RSF urges Turkish gov’t to guarantee journalists’ safety during military operations
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Wednesday called on Turkish authorities to guarantee the safety of journalists during military operations after Turkish soldiers injured two Syrian...
Erdoğan says Dutch PM can’t look him in the face anymore
Criticizing European countries for attacking Turkey, Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Friday Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte cannot look him in...
Daniel Pipes: Accusation targeting Gülen on Turkish coup is usual Erdoğan puffery and deceit
Daniel Pipes, an American historian, writer, and commentator who is the president of the Middle East Forum and publisher of its Middle East Quarterly...
PACE committee reminds member states to avoid xenophobic, racist approach to refugees, migrants
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe’s (CoE) Committee for Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons has said member states can integrate migrants and...
Turkish government calls on US to pullback troops from Manbij in Syria
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Saturday called on the United States to withdraw military personnel from the Kurdish-held town of Manbij in northern...
Turkish government gives Aslı Erdoğan back her seized passport
Turkish writer Aslı Erdoğan, who was released from prison on Dec. 29, 2016 after 132 days in jail due to links to the pro-Kurdish...
100 French MPs slam Erdoğan’s ‘policy of war’ against Syrian Kurds
A hundred French parliamentarians, mainly from the political left, on Saturday denounced Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s “policy of war” against Kurds in northern...
Turkish singer accused of having shoes autographed by NBA star Enes Kanter
Turkish singer Gökmen Ürü, for whom a detention warrant was issued by the Mardin Chief Public Prosecutor's Office as part of the Turkish government's...
Under threat of arrest in US, Erdoğan leaves his security detail at home
Members of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s security detail who were indicted in the US for violently attacking protesters in Washington, D.C., in...
Implementing ECtHR rulings is a non-negotiable obligation: CoE secretary-general
Implementing the judgements of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) is a non-negotiable obligation, said Secretary-General of the Council of Europe (CoE) Marija...
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