Thousands of undocumented migrants are homeless in Turkey and other EU border countries: PACE
Thousands of undocumented migrants are homeless at the EU's external borders, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey and Belarus, said the Parliamentary...
Brussels protestors demand release of end-stage cancer patient, sick prisoners in Turkey
Dozens of human rights activists and a Belgian senator gathered in Brussels’ Luxembourg Square on Saturday to protest the imprisonment of Ayşe Özdoğan, a...
Turkey, Cambodia called on to implement UN body decision on expelled educator
The New York-based Journalists and Writers Foundation (JWF) has called on the governments of Turkey and Cambodia to implement a decision against the Kingdom...
Turkey’s Erdoğan says he laughed at ICC extradition demand for al-Bashir
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said he laughed at an International Criminal Court (ICC) demand for the extradition of Sudanese President Omar...
Kyrgyz authorities have no right to search Turkish Embassy for İnandı: interior ministry
Kyrgyz authorities have no right to carry out a search of Turkey’s diplomatic premises in Bishkek for educator Orhan İnandı, who is allegedly being...
Turkish FM’s remarks on targeting infrastructure in Syria ‘admission of war crimes’: pro-Kurdish party
Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Green Left Party (YSP) has condemned drone attacks carried out by Turkey in northern Syria, highlighting that the airstrikes resulted in civilian...
Helsinki Commission chair disappointed by Turkish court decision on jailed NASA scientist
Helsinki Commission Chairman Sen. Roger Wicker, a Republican from Mississippi, has expressed his disappointment over a recent decision by a Turkish court to reduce...
Social media post condemning anti-Erdoğan Belgian-Turkish candidate sparks debate
As local Belgian elections approach, the post of a Facebook page titled “AK Parti Belçika” (Justice and Development Party Belgium) calling on Turks...
Erdoğan’s security detail attack on DC protesters puts gun sale to Turkey at risk
The US sale to Turkey of $1.2 million in semiautomatic handguns for use by its security force appears to be in jeopardy due to...
Turkish pro-Erdoğan dailies say Manchester attack result of UK support for ISIL
Two staunchly pro-Erdoğan Turkish newspapers, Güneş and Yeni Akit, have accused the UK of supporting the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)...
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