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Turkey threatens sanctions against Netherlands

Turkey threatens sanctions against Netherlands

Turkey will "surely have sanctions" against the Netherlands, the Turkish EU Minister Omer Celik said today without giving details, as a diplomatic row between the NATO partners over Ankara's political campaigning …

Turkish-Dutch conflict: Ankara vows to retaliate

Turkish-Dutch conflict: Ankara vows to retaliate

The Dutch government's move barring his plane from landing in the Netherlands will not go unanswered and will have consequences, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told reporters at Atatürk International Airport in …

EU stops financing of Turkey

EU stops financing of Turkey

According to the European Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement, Johannes Khan, the European Union has started to cut financing the programs of the European-Turkish cooperation, for which there is no noticeable progress. …

Turkey minister calls Dutch decision ‘a scandal'

Turkey minister calls Dutch decision ‘a scandal'

Turkey's foreign minister says that the Dutch decision to deny his plane landing permission for him to enter the Netherlands "is a scandal in every way and cannot be accepted.” Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu was due to …

Row between Turkey and Netherlands escalates

Row between Turkey and Netherlands escalates

The Netherlands barred Turkey's Foreign Minister from flying to Rotterdam on Saturday and President Tayyip Erdogan responded by calling his Nato partner a "Nazi remnant" as a row over Ankara campaigning among emigre Turkish voters …

Iranian MP avoids arrest hiding in his house

Iranian MP avoids arrest hiding in his house

The Iranian police had waited outside to arrest MP Mahmoud Sadeqi, when he was going home, but he “resisted” and managed to get inside. “Their effort was against the law on overseeing Parliament …

Gulnara Karimova's son says she's alive

Gulnara Karimova's son says she's alive

Grandson of Uzbekistan's first President Islam Karimov, Islam, said the reports about the alleged death of Gulnara Karimova are "just rumours." "My mother is alive and she is still …

Cavusoglu: I did not say Russia could use Incirlik base

Cavusoglu: I did not say Russia could use Incirlik base

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said he had not suggested that Turkey could open up its Incirlik Air Base to Russia, adding that Ankara was open to cooperating with Moscow in the fight against Daesh. When …

Bahrain recalls ambassador from Iran

Bahrain recalls ambassador from Iran

Bahrain recalled its ambassador from Iran. Bahrain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has also declared the Iranian charge d'affaires in Bahrain as a persona non grata and given him 72 hours to leave the country.  The action was …

Iranian cartoonist could receive prison term for handshake

Iranian cartoonist could receive prison term for handshake

Iranian cartoonist Atena Farghadani, who currently serving more than 12 years in prison for criticizing the government, now faces further charges of indecency for allegedly shaking her male lawyer’s hand. Farghadani was sentenced …