New York mosque funded by Turkish gov’t denies religious services for Gülen movement supporter

The Brooklyn Eyup Sultan Mosque, which is funded and operated by Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet), on Sunday denied religious services for deceased Turkish-American...

HRW urges Turkey, Germany to promote protection of civilians in Gaza during Erdoğan’s visit

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has released a statement calling on German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to work on measures...

30 Turks a day have fled to Greece since snap election decision

Thirty Turks have fled to Greece daily since the announcement of snap elections in Turkey on June 24, the Greek Kathimerini newspaper reported. According to...

Kurdish media reports that Yezidis in Afrin afraid of a genocide by Turkish military

Members of the Yezidi (Ezidi) community in the Kurdish-run enclave of Afrin of northwest Syria told the news outlet Kurdistan24 on Saturday that they are concerned...

Merkel calls on Turkey to release jailed German journalist Yücel

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday called on Turkey to release Turkish-German journalist Deniz Yücel, who has been jailed since Feb. saying that she...

COMMENTARY — Turkey has stolen the future of a medical student from Uganda

By Abdullah Bozkurt We often focus on high-profile cases such as those involving lawmakers, journalists and human rights defenders in the Turkish government’s unprecedented persecution...

JWF releases ‘The State of Turkey’s Children: Victims of Unlawfulness’ report

New York-based the Journalists and Writers Foundation (JWF) has launch a social media campaign on Twitter with the hashtag #Freedom4Children via JWF`s official account...

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...

5 die when migrant boat sinks off Aegean coast of Turkey

At least five migrants died on Monday when a boat sank off the coast of Dikili in Turkey's Aegean province of İzmir, the state-run...

Turkey tells UN that demand to release UN court judge void

The demand to release a top United Nations (UN) court judge is “void,” Turkish authorities said in a letter addressed to the UN Security...
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