Turkey’s Erdoğan slams France’s Macron for offering to mediate between Turkish gov’t and SDF
Autocratic Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday slammed France after French President Emmanuel Macron offered to mediate between Turkey and the Kurdish-dominated Syrian...
Kosovo PM sacks security chief, interior minister over abduction of 6 Turkish citizens
Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj on Friday dismissed the interior minister and the secret service chief after the arrest and extradition to Turkey of...
Seventeen int’l press freedom groups condemn raid on pro-Kurdish daily
Seventeen international press freedom groups have called on Turkish authorities to immediately release 12 printing plant workers and staff arrested on March 28 at...
COMMENTARY — Erdoğan unleashes criminal gangs on his critics in Turkey and abroad
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has become accustomed to relying increasingly on testimonies and complaints filed by convicted felons, known...
Kosovo President Thaçi slams detention of 6 Turkish citizens over links to Gülen movement
Kosovo's President Hashim Thaçi has reacted to the arrest on Thursday of six Turkish citizens and said, "Today we are disappointed because our relevant institutions,...
Report: Germany selling arms to Turkey despite Afrin offensive
Germany continues to authorize the export of weapon to Turkey despite criticizing the country's military offensive in the Syrian enclave of Afrin, German public...
Reliable sources: 6 abducted Turkish educators still kept in Kosovo
The reliable local sources in Kosovo informed Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) on Thursday that the detained 5 Turkish educators and an academician have...
Report by English Pen shows freedom of expression in jeopardy in Turkey
The rise of criminal cases involving freedom of expression in Turkey under a state of emergency declared in the aftermath of a controversial military...
National Geographic reports on fatal threats posed by ambitious megaprojects to İstanbul, environment
Three megaprojects being built on the European side of İstanbul may collectively represent “ecocide” according to activists, and there are a host of potential...
Kosovo under Turkish gov’t pressure detains 5 Turkish educators over alleged links to Gülen...
Kosovo police detained five Turkish educators who are employees of the Mehmet Akif schools in Kosovo and an academic early Thursday morning over alleged...
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Sippenhaft, also known as...