IOM, UNHCR call for urgent, decisive action to prevent further deaths at sea
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) have called for urgent and decisive action to prevent further deaths at...
Turkish mosques in northwest Germany receive hate letters
Three Turkish-operated mosques in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia have received letters with Islamophobic messages from unknown sources, the Gazete Duvar news website...
MP calls on Germany to stop arms exports to Turkey due to its attacks...
Gökay Akbulut, a member of the German parliament from the Left Party, has called on the German government to stop exporting arms to Turkey...
German Foreign Ministry issues travel alert on Turkey, warns of prosecution for social media...
The German Foreign Ministry issued a travel advisory on Wednesday, warning its citizens about the risks of traveling to Turkey, including the possibility of...
Turkey secretly plots to bypass INTERPOL rules to target exiled journalist in Sweden
A classified memo issued by Turkey’s Security General Directorate (Emniyet) reveals covert efforts to circumvent INTERPOL rules in order to secure an international arrest...
Video shows Malaysian police detained Turkish expats at Turkey’s request
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A recent video recording submitted to Turkey Purge shows that Malaysia was detaining three Turks in the country at the request of Turkish government.
Malay police...
Interpol helped Harvard educated professor get tortured in Turkish prison
In yet another sign of the abuse of the Interpol system by Turkish government, Harvard-educated Turkish professor was extradited to Turkey to endure torture...
Turkey’s pro-gov’t media reports Kaçmaz family abducted by Pakistani authorities
The controversy persists over the abduction of Mesut Kaçmaz, the director of Pak-Turk School, and his family members in Pakistan and their illegal deportation...
Jailed Turkish-German journalist Deniz Yücel taken out of solitary confinement
Imprisoned Turkish-German journalist Deniz Yücel has reportedly been taken out of solitary confinement. Germany's Minister of Justice, Heiko Maas said that “Finally some things...
France’s Macron criticises Turkish gov’t over press freedom ahead of Erdoğan’s visit
French President Emmanuel Macron has criticised Turkish government under the rule of autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan over violations of press freedom and jailed...
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