Turkish court jails Facebook user over Erdoğan criticism
Turgay İnce, a Turkish Facebook user who shared friends-only posts critical of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was arrested and put to pre-trial detention,...
Foreign Ministry voices regret over Germany’s granting asylum to Turkish officers
Turkey’s Foreign Ministry has expressed its regrets over Germany’s accepting asylum requests of a number of Turkish military officers that were lodged following a...
US senator McCain calls for removal of Turkey’s US ambassador Serdar Kılıç
Arizona Senator John McCain, one of the leading foreign policy voices in US Congress, urged the expulsion of Turkey's Washington ambassador Serdar Kılıç after...
Protests for missing educator İnandı continue in European cities
Human rights activists are gathering in European cities to protest Ankara’s alleged sanctioning of enforced disappearances and to stand in solidarity with educator Orhan...
Oslo panelists slam Norway’s asylum policy for Turkish citizens amid ongoing crackdown
Panelists at an event organized by a rights group in Oslo on Tuesday criticized Norway’s approach to asylum applications from Turkish nationals, particularly those affiliated with...
Turkey seeks extradition of journalist in exile reporting on gov’t corruption
Turkey’s Justice Ministry is seeking the extradition of an investigative journalist living in exile in Germany from where he reports extensively on the Turkish...
3 detained Turkish educators and their families handed over to Turkey by Gabon
Three Turkish educators and their families who were arbitrarily detained in Libreville, the capital city of Gabon, were handed over to Turkish officials and taken...
European Union warns of new surge in asylum seekers from Turkey
The European Union warned on Wednesday that arrivals from Turkey seeking asylum have surged this year and called on member countries to act urgently on...
ECtHR fines Turkish government over ‘discrimination of right to education’
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ordered Turkey on Tuesday to pay 10,000 euros in respect of non-pecuniary damage to a paraplegic university...
Syriacs in Turkey considering returning to Europe
Syriacs living in southeastern Turkey are considering moving back to Europe after their assets, including churches were seized by the Treasury, the Gazete Karınca...
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