Abdullah Ayasun

After months of wait and diplomatic talks, a major U.S. trial that involves several Turkish defendants -- Mehmet Hakan Atilla, former deputy CEO of state-run Halkbank, Turkish-Iranian gold…

U.S. Judge Richard Berman reportedly told jury candidates in an Iran sanctions trial that the only defendant in the case will be Mehmet Hakan Atilla, the deputy CEO of Turkey's Halkbank.…

Even days before the European Union summit last week, hopes among E.U. members for progress in the turbulent relationship with Turkey were in short supply. Preoccupied with the task of a…

The Kurdish region in Iraq was confident in the face of threats when it went to independence referendum last month, thanks to generous oil wells in Kirkuk area that had been providing…

Turkey’s relations with NATO ally United States have deteriorated further after the two countries plunged into a new depth of diplomatic row following mutual visa suspensions. The Turkish…

At least 337 people were injured in clashes with police on Sunday when Spanish authorities moved to block polling stations and seized ballot papers to prevent an independence referendum in…

Iraqi Kurds defied all odds, international calls to delay the vote and threats from their neighbors, to decide their future in Monday’s independence referendum. On Wednesday, Kurdish…

Turkey's Consulate General announced on Wednesday that flights from Turkey to Erbil and Sulaymaniyah in Iraqi Kurdistan will be suspended by Friday. "In this case, it will not be possible…

An Istanbul court ruled to release Cumhuriyet columnist Kadri Gursel while decided to keep four others in jail at the trial of the secular opposition newspaper, unleashing a mixed sense of…

Iraqi servicemen arrived in Turkey on Monday to join the country's military drill on the border with Kurdistan, the Turkish Ministry of Defense announced. The exercise is taking place amid …

North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho said on Monday that the United States had declared war on his country. "The whole world should clearly remember it was the U.S. who first declared…

U.S. President Donald J. Trump has been at odds with many world leaders. However, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is seemingly not one of them. “I think now we are as close as…

Germany's populist party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) is expected to come third in parliamentary elections on Sunday, an achievement not seen by far-right for some 60 years. The AfD…

In a sign of growing frustration with Turkey’s continued arrest of its citizens, Germany moved to impose trade restrictions aimed at punishing Ankara for its behavior, an action that…

U.S. President Donald J. Trump called his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan a close friend on Thursday in a public display of personal rapport between the two leaders. "I think now…

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened the Kurdistan Regional Government with severe sanctions if the independence vote takes place as scheduled on September 25 amid growing…

Russia's gargantuan Zapad 2017 war games that began last week with Belarus rose suspicion among some NATO members who did not embrace Moscow's narrative about the nature and scale of the…

In a meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, President Donald J. Trump expressed his hope for a lasting peace between Palestinians and Israelis amid a deadlock in talks…

The U.S. Department of State announced on Wednesday that the United States will provide $32 million in humanitarian aid to Rohingya fleeing Myanmar amid widening persecution. Nearly 400,000…

About half of all imprisoned journalists around the world are incarcerated in Turkey, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussain said on Monday. When asked by…