Refugee centers on Greek islands strained as migrant flow from Turkey increases
A large arrival of migrants from Turkey has rung alarm bells at the asylum service on the Greek Aegean island of Lesvos, according to...
Swedish PM calls organizers of anti-Turkey events ‘useful idiots for foreign powers who want...
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said at a press conference on Tuesday that the people who organized a Quran burning and hanged an effigy...
Erdoğan’s son-in-law: Turkey is officially at war
Berat Albayrak, Turkey's energy minister and son-in-law of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, on Sunday said Turkey is not de facto but officially at war...
Hundreds of Dutch vacationers cancel trips to Turkey over row
The ongoing political spat between the Netherlands and Turkey resulted in hundreds of Dutch travelers rebooking their vacations to another destination, Arjan Kers, CEO...
US report says Turkey committed widespread human rights abuses in 2024
Turkey committed widespread human rights violations in 2024, including unlawful killings, torture, arbitrary detention, media censorship and transnational repression, according to a new US...
US State Department: Osman Kavala should be released
The US State Department in a press statement on Monday called for the release of Turkish philanthropist and civil society leader Osman Kavala, who...
Czech court releases former PYD leader Muslim despite Turkey’s extradition request
A Czech court on Tuesday released Salih Muslim, the former co-chairperson of the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), who was detained and subsequently...
Turkey both home to and perpetrator of transnational repression: report
The Orion Policy Institute, a Washington, D.C.,-based think tank, has published a report that found Turkey as both a perpetrator and a destination of...
Germany warns Erdoğan not to give speech at Turkish consulate
Berlin warned Turkey on Monday not to hold any rallies at Turkish missions in Germany due to a ban on activities by non-EU leaders...
Turkish prosecutor seeks red notice request for journalist Can Dündar
The Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Thursday submitted a request to the Justice Ministry for a red notice for former Cumhuriyet daily Editor-in-Chief...
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Family Punishment in Turkey: How Erdoğan Uses the Nazi Practice of Sippenhaft
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
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