Turkey’s persecuted activist Keskin bestowed human rights award in Sweden
Turkey's prominent human rights advocate and journalist Eren Keskin, who is facing 143 lawsuits and barred by Turkish government from international travel due to...
UN panel to Turkish gov’t: Prosecution based on alleged use of ByLock violates civil...
The UN Human Rights Council's Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UN/WGAD) has stated in a recently released assessment that detention, arrest and conviction in Turkey based on the alleged use...
Turkish journalist on Erdoğan’s wishlist worries about future in Sweden
A Turkish journalist exiled in Stockholm is increasingly worried he will be used as a bartering chip after Turkey’s president singled out his extradition...
Tortured, robbed and pushed back to Turkey, migrants face rogue force in Greece: report
A Turkish migrant who fled Ankara’s crackdown on dissent has given a detailed account of push-back on Greek soil to Bold Medya on Friday,...
Turkey’s spat with the Netherlands over ministers’ barred political speeches gets nasty
After Turkish Minister of Family and Social Policy Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya was deported from the Netherlands on Saturday night after she wanted to...
Sweden pauses NATO process due to several incidents in recent weeks, Swedish FM says
Sweden's NATO application process has been "paused" following Turkey's anger over a Quran burning incident and anti-Erdoğan demonstrations in Sweden, Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias...
German Ambassador Erdmann visits journalist, rights defender jailed in Turkey
German Ambassador to Turkey Martin Erdmann visited jailed journalist Deniz Yücel and activist Peter Steudtner in infamous Silivri Prison in İstanbul on Tuesday, Deutsche...
German minister urges Turkey to uphold freedom of speech after talk with Kurdish leaders
Michael Roth, the minister of state for Europe at the German Federal Foreign Office, has called on Turkey to uphold human rights, freedom of...
Turkish journalist who protested Erdoğan faces deportation from Germany
Turkish journalist Adil Yiğit, who protested during a press conference with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and German Chancellor Angela Merkel last month, has been told...
Report: Turkish spies affiliated with Erdoğan infiltrate German Federal Office for Refugees
A pro-Kurdish news outlet has claimed on Sunday that Turkish spies affiliated with Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan have infiltrated the Federal Office...
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