An Afghan media watchdog estimates that 300 journalists have fled Afghanistan for Europe in the past year because of growing security concerns.The journalists include employees of major TV networks such as 1TV and Tolo, the country’s leading commercial…
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said he will step down as his ruling AK Party announced an extraordinary congress to elect a new leader. Davutoglu’s decision comes amid reports of his growing differences with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdog…
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has released the 2016 Special 301 Report on the global state of intellectual property rights protection and enforcement.USTR reviewed 73 trading partners for this year’s Special 301 Report, an…
PARIS, — The EU’s top diplomat Federica Mogherini said Tuesday that Turkey would only get visa-free travel to the bloc once it has met all the required criteria.Turkey has demanded its citizens be allowed to enter the European Union’s passport free Sc…
ISTANBUL – Pressure on journalists in Turkey appears to be spreading to the foreign media. This week, four reporters were denied entry into the country.The most recent was U.S. reporter David Lepeska, who tweeted Monday, “Was just hurried onto a flight…
Sports and Youth Minister, Abdel Mottaleb Hennawi, winded up his official visit to the Turkish capital, Ankara, on Monday after taking part in sessions to prepare for Paralympics and rehabilitate sports facilities. After thanking his Turkish hosts for …
Two rockets fired across the border from Syria killed two people and injured four others on Friday in Turkey’s southeastern border province of Kilis. Reporting from the scene, an Anadolu Agency correspondent said that one of the rockets landed in an em…
ISTANBUL – Turkey’s top appeals court has overturned the convictions of senior military officers who had been charged with planning to overthrow the government. The convictions two years ago were hailed as an example of civilian rulers ending the mili…
The European Union needs Turkey more than Ankara needs the bloc, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday, denouncing a new European Parliament report that was sharply critical of the rule of law in his country, the AFP reported. “The Europe…
