, during which he will take part in a UNGA session, speak at an annual conference organised by the Clinton Foundation and hold a series of bilateral meetings with state officials and businesspeople.

An Istanbul court ordered the arrest of prominent journalist Ahmet Altan on Sept. 23, after the former daily Taraf editor-in-chief was detained by police for a second time.

Altan was initially freed before dawn on Sept. 22 while the Istanbul court arrested his academic brother, Professor Mehmet Altan.

Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş broke his silence with this proclamation: "The threat of a coup is ongoing.

The man who kicked a 23-year-old nurse in the face on an Istanbul public bus "because she was wearing shorts" reportedly suffers from bipolar disorder and had been treated many times at a mental facility. 

Abdullah Çakiroğlu admitted that he kicked the young woman on a public bus. In his testimony he said:

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has reportedly assured Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan that anyone implicated in the July 15 failed coup attempt in Turkey was not welcome in his country, amid reports Athens has already rejected the asylum demands of a number of Turkish coup attempting soldiers who escaped to the neighboring country. 

The Spokesperson for the Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan announced on Thursday that Turkey will not participate in the operation of the coalition forces against Islamic state in the Syrian city of Raqqa, if Kurdish forces participate as well.

The states of emergency in Turkey and France should be lifted, former Turkish President Abdullah Gül has said, adding that Turkey's future promises "strong democracy with reforms and universal standards." 

The states of emergency in Turkey and France should be lifted, former Turkish President Abdullah Gül has said, adding that Turkey's future promises "strong democracy with reforms and universal standards." 

The refugee issue dominated a meeting between Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday in New York, and according to government sources the two leaders reaffirmed the need to support the EU-Turkey agreement.

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said they were in favor of the continuation of the implementation of a deal regarding refugees signed between the European Union and Turkey, in a meeting held in New York on Wednesday, Kathimerini's Tom Ellis reported.