Turkish Police Arrest Masked Man for Allegedly Stabbing Five People
Turkish police arrested a masked man on Tuesday after he allegedly carried out a stabbing attack in the northwestern city of Eskisehir. Authorities did not disclose the suspect’s identity or the motive for the attack. Turkish media managed to broadcast a brief security camera footage of the suspect running through the tea gardens of a […]
FBI Arrests Turkish American Engineer for Holding U.S. Classified Documents
The FBI arrested Gokhan Gun, a Turkish-American electrical contractor, on Friday on charges of illegally obtaining and retaining national security documents. Gunn was reportedly in possession of dozens of classified documents and was preparing to travel to Mexico at the time he was detained. Complaint unsealed in Virginia federal court Explained Gan is an electrical […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan slaps child in face for not kissing his hand: video
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan publicly slapped a boy across the face after he refused to kiss his hand, a shocking video shows. Erdogan, 70, was handing out keys to residents of homes being rebuilt as part of an urban renewal project in the northeastern city of Rize on Saturday when two boys approached him […]
The Turkish Detective review – downright ridiculous, in a good way | Television & radio
IIn one of the opening scenes of Turkish Detective — yes, it’s about detectives, yes, it’s set in Turkey, and yes, the extremely literal meaning of the title foreshadows the less mentally demanding nature of this detective drama — Turkish-born, British-raised police officer Mehmet Suleyman is greeted at Istanbul airport by his new boss, a […]
Turkish FM Asks China to Let Uyghurs ‘Live Their Values,’ Fails to Condemn Genocide
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan concluded a visit to occupied East Turkestan on Thursday, declaring the region a “Turkish-Islamic” region, but stopped short of condemning the ongoing genocide by China’s colonial government against the region’s indigenous Uighur people. Fidan was the first Turkish official to visit East Turkestan, once a sovereign state before it was […]
Smugglers turn to social media to lure Turkish migrants on ease of entry into US
Turkish migrants are reportedly entering the United States at the southern border in record numbers, and smugglers have taken to social media to brag about how easy it is to cross into the US through California. According to data on the U.S. Customs and Border Protection website, just over 1,400 Turkish migrants were encountered along […]
Chinese, Jordanian, Turkish illegal immigrants caught in large numbers at southern border
More than 3,500 Chinese nationals were found crossing the southern border illegally in May, along with hundreds of Jordanians, Turks and Mauritanians, according to a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) source who spoke to Fox News. The majority (98%) were encountered in the San Diego area, which has emerged as a major border crossing point […]
Turkish drone strikes in Syria kill 4 U.S.-backed fighters, wound 11 civilians, Kurdish group says
A Turkish drone strike in northeastern Syria on Friday night killed four US-backed fighters and wounded 11 civilians, Kurdish-led forces said. The airstrikes on areas controlled by the U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces came a day after Turkey’s president said the government would not hesitate to take action if Kurdish-led groups in northern Syria went […]
Turkish migrant crossing US border says Americans are ‘right’ to be concerned: ‘No security’
A Turkish migrant who told Fox News he sold all his possessions and paid about $10,000 to a drug cartel on his way to the U.S. said Americans should be concerned about insecurity on the southern border. After illegally entering Jacumba, San Diego County, California, the man told Fox News: “Actually, the Americans are right. […]
Chances of Cyprus peace talks restart look dimmer as Turkish Cypriot leader sees no common ground
The possibility of resuming formal talks to repair Cyprus’ decades-old ethnic divisions was threatened on Wednesday, with the leader of the breakaway Turkish Cypriots telling a UN envoy that he saw no common ground with Greek Cypriots to return to talks. Since he said that there was no such thing, it seemed that things had […]