A number of Turkish citizens are volunteering to join the Russian Zaporozhye battalion, according to Russian media. They will serve side by side with Russian soldiers, fighting against Ukrainian nationalists on the battlefield. Some say they want to contribute to the liberation
A cluster of rockets targeted a Turkish military base in northern Iraq on Wednesday, officials from northern Iraq’s semiautonomous Kurdish region said. An Iranian-backed militia promptly claimed responsibility for the attack. A Turkish defense ministry official said there was no damage or
Finland has insisted that it still wants to join NATO with Sweden despite a furious row between Stockholm and Turkey which is currently blocking Swedish entry to the military alliance. The two nordic states have a long history of coordinating military and
A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 struck Wednesday off the southeastern Greek island of Rhodes, according to the Athens Geodynamic Institute. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The quake rattled the nearby Turkish provinces of Mugla,
Sweden can “no longer expect” Turkish support for its NATO bid after Koran-burning protests broke out in Stockholm, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has claimed. The protests had been given prior approval by Swedish authorities. However, burning the holy Islamic book was not
Former NBA center Enes Kanter Freedom has had a bounty put out on him by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government worth up to 10 million Turkish lira, or about $500,000, for information leading to his capture. Freedom is on the country’s
A court convicted the president of the Turkish Medical Association on Wednesday of disseminating “terror organization propaganda” following a trial that human rights groups had denounced as an attempt to silence government critics. The court in Istanbul sentenced Dr. Sebnem Korur Fincanci