Turkey, which has sent dozens of tanks and hundreds of troops into Syria in an unprecedented incursion, on Saturday welcomed a deal agreed by the United States and Russia for a ceasefire in its conflict-torn neighbor. “We welcome the agreement,” the foreign ministry said in a statement, saying it was ...
Turkish police on Saturday detained a veteran journalist and his academic brother as part of the investigation into the failed July 15 coup, the latest prominent figures to be detained in the controversial crackdown after the putsch. Journalist and writer Ahmet Altan and his brother, Professor Mehmet Altan, were detained ...