Turkey’s airstrikes wreak havoc on northeast Syria: HRW

Human Rights Watch, which released an extensive report in October about the damage caused by Turkish airstrikes to critical infrastructure northeast Syria, has once again warned about the...

Sweden’s Kurds fear NATO deal with Turkey has sold them out: The Guardian

Turkey’s approval of Sweden’s NATO accession has led to fears among the Nordic country’s sizeable Kurdish community, who say the agreement might have come...

Turkish Embassy spied on journalists in Sweden, leaked government document reveals

Turkish intelligence services, operating from the embassy in Stockholm, have spied on journalists in Sweden, monitoring their activities and relaying information back to headquarters...

Over 32,000 Turks have entered US illegally via land borders since 2021

The number of Turkish citizens entering the United States illegally via the Mexican and Canadian borders has surpassed 32,000, Turkish Minute reported, citing official data from...

Activist testifies before US congressional subcommittee on Turkey’s transnational repression

Enes Kanter Freedom, an activist and former NBA basketball player, on Wednesday testified before a subcommittee of the Committee on Homeland Security of the...

German lawsuit targets pro-Turkish militias in Syria

Two human rights organizations said Thursday they had filed a legal case in Germany calling for an investigation into crimes committed by pro-Turkish militias...

Turkish military carries out new airstrikes against militants in Iraq, Syria: report

Turkey said it had destroyed 23 targets in overnight airstrikes on Kurdish militants in northern Iraq and Syria, a further escalation of the conflict...

Turkish airstrikes deprive hundreds of villages in northeast Syria of power

Hundreds of northeast Syrian villages and towns lost power after Turkish airstrikes pounded power stations and other infrastructure, Agence France-Presse reported on Monday, citing...

Turkish citizens ranked second among asylum seekers in Germany in 2023

People holding a Turkish passport were the second largest group seeking asylum in Germany in 2023, with more than 62,000 Turkish citizens lodging asylum...

EP calls on Frontex to review operations in Greece over migrant pushbacks

The European Parliament has passed a resolution urging Frontex, the European Union agency for common external border management, to “scale down and repurpose” its...

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