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Turkey trial opens into Russian ambassador’s 2016 killing

AFP | Twenty-eight suspects went on trial Tuesday over the assassination of the Russian ambassador two years ago, including a US-based Muslim preacher blamed by...

Indian Muslims: A rich hunting ground for Middle Eastern rivals – James M. Dorsey

James M. Dorsey | When President Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently declared that Turkey was “the only country that can lead the Muslim world,” he probably...

PM Imran Khan visits Rumi’s shrine, Iqbal grave in Turkey

News Desk | Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan visited the mausoleum of great Muslim Sufi saint and scholar Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi on his two-day official...

Turkey seeks nearly 150 arrests over Gulen ties: report

AFP | Turkish police on Friday launched nationwide raids to detain nearly 150 people, including military personnel, suspected of ties to the group blamed for...

CCTV footage shows men transporting ‘Khashoggi body parts’

AFP | A Turkish television station has broadcast CCTV footage showing men carrying cases and bags which it says contained slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi's...

Turkey’s ‘Big Sister Nimet’ lottery selling hope for 90 years

AFP | Each year in the run-up to the New Year draw, thousands of people flock to the most famous lottery stand in Istanbul, drawn...

Doubts over Turkey ability to ‘eradicate’ IS after US pull-out

AFP | A withdrawal of American ground forces in Syria will give Turkey freer rein to target Washington's Kurdish partners in the fight against jihadists...

US pullout from Syria: Has Turkey prevailed?

AFP | Months after hitting rock bottom, relations between the United States and Turkey have quickly improved with President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from...

US approves $3.5 billion Patriot missile sale to Turkey

AFP | The United States said Wednesday it approved the sale of $3.5 billion in missiles to Turkey, offering an ultimatum after US outrage over...

Turkey in talks over possible UN probe into Khashoggi murder

AFP | Turkey is in talks over a possible United Nations investigation into the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the Turkish foreign minister said...

Erdogan ups ante: Demands extradition of Saudi assassins

AFP | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan demanded Saturday that Saudi Arabia extradite suspects in the killing in Istanbul of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, taking to...

Turkey to pay for Russian S-400s in rubles or lira: Erdogan

AFP | Turkey will pay in rubles or lira, rather than dollars, for its major order of Russian S-400 missile defense systems that have troubled...