Swedish journalist Joakim Medin — reprsented by MLSA — was handed a suspended sentence for “insulting the president” in Turkey but remains jailed in a separate case on terrorism-related charges.… ...

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ANKARA, Turkey -- A Turkish court on Wednesday convicted a Swedish journalist of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday said that “historical problems” in Cyprus can be left behind with a two-state solution on the island.“We believe that we can leave the historical ...

A Turkish court has convicted a Swedish journalist of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Joakim Medin received an ...

By fomenting chaos in Egypt and using Islamists fleeing Israel’s war in Gaza as a means to overthrow the ruling junta there, ...

Most stock markets in the Gulf ended higher on Wednesday ahead of more corporate earnings announcements, while investors ...

A Turkish court has jailed pending trial 18 employees of the Istanbul municipality on corruption charges, state-owned Anadolu and other media reported on Wednesday, amid a crackdown on the opposition ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan dismissed demands by Syrian Kurdish groups for Syria to adopt a decentralised system of ...

Media rights activist Baris Altintas tells BIRN that Joakim Medin’s arrest on charges of terrorism and insulting the ...

Turkey’s monthly inflation rate is expected to climb to 3.1 per cent in April, driven by energy prices and lira depreciation following the imprisonment of President Tayyip Erdogan’s main political ...

A Swedish journalist arrested on arrival in Istanbul to cover last month's massive street protests goes on trial Wednesday on ...