Turkey working with UN refugee agency over returning Syrian refugees: report
Turkey is working with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) to repatriate Syrian refugees to Syria, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Sunday, The...
Protests continue in Kyrgyzstan 25 days into disappearance of Orhan İnandı
Around 300 people gathered in front of government house in Bishkek on Friday calling on Kyrgyz authorities to find educator Orhan İnandı, who is...
NASA scientist, jailed by Turkey, sees the sun just one hour a day
Serkan Gölge, a Turkish-born NASA scientist who was arrested as part of Turkey’s post-coup crackdown against perceived enemies, is now allowed to see the...
RSF launches campaign to protest Turkey’s Erdoğan during UK visit
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) along with several other international press freedom organizations have launched a campaign to protest Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who has...
Erdoğan reiterates call on Turks in Germany not to vote for ‘anti-Turkey’ parties
Despite reactions from Berlin “not to interfere in internal affairs,” Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday reiterated his call on Turks living...
Counterterrorism measures increasingly diverging from human rights standards, UN special rapporteur warns
Efforts to improve counterterrorism measures around the world are damaging human rights and the rule of law, a UN expert told the UN General...
Missing educator İnandı being held in Turkish Embassy in Bishkek, wife claims
The wife of educator Orhan İnandı who went missing in Bishkek on the evening of May 31 said on Sunday that her husband is currently being...
US asks Turkey to ensure judicial independence, release journalists
US State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert asked Turkey to ensure judicial independence and release imprisoned journalists during a press briefing on Thursday.
Nauert, who was...
Turkish gov’t dismisses 461 career diplomats from foreign ministry over alleged links to Gülen...
The Turkish government has dismissed 461 career diplomats at the Foreign Ministry as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of...
Turkish gov’t detains 26 people fleeing to Greece to escape post-coup witch hunt
Twenty-six people were detained in Turkey’s border province of Edirne while they were reportedly fleeing to Greece to escapte the Turkish government’s post-coup witch-hunt...
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