Headlines • Erdogan woos Iranian business while resisting Tehran's ambitions • Turkish court acquits 63 defendants in "Sledgehammer" (Balyoz) military coup plot case • Turkey anger at Pope Francis Armenian 'genocide' claim Details Erdogan woos Iranian business while resisting Tehran's ambitions Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's president, signed several trade agreements with Iran on Tuesday, during a controversial visit that came after Ankara backed a Sunni-led anti Iranian coalition in Yemen.…

On 4th April 2015, Abul Taher, a reporter with the Mail on Sunday newspaper contacted Dr Abdul Wahid (Chairman of Hizb ut-Tahrir's UK Executive) saying he was running a story about the family of nine from Rochdale who were recently arrested in Turkey. He raised a speculation that Waheed Ahmed, 21; Mahboob Yasin, 22 and Habib Yasin, 24 - were members of Hizb ut-Tahrir or have links to Hizb ut-Tahrir.…

News: On the 6th of April, on the occasion of the Christian Easter, the Danish newspaper Politiken published an article written by a religious historian with specialty in Semitic philosophy, with the title: "If Jesus Never lived - Then Islam Would Most Likely Not Have Existed". Besides criticizing religions in general, he claims that Islam is a made-up hybrid between Christianity and Judaism. Comment: These types of claims have become…

Headlines • Power outage still being investigated: Energy Minister Yildiz • Turkey: Training for Syrian fighters expected in May • Prosecutor dies after Turkey hostage siege; 2 gunmen killed Details Power outage still being investigated: Energy Minister Yıldız Turkey's energy minister has ruled out electricity scarcity as a factor behind the country's massive power outage on Tuesday, as the investigation into its cause continues. "We have no clear data yet.…