EU cuts funds for Turkey’s membership bid as a solid warning to Ankara over...
The European Union is set to cut up to 175 million euros for Turkey in 2018 that are linked to Ankara’s stalled bid to...
Turkey’s main opposition CHP makes Erdoğan’s relatives’ off-shore bank documents public
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) spokesperson Bülent Tezcan provided the media with documents purportedly revealing off-shore bank transactions of the close circle...
Reza Zarrab says Turkish President Erdoğan gives order to start Iran trade under US...
Reza Zarrab, the US prosecution's 'star witness', who is a Turkish-Iranian gold trader whose prosecution in Manhattan has drawn sharp criticism from Turkey’s autocratic...
ECtHR rejects CHP’s application against April 16 Presidential referendum in Turkey
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has declared on Thursday that Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party's (CHP) complaint about April 2017 referendum...
Turkish opposition leader: I have more documents on Erdoğan family’s bank transactions
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said he holds more documents proving that Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s...
EU’s counter-terrorism chief: EU does not deem Gülen movement as ‘terror organisation’
The European Union does not share Turkish government's view that the Gülen movement, which has been inspired by the teachings of the US-based Turkish-Muslim...
EUobserver: European foundation demands release of Turkish journalist Parıldak
A European foundation is calling for the release of a young Turkish journalist, jailed for seven-and-a-half years as a 'terrorist', in the latest of...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 333 military officers over alleged links to Gülen...
Turkish government has issued detention warrants for 360 people and decided to confiscate their assets over their alleged links to the Gülen movement on...
Reza Zarrab: Turkey’s Çağlayan given 45-50 million euros, $7 million and 4,5 million liras...
Reza Zarrab, a Turkish-Iranian gold trader whose prosecution in Manhattan has drawn sharp criticism from Turkey’s autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said during his...
Fethullah Gülen’s lawyers: Gülen movement has no link with Zarrab case in US
The lawyers of US-based Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen said on Tuesday that the Gülen movement has no link to the case of Iranian-Turkish businessman...
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Pushbacks of Turkish asylum seekers from Greece to Turkey: Violation of the principle of...
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This report focuses on how illegal pushbacks by Greek authorities have devastating consequences on Turkish asylum seekers upon their return to Turkey.
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