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Turkey arrests founder of cryptocurrency exchange ThodexF

Thodex, suspected of having fled Turkey with the assets of his clients, arrived in Istanbul on Thursday after his extradition from Albania and was immediately taken into custody, officials said. Fugitive businessman Faruk Fatih Ozer is suspected of having fled Turkey...

Turkish banks abandon use of Russia’s card payment system MirF

By Fulya Ozerkan: Turkey's booming wartime trade with Moscow took a giant step back on Wednesday with confirmation that the last three banks still processing Russian card payments were pulling out under pressure from Washington. The decision follows weeks of...

Turkey raids Syrian army outpost in northern SyriaF

Turkish raids in northern Syria on Sunday struck outposts operated by the Syrian army and Kurdish-led forces, killing three, a Britain-based war monitor said. The raids near the Kurdish-held border town of Kobane targeted positions of the Syrian army and the Syrian...

Turkey: EU chief accuses Turkey for not de-escalating tensions, warns of upcoming sanctionsF

European Council chief Charles Michel said Friday that Turkey has not de-escalated its stand-off with Greece and warned EU members now need to consider tougher options. "I think that the cat and mouse game needs to end," Michel said,  referring to Turkey's repeated...

Turkey-France: Erdogan’s attacks on Macron intensifyF

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday he hopes France will get rid of Emmanuel Macron as soon as possible, the latest salvo in an escalating war of words between the two leaders. Turkey is embroiled in a series of disputes with France and its EU partners,...

Turkey arrests Russian journalists for unauthorized filming with a droneF

Two journalists from the Russian television channel NTV have been arrested by Turkish police for allegedly filming a drone production unit without permission, NTV and a Turkish source said Friday. Moscow and Ankara have agreed to jointly monitor a Russian-mediated...

Pompeo’s pointless trip to Turkey: no one listens to him anymoreF

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo paid a fraught visit to Istanbul on Tuesday that included no official meetings and an agenda focused on religious freedoms that Ankara dismissed as "irrelevant". Relations between Washington and its strategic NATO ally have remained...

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