Jailed Turkish lawyer awarded 2017 Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has announced on Monday that jailed lawyer Murat Arslan, president of the now dissolved Association...
Turkish gov’t hosts group of Pakistani journalists amid Kaçmaz scandal
As questions persist about the abduction of former Pak-Turk school director in Pakistan Mesut Kaçmaz and his family in Lahore last month, Turkey is...
Report: Flynn’s Turkish client to quit after inclusion in Mueller probe
Chairman of the Turkey-US Business Council (TAİK) Ekim Alptekin has reportedly decided to resign from his post after Special Counsel Robert Mueller included the...
US and Turkey mutually suspend all non-immigrant visa services
The US mission to Turkey said on Sunday it had suspended all non-immigrant visa services at all US diplomatic facilities in Turkey, on the...
Turkey’s Erdoğan: If West wants to get their people, they have to give us...
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday addressed Western countries concerning expectations of the extradition of their citizens jailed in Turkey, saying the...
A new political group established at PACE by Erdoğanist lawmakers
A new group has been formed by parliamentarians with the leadership of lawmakers from Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's Justice and Development Party...
Venice Commission: Emergency decree laws obstruct local democracy in Turkey
The Venice Commission, the Council of Europe’s (COE) expert body on legal and constitutional affairs, stated on Friday that Turkey’s emergency decree laws, which were...
Lahore High Court asks Pakistani gov’t to ensure protection of Turkish citizens
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday ordered the authorities to ensure protection of Turk citizens living in Pakistan, reported by The News on Friday. The...
ECtHR obliges Turkey to pay 870,957 euros over HR violations in first 7 months...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) verdicts have obliged Turkey to pay 870,957 euros as compensation during the first 7 months of 2017...
Swedish-Turkish journalist wanted by Turkey returns to Sweden
Swedish-Turkish journalist and writer Hamza Yalçın, arrested in Spain in August at the request of Turkey, has returned home to Sweden after Spain decided...
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