CoE calls on Turkey to abide by ECtHR rulings, release Kavala, Demirtaş
The Council of Europe’s (CoE) Committee of Ministers, in its quarterly meeting December 5-7, addressed Turkey’s non-compliance with European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) rulings...
Turkish gov’t ramps up its refugee espionage targeting Gülen followers in US
The Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has intensified its refugee espionage targeting alleged members of the Gülen movement abroad.
Three stories about...
Austrian deputy says Turkey spying on Erdoğan critics
Following the removal of several Turkish imams from Germany amid allegations of illegal profiling of government critics, an Austrian deputy on Monday claimed that...
European Parliament decides to cut IPA funds for Turkey
Johannes Hahn, the European Union Commissioner for European Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations, said the EU will cut 40 percent of the European Instrument for Pre-Accession...
COMMENTARY — Carl Bildt’s love affair with Turkey’s dictator
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The fallout from the damaging revelations made by former national security adviser Michael Flynn as part of an investigation by Special Counsel...
French magazine reveals widespread corruption in Turkey’s DİTİB in France
French weekly magazine Le Point has discovered through documents it obtained that there is extensive corruption in the French branch of the Turkish-Islamic Union...
US commission discusses Turkish gov’t crackdown on dissent, US citizens
The US Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), aka the Helsinki Commission, held a hearing on Wednesday on the victims, including US...
Turkish gov’t bars family of Uighur internment camp critic in China from entry to...
A critic of China’s Xinjiang internment camps who lives in Turkey has said his wife faces deportation to China after she and her son...
Merkel ridicules Turkey’s travel warning: No journalists arrested in Germany
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday mocked a travel warning issued by the Turkish Foreign Ministry for citizens visiting Germany, bringing to mind the...
EU urges Turkey to ‘uphold democratic values’ after mayor’s arrest
The European Commission on Monday urged Turkey to “uphold democratic values” as both a member of the Council of Europe and an EU candidate...
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