Topic: Turkey

By Muriel Mirak-Weissbach – Special to the Mirror-Spectator BERLIN — In the late 19th century, the cliché phrase making the rounds of the imperial palaces in Europe, was that the[...]

By Aline Ozinian NEW YORK (Agos) — David L. Phillips, the Director of the Program on Peace-building and Rights at Columbia University’s Institute for the Study of Human Rights, was interviewed[...]

By Raffi Bedrosyan Last week, for the first time in the history of the Turkish Republic, one of its ministers was declared persona non grata — an undesirable alien — and[...]

BRUSSELS (BBC) — Turkey is “completely detached from reality” in calling the Dutch fascists, European Council President Donald Tusk has said, the BBC reports. His remarks come amid a row between Turkey and[...]

By Stephen Braun and Chad day WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, who was fired from his prominent White House job last month, has[...]

BAKU (Armenpress) —The Turkish armament manufacturer Harp Arge has sold its “Drone Killer” systems to Azerbaijan, Trend new agency reported. The company said the deal is the first export to[...]

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (DW) — As a judge in The Hague Aydin Sefa Akay should have had diplomatic immunity, but he was arrested for having a messaging app on his phone.[...]

By Muriel Mirak-Weissbach Special to the Mirror-Spectator BERLIN — Few could have imagined the depth to which relations between Germany and Turkey have sunk over the past weeks. No matter[...]

By Amberin Zaman ANKARA (Al-Monitor) — Turkey’s beleaguered pro-Kurdish block was dealt a further blow on February 21 when the parliament stripped its imprisoned co-leader of her seat. An appeals[...]

ECHMIADZIN — An agreement was hammered out at Holy Echmiadzin on February 24, clearing the way for new elections for the leadership of the Patriarchate of Constantinople. The unusual standoff[...]