European Parliament strongly condemns human rights violations in Turkey

A large majority of the European Parliament (EP) has adopted a resolution on the human rights situation in Turkey, emphasizing the structural problems that...

UN report details extensive human rights violations in Turkey during protracted state of emergency

Routine extensions of the state of emergency in Turkey have led to profound human rights violations against hundreds of thousands of people – from...

Pro-gov’t daily calls for investigation of German foundations in Turkey

The pro-government Yeni Şafak daily has called on Turkish authorities to launch an investigation into German foundations in Turkey, claiming that these organizations are...

EP calls on Frontex to review operations in Greece over migrant pushbacks

The European Parliament has passed a resolution urging Frontex, the European Union agency for common external border management, to “scale down and repurpose” its...

COMMENTARY — Jihadists who decapitated priests in Syria got help from Turkey’s intelligence

By Abdullah Bozkurt Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) had willingly and deliberately helped known Jihadists of Russian nationals who decapitated Aleppo’s Greek Orthodox Bishop Boulos...

Report: Germany to pay 300K euros to Erdoğanist spy organization DİTİB

The German government will reportedly pay 297,750 euros to controversial Religious Affairs Turkish-Islamic Union (DİTİB) which has close ties with Turkey's Erdoğan regime and...

EU expresses concern over Turkish military offensive in Afrin

The European Union (EU) warned on Tuesday that Turkish military offensive against the Kurdish-controlled enclave of Afrin in the northern Syria could derail a...

Turkey’s Erdoğan claims Western media smearing him as they did Atatürk

Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday has claimed the Western media have been negatively portraying him as they did in the past...

Civilians suffer due to clashes between Turkish military and Syrian Kurdish militants over Afrin

In Reyhanlı district, two civilians, 68-year-old Rıfat Sinirli and Ahmet Şanverdi were killed and 16 others were injured after three rockets hit the industrial...

Selective and weak: Critics slam outgoing CoE commissioner’s poor record on Turkey

As Dunja Mijatović’s mandate as the Council of Europe’s commissioner for human rights came to a close on April 1, rights groups criticized the...

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